🌀 🧘 A slow, quiet, contemplative practice to balance body and mind. 🌀
☯️ Rather than focus on using the muscles, as in many yoga styles, we target our deep inner tissues: fascia (the connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve, fiber, and muscle in place), bones, ligaments, tendons, and joints. ☯️
🧘 ☯️ By holding postures on the floor for longer periods (generally 3 to 5 minutes), the deep inner tissues of the body are stressed, stimulating hyaluronic acid, “nature’s moisturizer,” enabling the body tissues to stay hydrated, lubricated, and spring-like so our bodies can better endure tension, pressure, and stress. This is especially important as we age and the body’s tissues naturally dry out. Yin Yoga makes us more resilient, flexible, and stronger — physically, mentally, and emotionally. 🧘 ☯️
🕉 Yin sequences additionally target the energetic channels of the body, also known as the meridians in Chinese medicine. Each posture can be seen as a mini-meditation. 🕉
☮️ It’s a chance to experiment with various meditative/contemplative techniques. ☮️
🌀 We gain clarity, focus, patience, and tolerance, which serves us off the mat in our daily lives. 🌀
🧘 ☮️ Yin Yoga is a cool, calm practice. You may want to wear socks and sweatpants, or something easy to move in that will keep you warm. Please bring a blanket, towel, or cushion and a yoga mat.
We will have a few available if you need one. 🧘☮️
🌀 Led by Jen Leary 🌀
🕉 Over 20 years of experience in the Healing Arts. 🕉
🧘 200-hour Yoga teacher, 🕉 Reiki Level II Practitioner
Extensive training in Herbalism, Plant-Based Nutrition, Yin and Vinyasa Yoga, Meditation, Shamanism & Intuitive Healing.
Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach (IIN) 8 years experience
Certified ADCES National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Lifestyle Coach, DTTAC Advanced Training
(Diabetes Training and Technical Assistance Center)
PHRP training (Protecting Human Research Participants)
Certified Empower Work Imposter Syndrome Coach
$20 drop in or $125, prepaid, 8 classes
Cash or Venmo
Reserve at flourishmaine@gmail.com