Yin & Meditation: Deepening Your Practice with the Niyamas | 7-Week Series

If you’ve tried to meditate and wound up feeling frustrated, disappointed or stuck, taking a Yin approach can help. Join Certified Yoga Teacher AnnMarie Wolf and Certified Meditation Coach Stef Bourke for this 7-week deep dive into meditation and yin yoga.

Why combine Yin Yoga and Meditation?
Yin yoga facilitates the harmonious flow of chi in the body, which can make meditation more accessible. As we relax in Yin yoga, we make space for any unresolved issues stored in our bodies to surface. When we couple this practice with meditation, we learn to navigate these emotions with skillful compassion, which creates space for healing and a deeper peace in the body. When you combine Yin Yoga and meditation, you open up powerful opportunities for change and healing on all levels of your being, including your body, mind, and heart and spirit.

Why is Yin Yoga good for me?
The practice of Yin Yoga can make a noticeable difference in how much bodies move. Yin helps keep our joints hydrated and lubricated, and it slows down the wear and tear on these tissues. This keeps our bodies more flexible and strong. Yin yoga provides the perfect balance for our modern, yang-focused way of life. This slow-moving and passive practice helps to improve the body’s subtle energy system by reviving, stimulating, and rebalancing the flow of prana, or qi, which is our vital life force.

Why is Meditation good for me?
Meditation calms the mind, lowers stress and anxiety, improves clarity and relaxation, and helps us be more present in our lives and with the people we love. Studies show that meditation boosts brain and immune health, lowers blood pressure, makes sleep better, and gives us more energy to enjoy life. Meditation helps us become more aware of the present moment, which gives us valuable space: space for options, space for making choices consciously, space to create paths that bring us and those around us the best and peace, and space with endless opportunities for growth, insight, and happiness.

This course is for you if:

• You are looking to build a meditation practice
• You are looking to deepen your connection to your spiritual self through yoga and meditation
• You are a yoga teacher, and you are looking to enhance your offerings with more of the spiritual aspects of yoga and meditation.

Here’s what we plan to do

• Week 1: Workshop: A Focus on Stillness (120 mins)
• Week 2: Yin yoga class (60 mins)
• Week 3: Yin yoga class (60 mins)
• Week 4: Workshop: A Focus on Contemplation (90 mins)
• Week 5: Yin yoga class (60 mins)Week 6: Yin yoga class (60 mins)
• Week 7: Workshop: A Focus on Transcendence and Surrender (90 mins)

*Each week, participants will be supported with a recorded meditation to practice with during the week, a short reading assignment and reflection questions to support their journey.

* Please inquire if you are unable to attend all of the dates. Email Stef with your questions.

DETAILS:
Yin & Meditation: Deepening Your Practice with the Niyamas
7-Week Series | Oct 20 – Dec 1
Sundays | Classes start at 10am
We Thrive Wellness Centre
161 Front St | Downtown Belleville
Investment in Your Practice: $244 (+HST)

REGISTER:
https://shethrives.janeapp.com/locations/we-thrive/book#/staff_member/32/treatment/1299