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Yin Yoga

So much so often a yoga practice is about striving, there's that achieving attitude. Yin yoga can give us the space to slow down, a chance to stay with our experiences rather than always rushing. In a yin yoga practice, all the postures are sitting - and all the postures are held for sustained periods of time (often five minutes). Within these long holds there is an encouragement of softness and an emphasis on relaxing muscular tissue. Through these attitudes there can be a gaining of harmony and peace: so there is a greater ease, a deeper sense of balance, feelings of calmness and acceptance.

Norman is one of the most experienced yin yoga teachers in the country. He has been teaching his monthly four hour practice since February 2003 and he began a weekly yin yoga class - at the North London Buddhist Centre - in September 2003. This was perhaps the first regular timetabled class that used the term 'yin yoga'. As well as this class and the monthly practice, he now teaches regular yin yoga classes at the Lifecentre (Thursdays 2.15pm-3.45pm and Saturdays 3.30pm-5pm). And for the second Friday of each month at the North London Buddhist Centre the class is in silence: the joys of silent yin...

The four hour class practice - often people say "was that really four hours?" - takes place the last Saturday of every month: 3.30pm-7.30pm. These extended sessions allow space for participants to examine limits and explore potential, developing attention and refining awareness. The practice mainly emphasises yin yoga postures with some moving and sitting (meditation) to enable the combining of softness with strength, inner with outer, stillness with movement. To attend you must have been practicing yoga for at least six months. Venue is Globe House Yoga Studio (at the Tanneries) and cost is £25 (£15 concession) - you don't have to book in advance.

YIN YOGA
a day of teaching and training with Norman Blair
philosophy, practice, principles, postures
Sunday 22 July 10am-5pm
Globe House Yoga Studio (the Tanneries/next to 20 Crucifix Lane SE1)
 
A day for exploring the form of yin yoga, an opportunity to deepen your understanding of this practice.
 
Morning
We’ll start by arriving, centering and sitting and then we’ll look at the background of yin yoga: its history and the reasoning behind its evolution. From there we’ll study practicalities: principles and postures.
 
Afternoon
And in the afternoon, drawing together: the practice, the possibilities and potentials of yin yoga. There will be space for discussion, there will be tips on teaching, there will be ideas on developing a home practice – and more.
 
Cost is £65 (or £40 concessions) and places are limited (25) so you need to book/pay beforehand. Please send payment to Top Flat, 108 Lady Margaret Road, London, N19 5EX (cheques payable to ‘Norman Blair’). For more information, contact Norman108@clara.co.uk or call 07900 027291.