Podcasts by The Yin Yoga Podcast

Yin&Pranayama: Collective Amoebic Consciousness from 2023-04-06T15:00

For this sublime practice we will blend somatic movements and static Yin poses with a breathing technique known as cellular breathing. This technique hails from the Body Mind Centering somatic t...

Yin&Pranayama: Expand Your Breathing Options from 2023-03-29T14:00

This practice is a blend of Yin Yoga and pranayama with a bit of somatic work sprinkled in. We will explore a breathing practice that I learned from my mentor Neil Pearson that I call, Expand Yo...

Yin&Somatics: Thoracic Expression from 2023-03-22T14:00

The upper back is an area that can be a big source of tension and even pain. We also have a fair amount of cultural baggage around the appropriate way to hold our upper back. Even in the Yoga wo...

Understanding Yin Yoga and Fascia from 2023-03-15T18:00

While it's true that you could practice Yin Yoga for a lifetime without knowing a thing about science, I do believe that a little scientific knowledge can go a long way. It's amazing h...

Yin&Pranayama: Natural Energy from 2023-03-08T09:00

We usually think of Yin as calming, soothing and down regulating. But with a few tweaks, we can cultivate a calm, natural energy as well. Not the jittery wired feeling you get from caffeine but ...

Relieve Joint Stiffness and Pain in the Morning from 2023-03-01T18:00

It's a familiar story but it breaks my heart every time. For people with chronic pain, just getting out of bed in the morning can be a real challenge. Though some joint stiffness in the mor...

Yin&Somatics: Hip Flexor Relief from 2023-02-22T17:00

The hip flexors are a group of muscles on the front of the hip which include the psoas, the illiacus and the rectus femoris. These muscles flex the hip, or draw the knee up toward the torso. How...

How to Breathe in Yin Yoga from 2023-02-15T11:00

For something so simple, there sure is a lot of disagreement about how to breathe in Yin Yoga. In this episode I unpack some of the evidence around Yogic breathing and help you to understand how...

Yin&Somatics for Deep Hip Learning from 2023-02-07T17:00

The hip is more than a collection of tissues. It's a unique and complicated element of the embodied self. In this practice we combine a somatic lesson with some of your favorite Yin poses. ...

Yin&Somatics: Your Nervous System and Your Neck from 2023-02-01T10:00

This is a go to, short practice to relieve neck and shoulder tension naturally. The whole practice can be done from a simple chair. You will engage in some somatic work as well as gentle stretch...

Yin&Somatics: Heartfelt Good Wishes from 2023-01-25T15:00

This movement practice is supported by a form of meditation known as a Koan. Essentially a line of inquiry that you explore quietly. This type of meditation can lead to profound insight and tran...

Yin&Somatics: Stress Support from 2023-01-18T12:00

Chronic stress is linked to many of the most pernicious chronic diseases that plague modern humans. Managing stress is of critical importance for health, memory, learning and quality of life. We...

Yin&Meditation: As I am meant to be from 2023-01-09T11:00

At the start of the new year. Most of us are looking forward and hoping to make some postive changes for the future. I offer this practice as a framework for moving forward with compassion. With...

5 Reasons Yin Yoga is So Beneficial for Chronic Pain from 2023-01-02T12:00

Yin Yoga is so much more than stretching. For those with chronic pain, it has so much to offer, way beyond increasing flexibility. As a pain care coach, I provide practices, and techniques to my...

Chair Yin for Travel Aches and Pains from 2022-12-23T12:00

Many of my clients experience a pain flare during or after travel. Pain is so complex and multifaceted, so there is never any one reason that it rears it’s ugly head. Often, when pain is flaring...

Yin&Meditation: Your Shoulder without Agenda from 2022-12-16T14:00

This gentle but powerful practice explores a concept as well as the shoulder through movement and mindfulness. Your practice will be supported by a simple task, moving from a place of curiosity ...

Yin&Meditation for Acceptance from 2022-12-08T17:00

When most of us hear the word acceptance, we think of giving up or giving in. Our culture makes a virtue of resisting, fighting, wriggling out of difficult circumstances. But there is enormous v...

Yin&Somatics: How to Stretch Your Neck from 2022-12-02T18:00

I’m sort of amazed, and appalled, about how much misinformation there is about neck pain. One really irksome myth is that if your neck is tight, some stretching will help bring relief and over t...

Yin&Somatics for Falling Asleep from 2022-11-18T17:00

No human can survive without the ability to engage with the world. Our nervous systems are beautifully evolved to help us to attend to our survival needs by interacting with not just the objects...

Yin&Pranayama: Time to Breathe from 2022-11-10T17:00

Breathing is the simplest thing in the world. But it's also incredibly powerful. Science is just recently tuning in to the capacity of the breath to heal mental illness, chronic pain, chron...

Wall Yin: Releasing Grudges from 2022-11-04T17:00

All of us tend to hold little grudges against our bodies. Maybe you can't do something as well as you used to, or pain casues you to opt out of things you really want to do. This is a wall ...

Yin&Somatics: Rehabilitating the Body Image from 2022-10-27T10:00

When people ask me for an elevator pitch about what I do, the quickest, most accurate answer that I can give, is that I rehabilitate body image. Most people believe that Pain Care Yoga is all ab...

Yin&Somatics: Cherish Your Knees from 2022-10-21T16:00

During my wonderful 3 weeks in Croatia and Greece, I spent most of my time in areas where the sea meets the mountains. Indescribably beautiful, so many narrow streets and medieval villages to ex...

Yin Yoga: Hamstrings Education from 2022-09-21T17:00

We have a big problem with misinformation in the Yoga world. This problem seems most rampant around the hamstrings but is by no means exclusive to the hamstrings. The myth that stretching the ha...

Yin&Meditation: For when you are too hard on yourself from 2022-09-20T18:00

 This 30 minute practice is for you if you tend to get down on yourself, if you are a bit perfectionistic. I've borrowed from a meditation I got from the self compassion researcher, Kristen...

Getting to Know Your Back: Part 4 from 2022-09-16T10:00

 For our final practice in this four part series, we will be working with the upper back, or thoracic region of the spine. For your exploration, I've borrowed a bit from a Feldenkrais Metho...

Getting to Know Your Back: Part 3 from 2022-09-09T10:00

 This is the third class in our series, Getting to Know Your Back. You are welcome to explore these practices in any order. In this practice, we will explore another layer of the experience of t...

Getting to Know Your Back: Part 2 from 2022-09-02T17:00

Many who have back pain believe that their spine is unstable. There is a distinct feeling of instability and vulnerability in the back that is reinforced by confusing or misleading messages comi...

Getting to Know Your Back: Part 1 from 2022-08-26T17:00

Most of us think of the back as a collection of tissues; North of the hips and behind the core, supported by the spine. We don’t think too much about it unless something goes wrong. Which, happe...

Yin&Somatics: Trusting the Shoulder from 2022-08-04T16:00

For this gentle but incredibly powerful practice, I have borrowed a lesson from the Feldenkrais Method. You will engage in gentle progressions to experience not just movement of the shoulder joi...

Yin&Somatics: Hip Soother from 2022-07-30T18:00

If I had a dollar for every time a student asked for a yoga pose for tight, or painful hips.... It's one of the main reasons that people come to Yin. The notion that stretching tight hips w...

Yin&Somatics: Neck Pain Inoculation from 2022-07-22T17:00

This is a gentle yet very effective practice for challenging our biases. Neck pain is one of the most common types of chronic pain and like all pain, is a product of bi-psycho-social factors. Fo...

Yin&Meditation: Heart Closing from 2022-07-15T18:00

To me, Yin is the answer, the cure, for our stressful times. A practice which invites us to slow down, attend to the self and surrender is not just helpful, it's vital. So for this practice...

Yin&Somatics: Sternal Rhythm from 2022-07-08T16:00

This practice is a special offering just for my listeners with neck pain. I do a lot of episodes about neck pain. Why? Because it's one of the most common types of chronic pain. And because...

Yin&Meditation: Expand Your Field of Awareness from 2022-06-14T17:00

This is one of those practices that you just crave. You’ll spend the whole hour on your back enjoying delicious somatic movements and simple Yin poses. Throughout your practice I will be encoura...

Yin&Somatics for Self Acceptance from 2022-06-03T10:00

In this very supported practice we will be focusing on the movements of the spine: delicious forward folds, sublime twists, exquisite sidebands and soft hearted back bends. As we gently experien...

Yin&Somatics: Stretching Water from 2022-05-20T17:00

We are each granted an amazing opportunity in life to cherish and protect this priceless vessel that we get to live in. I've noticed that when my students learn more about their body they c...

Yin&Pranayama: Sleep Well from 2022-05-09T11:00

This Week's 30 minute practice is designed to usher you into a deep and restful sleep. We will combine a breathing practice with simple yoga poses that you can do in your bed right before i...

Yin for Strength? from 2022-04-25T16:00

So… unfortunately, none of the movements in Yin actually achieve the conditions that are required to build strength. BUT! Yin can be an amazing complement to strength training. Active restoratio...

Yin&Somatics: A Hug for Hardworking Hips from 2022-04-07T16:00

This practice is what you need if you've been struggling with tight, uncomfortable hips. In addition to some familiar Yin poses we will also be practicing bits and pieces from a Feldenkrais...

Yin&Somatics: Soothe Upper Back and Neck Tension from 2022-03-28T13:00

To be an adult is to sometimes struggle with upper back and neck tension and even pain. This is my professional opinion. Though this pain/tightness can really disrupt your life, it’s important n...

Yin for Perfectionists from 2022-03-18T15:00

 This is an important practice for all of my fellow sisters and brothers in perfectionism. If you are someone who never feels like they can take a break, who only looks at accomplishments and se...

Nerve Flossing Practice for Sciatic Trouble from 2022-03-03T10:00

All of the nerves in our body require a state of sliding and gliding within our tissues. When nerves get stuck, or compressed, they tell us. While the causes of sciatic nerve pain or sciatica ar...

Yin&Somatics: Simple Practice for Low Back Pain from 2022-01-31T15:00

As a Movement for Healing Coach, I work with a lot of people with chronic back pain.  While every client is different, there are some go to practices that I find are very helpful. This practice ...

Yin&Somatics: Here for Now from 2022-01-21T20:00

I think we're all a little tired right now. Things are piling up for sure at this stage in the pandemic. This is a practice that I offered recently to bring a bit of TLC and care to some st...

Wall Yin and The Matrix from 2022-01-10T15:57:45

Wall Yin is by far my most requested class. It's a sweetly intense restorative type of practice. During your postures I will cue you through a simple meditation observing both restlessness ...

Yin&Somatics for Anxiety from 2021-12-23T11:55:30

Evidence informed practice doesn't need to be complicated. This gentle practice makes use of research backed techniques to reduce anxiety during practice, but also to provide daily tools fo...

Yin & Somatics: Sublime Sidebends from 2021-12-13T16:14:53

This is the kind of wiggly, stretchy, feel-y practice that I love. We will focus our movement on more comfortable side bending, but I think that you will find that the side bend contributes to m...

Developing Intuition and Independence in Practice from 2021-12-06T13:55:21

Develop skills for your home practice as you learn how to attend to your own needs and intuition. This session is a a minimally guided intuitive Yin practice. Learn how to listen to a pose and t...

Yin & Meditation: Outcome Independence from 2021-11-30T14:42:11

A very traditional supported Yin with plenty of stillness in our favorite feel good poses. In this practice we will practice outcome independence. Often when we practice we have a goal or intent...

Yin & Yoga Philosophy: Stable and Easeful from 2021-11-17T13:58:27

If you are looking for some yummy supported hip openers, this is the class for you. We will practice facing the long edge of the mat, using props to sink into some Yin standards. We will also ex...

Yin & Somatics: Teaching the Shoulder from 2021-11-05T13:48:13

In this practice we will take bits and pieces of a Feldenkrais Method® Lesson focusing on effortless shoulder movement. Yummy Yin poses will be held at strategic moments to allow you to integrat...

Yin & Somatics: Free Your Sternum for a Happier Neck from 2021-10-29T19:55:50

This practice is a special hug for my fellow Yogis who suffer from neck pain, stiffness and tension headaches. We will incorporate a few Yin poses into a somatic lesson that I created to help yo...

Yin & Meditation: Movement Reset from 2021-10-20T13:57:53

This practice cycles very gentle dynamic stretches with more passive poses. As you breathe in movement and stillness you will meditate on pure sensory data and experientially learn to mute think...

Yin and Your Nervous Systems from 2021-10-11T12:36:41

I love Yin. I hope that is obvious. I've spent years developing my teaching style and skill. I am always studying topics as diverse as cell structure and psychology to apply to my teaching. So, ...

Yin & Somatics: Hip to Shoulder from 2021-10-05T21:11:32

This practice is not a very traditional Yin. If you love to be exposed to something different in your practice you will love this. If you enjoy learning things about yourself in movement and sti...

Yin & Somatics: Body Here-ness from 2021-09-23T12:39:27

Many of us develop an antagonism with our bodies. In our younger years it's because we fret that we don't have the most desirable features, or that we don't measure up to attractiveness standard...

Yin + Somatics: Save your neck! from 2021-09-18T20:39:08

If you suffer from neck tension, neck discomfort, or pain this is the practice for you. More than just a little bit of stretching, this practice will address the real reason for your pain and te...

Yin + Somatics: Understanding your Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) from 2021-09-18T20:38:56

This is a restorative-y Yin with somatics thrown in for good measure. In my work with students and clients, I find that the sacroiliac joint is quite misunderstood. This really chill practice in...

Yin + Somatics: Shoulder Therapy from 2021-09-18T20:38:46

For this practice you will need a blanket or thick towel. 

If you have experienced shoulder pain or discomfort either now, or in the past run, don't walk to your...

Yin + Somatics: Effortless Neck Movement from 2021-09-18T20:37:37

If you are suffering from a sore, tight or painful neck, drop everything and hit play. When the neck is in this state, it's not really the time to work with it directly. Now is the time for gent...

Yin + Somatics: Address Neck Pain from the Pelvis to the Eyes from 2021-09-18T20:37:14

Got neck pain? 3 out of 5 people will say yes. In our new zoom culture it's even more prevalent and I have certainly been seeing this with my clients. My work is mostly with individuals sufferin...

Yin: Homage to Your Spine from 2021-09-18T20:36:46

Your spine is the most exquisite structure. Capable of incredible mobility and unparalleled stability, it's been evolving for millions of years and has within it the intelligence of eons. Yet, i...

Yin + Somatics: Foot to Face, A Practice for Neck and Jaw from 2021-09-18T20:22:08

For me, Somatic Education is an extremely valuable tool for helping my students and clients who suffer from chronic pain. Of particular interest to me are the areas of the neck, shoulder and jaw...

Yin + Pranayama: A Universe Conspires from 2021-09-14T20:46:07

Hey. Here's the deal. My comfort zone seems to be swimming upstream. I like to make things so much harder than they need to be and struggle and strive with every step. So every now and then I ha...

Yin + Somatics: Survival of the Nurtured from 2021-09-02T13:11:48

This blissful practice is perfect for the end of a difficult day. Reconnect with your body, your breath. We'll work with the resources of peace and also activity within the physical body and pra...

Yin + Pranayama: Wag with Your Whole Body from 2021-08-25T12:58:35

I have a voracious appetite for information about neuroscience right now. I'm reading books, research, articles etc... My interest is in applying this knowledge to my teaching. This practice is ...

Yin + Somatics: The Whole Self from 2021-08-25T12:42:23

For me the intersection of science and Yoga is really exciting. One area of great convergence is in the study of interoception. The internal sense of oneself is correlated with more compassion, ...

Yin + Somatics: The Sticky Self from 2021-05-12T17:00

This practice is a combination of delicious long holds in hip focused Yin poses and somatic education. We will delve just a bit into some simple neuro science as well. The default mode network i...

Yin Restore: Stressed Inside Out from 2021-04-14T16:16:24

Chronic Stress effects nearly every human and it definitely takes a toll on our bodies. Stress affects every cell of you, sometimes in unexpected ways. Your endocrine system, your immune system,...

Yin: Chronic Stress Manifesto from 2021-03-11T21:00

Chronic Stress affects nearly everyone. And though we all cope as best as we can, it leaves virtually no cell in your body untouched. So many of the ills that plague our society have their genes...

YinRestore: In The Loop from 2021-03-03T14:55:11

This is a super restorative-y Yin practice. We will be taking the common Supta Padangusthasana series (supine hand to big toe) in a VERY creative and supported way. As you melt into these poses ...

Yin + Meditation: This Time With Feeling! from 2021-02-23T16:48:24

My primary work is with individuals who suffer from chronic pain. Yoga has a wealth of benefits for these people. One of the things that I notice is that when you've had pain for a long time, yo...

Yin + Mindfulness: The Panacea from 2021-01-19T15:49:57

We are living through an incredibly stressful time. As we struggle with Covid-19 we are also experiencing extreme political unrest. It's hard not to let it get to you. Here is a practice to take...

Yin Restore: Bell hand from 2020-12-25T02:32:42

I'm publishing this episode on Christmas Day, 2020. So many of us are really suffering this year. We may be looking at this day as one to distract ourselves from rather than enjoy and celebrate....

Yin + Somatics: Somatic Coherence from 2020-12-12T00:14:04

This is a more challenging practice than your typical Yin + Somatics. If you have really been feeling the effects of sitting though, this practice is the panacea for your cramped hip flexors, so...

Yin + Somatics: Simple Bedtime Practice from 2020-10-21T19:51:24

This is a nice simple practice that will feel amazing at the end of a long day, maybe right before bed. In fact, you might just hit play while you are IN your bed! We will use simple Yin poses a...

Nest: Safety and Surrender in Practice from 2020-09-08T19:56:19

Ohhhh Yogis I LOVE this practice. This is one I often teach when I travel. It's novel and fresh. It also feels so amazing. You'll be using a blanket throughout practice as a nest and prop. Some ...

Yin + Somatics: Really Let Go from 2020-09-01T16:30:25

Yin blended with a novel somatic practice. This practice is for you if you have “tight” hip flexors or low back discomfort. Our effort will serve to educate the entire hip. We’ll explore subtle pra...

Yin + Somatics: Sliding and Gliding from 2020-08-25T20:20:22

This is a great practice to do if you need a little TLC. Do it when your hips feel a little tight or if you are suffering with some SIJ or piriformis discomfort. We will explore the unsung hero ...

Nothing from Something: Yin + Somatics for Letting Go from 2020-08-05T18:55:33

We train our tissues for strength, endurance, range of motion, stamina etc... But we never seem to train for letting go. So many of us have areas of our body that hold chronic or parasitic tensi...

Yin + Somatics - Bend from 2020-07-11T19:40:54

This is a somewhat unusual practice but extremely effective. We'll blend traditional yin poses with a somatic lesson on side bending. this practice is so valuable for addressing hip tension low bac...

Yin + Somatics -Turn from 2020-07-05T23:20:41

Oh this one feels so good. My hope for this practice is that you want to return to it over and over. When you get that ache been your shoulder blades, that crick in your neck, or feel a little limi...

Yin + Somatics - The Pelvic Clock from 2020-06-22T18:40:06

A wiggly, expressive practice to unlock the hips and low back. This is a very meditative, gentle class.

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Some Love For Your Hip Flexors from 2020-06-14T18:40:24

Sometimes you have to give in to the dreariness of life's seasons, and sometimes you need to ride above it. Often when we curl up physically we shrink energetically as well. This is a fairly challe...

Stress Less from 2020-06-07T20:48:25

This is a practice to address stress “head on”. We will work especially the neck and shoulders since those areas are most commonly associated with stress. We will look at the tension in ...