What is that yin feeling?
Imagine you’ve had a super busy week.
A full social schedule, packed work days, lots of travelling, and/ or lots of physical exercise. In my recent case, it was a girl’s longboarding retreat week in Imsouane. A lot of doing, socialising, travelling, and surfing for 2-3 hours twice a day. I was feeling the buzz (and fatigue) of strong, fast, yang energy.
Towards the end of the week I felt the need to reconnect and rebalance. Be slow and present. A few of us opted out of an evening surf session. Rolled out yoga mats, set up some cork blocks, grabbed lavender eye bags, and put on a favourite Yin Spotify playlist.
As we lay on our backs, supported by our mat and other props, I said to the friends practising with me;
‘Close your eyes. Take your attention to the natural breath. Feel the rise and fall of your chest. Start to allow your body to soften. Relax. Feel the support of the blocks, the mat, the earth, and allow gravity to hold the weight of your body.’
Et voila. It starts to happen. That deeply peaceful yin feeling. The yang energy is returning to balance. A body, mind and spirit in harmony. In the right environment, it happens quickly, maybe because I’ve experienced it many times before. I feel the energy in my body like soft ripples across the ocean. My energy is balanced.
Do you need that feeling? I often enjoy Yin Yoga with Kassandra on YouTube, and can also highly recommend Swara Yoga School's Holistic Yin Yoga training, offered online and in person. It’s an immersive, deeply nourishing, and educational training open to people looking to deepen their yoga practice, as well as yoga teachers.
Thank you for reading. I would love you to share and follow my journey via Instagram @sally_kirby
