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• The Body Meridians: What are they and how yoga can help…

• Did you know? The purpose of Yin yoga…

• Yogapedia: Today’s pose of the day...

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TODAY’S TEACHING:
The Body Meridian Centers & Yoga

The Chinese referred to the center of harmony that exists when everything is in balance as Tao. You start to experience yin or yang when you start to stray from the center.

They are interdependent and each represents a distinct aspect of life. In contrast to yang, which is thought to be the dynamic, male, energetic side, yin is described as the passive, sluggish, and feminine side.

The use of the body's energetic pathways, or meridians, in Yin yoga is one of its distinctive features. These are comparable to the nadi idea from classical yoga philosophy.

What is remarkable, though, is that Japanese researcher Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama found a direct correlation between the physical makeup of hyaluronic acid's body distribution and the TCM-mapped meridians.

By holding certain positions for prolonged periods of time, Dr. Motoyama found that hyaluronic acid production was enhanced. The richness of pranic energy for healing and wellness is said to rise as a result of Yin yoga because it raises the levels of hyaluronic acid in the body and joints.

It is thought that sickness begins to manifest when an energy channel or meridians get blocked. The promotion of the movement of chi, or life force energy, throughout the body, is one of the fundamental purposes of the meridians.

This invisible force is activated in yin yoga through particular poses that focus on various organs and their connections to the relevant meridians.

The ten major bodily organs, which may be yin or yang in nature, as well as two additional unique meridians, are all represented by the meridian systems.

There are six yang meridians that start or end at the hands and six lower body meridians that start or end at the feet. The lower body meridians are sometimes thought of as having a more yin nature.

The six lower meridians are yin in nature, therefore they may be accessible through hip-opening postures, which explains why they are so often targeted in yin yoga classes.

Make Sure To Check Out Tomorrow’s Email For How To Balance The Lower Meridian Centers With Specific Yoga Poses…

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Yin yoga works deeply into our body with passive, longer-held poses. It targets the deepest tissues of the body, our connective tissues – ligaments, joints, bones, the deep fascia networks of the body and the meridians. This is contrast to a Yang yoga practice such as Vinyasa yoga which targets the muscles.

YOGAPEDIA
Circle pose (Mandalasana)

What is Circle Pose?

Circle pose, or mandalasana in Sanskrit, is an advanced pose that requires a great deal of strength and flexibility. With the arms and head in a headstand position, the practitioner circles his legs both clockwise and counterclockwise. In order to be able to practice this pose, ease in upward facing bow/wheel pose is a must.

Instructions

• Begin in headstand.

• Exhale and lower the legs to the floor so that the belly is arched toward the sky.

• Walk the legs clockwise/to the right. At about the 3 o'clock position, lift the left leg over the right, flipping the body so that the belly is toward the floor.

• Continue to walk the feet around the body in a clockwise position.

• Again, at about the 9 o'clock position, lift the right leg over the left, flipping the body so that the belly is again toward the sky. Walk the feet back to the starting position.

• Pause and take several breaths before repeating in a counterclockwise position.

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