Yoga

About yin yoga

Yin Yoga is a meditative, calm form of yoga and means feeling, stretching and relaxing. The individual asana are held for between 3-15 minutes. Through Yin Yoga the deeper connective tissue layers / fascia are reached and stretched. The fasciae become supple again and maintain this suppleness, the tissue is nourished. At the same time, Yin Yoga also works with the stimulation of the meridians according to traditional Chinese medicine and is also called acupuncture without needles. The chi, the life energy, can flow better. While staying in the asanas we learn mindfulness. Mindfulness of our body, our breath, our thoughts. This can help us to be more careful with ourselves in everyday life and to use consciously learned breathing exercises to relax. History and origins The forefather of Yin Yoga is Paulie Zink. Paulie Zink grew up in Hollywood and began practicing yoga and kung fu as a teenager. During his studies he got to know Cho Chat Ling from Hong Kong, who showed him how he could improve his flexibility for Kung Fu with asanas. Parallel to studying Kung Fu with Master Cho Chat Ling, Paulie Zink began to teach yoga and combined Hatha Yoga with the Chinese Taoist philosophy as well as his own asana poses and asana flows, which he developed while observing animals in the zoo. He initially called his yoga style Daoist Yoga. In 1987 a TV report about Paulie Zink was broadcast which was seen by Paul Grilley. Paul Grilley was fascinated by the yoga style Paulie Zink represented and became his student. In 1989 Paul Grilley met Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama, who researched the Chinese principles of meridians, Qi and Indian fine matter physiology with nadis, chakras and prana. Paul brought his knowledge of the relationship between anatomy, asana and meridians into his yoga style. Another important part of his considerations was the influence of skeletal structure or fascial tension on the structure / sinking into the asana. Sarah Powers attended her first yoga class in Los Angeles in the mid-80s. Due to an injury she came to therapeutic yoga according to TKV Desikachar and finally to Yin Yoga from Paul Grilley. At this point she began to be interested in meridians and the flow of energy in them and to integrate this into her yoga practice. Sarah says of herself that she only recognized her yoga path when she understood the connections between yoga, Chinese medicine and Buddhism. Sarah Powers finally came up with the idea of calling this yoga style Yin Yoga.