The premise of Yin yoga is simple, if a little counterintuitive: we use time, not effort, to create change in the body. We stay in a shape longer — finding enough ease there to sustain the hold, rather than forcing the tissue into what we think it should look like. It's not about finding an aesthetic pose, but settling in, listening, and meeting the body where it actually is, with variations and props as needed.
Passive loading, held over minutes, rehydrates connective tissue, supporting mobility and flexibility. The same stillness is doing something else: reharmonizing the body's energetic balance, letting stuck or excessive energy in a channel settle back into flow.
That stillness is where Ahiṃsā lives — practiced directly, pose by pose. Ahiṃsā means non-harming, and it's the first of yoga's five Yama, the relational guides for how we meet ourselves and others. The other four — truthfulness, non-stealing, right use of energy, non-grasping — only hold if they're practiced without harm.
Ahiṃsā isn't one guide among five. It's the ground they stand on.
In this workshop, we'll slow down and spend real time with the postures and this idea — each hold a place to explore what non-harming actually asks of us. Ahiṃsā as the foundation, the other Yamas as what becomes possible once that ground is there.
Tiered Pricing:
Community Rate (Discounted): $35
Sustainer Rate (Standard): $40
Supporter Rate (Helps Support Another): $45
**Pre-Registration Required. Non-refundable after 24 hours prior to start of event.
