Yin Yoga Meditation: Mindfulness on the Mat
In today’s podcast episode, I’m talking about Yin Yoga Meditation. Not only is this slow, mindful yoga practice a fantastic gateway to sitting meditation, but it can truly be a meditation practice in itself – if you practice with that intention.
Episode Details:
You’ll hear how Yin Yoga might be a more approachable way to learn meditation, and exactly how you can develop meditative skills within your Yin Yoga poses. We’ll go over ways that Yin Yoga is different from other styles and how its physical benefits can translate to getting more traction in your meditation practice.
Yin Yoga can also be a way to deepen and enrich your meditation practice, for those who have more meditation experience. So, I will also address how Yin Yoga promotes fuller embodiment, helps meditators integrate their insights, and how it can help unwind sticky emotional patterns.
Yin Yoga Meditation topics in this episode:
- the Yin-like qualities inherent in Mindfulness
- the benefit of learning meditation in the “bite-sized” increment of a Yin Yoga pose
- finding a tangible anchor (or focal point) for meditation in a Yin Yoga pose
- different Mindfulness Meditation techniques you can learn within a Yin Yoga practice
- how the Yin Yoga practice soothes the nervous system, making meditation easier
I hope this episode will inspire you to explore embodied meditation, and will give you some clear ideas of how to do that through Yin Yoga!
Links & Resources from this episode:
- Learn more about the Yin Yoga style in this episode: Episode 8 – My Definition of Yin Yoga
- Listen to this related conversation with Yin teacher, Amanda Hanna: Episode 33 – Human-Centered Embodiment and Yin Yoga
- Sign up for your MTM Library Card to access this month’s FREE practices in the Moved To Meditate Class Library! (There is always a Yin class in the Free Tier…)
Pssst…Are you interested in sharing Mindfulness-Based Yin Yoga practices?
Check out the Moved To Meditate online Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings!
