Friday Night Yin Yoga Sessions
Monthlty with JOE BARNETT
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ABOUT: Yin Yoga is the effort to surrender into deep stretches of the spine and hips. The therapeutic, restorative and enlivening effects on ones joints are incredibly valuable. And yet sometimes the most precious gift in Yin Yoga arrives at the end of each posture: the full body surrender into a 1-minute Corpse Pose. These brief reclined meditations will ease the body/mind naturally into The Quiet Heart. The Chandogya Upanishad: “Within the body is an abode in the shape of a lotus (the heart), and within that there is a small space. One must search within this space and earnestly desire to know what is there.” The above is not a metaphor. We will explore and surrender into a Yin Yoga posture; we will recline and feel the soft rebounding waves of energy in a Corpse Pose; we will draw ourselves into the heart to realize hidden desires, to release what needs released, to celebrate our loving spiritual progress, and to love on our historically unseen and untouched pain-body. Joe will lead these practices with a steady and patient pace. There will be time for questions at the end. About Joe Barnett Joe Barnett, ERYT-500, has been teaching for nearly two decades and has certifications in Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and Acro Yoga. Joe’s primary focus of study is Functional Anatomy for Yoga and all forms of movement. He is a senior student and the primary assistant of Paul Grilley, his mentor of 25 years, a true Yogi Scientist who is largely responsible for the current rise in the popularity of Yin Yoga and Functional Anatomy. Joe continues to travel nationally and internationally throughout the year, assisting his teacher as well as offering his own presentations at studios and conferences all over the world. Most recently, Joe has been integrating Yin Yoga with ancient and modern techniques for better sleeping, dreaming, dying and living. These workshops on the power of surrender and the rebound of rest, restoration and rejuvenation continue to expand. |