The world seems filled with negativity and if that has you feeling weighted down and overwhelmed - remember HOPE.

Hope is that potential inside every living being, filling us up, giving us the desire to move on, and bringing light into the darkest of days. Today we work with hope, sensing i...

We are so often told to hide our feelings, bury our responses, control our selves - and while that may be the societal rules we have to live by - there are times where we need and should ALLOW ourselves the time to grieve, cry, be angry, feel all the feelings and have all the thoughts and simply ...

Chi, prana, or vital energy has a pathway - intake, assimilation and elimination. We are born with a certain amount of chi which is stored in our Kidneys and throughout our lives, we also acquire Chi through food, breath, environment. This "acquired chi" moves through the body from the Lungs/He...

Freedom is a word we are all familiar with - in life, community, concept, politics. But what does freedom mean for you personally? How do you feel free?

We explore the idea of freedom - of letting go, exploring, examining our long held emotions and ideas and working to find space. Feel ligh...

Today we are working with the hips in our Beginner Yin Yoga series (60 minutes) - the hips are the densest area of connective tissue and the area most affected by the longer holds of Yin Yoga. Get ready to feel opening, spaciousness and release!

If you are new to Yin Yoga and interested in why...

In this 1 hour Yin yoga practice we focus on the heart, lung & pericardium meridians to open your chest, shoulders, arms and upper back. Longer deep holds allow you to really sink into the poses and experience an introspective and quieting practice from beginning to end. We focus on nourishing ...

Welcome to {Y}ingenuity - practices diving deeper into Traditional Chinese Medicine and including long, deep holds to allow you to settle, soften, and become more introspective.

Today we are working with the Shen, or the House of the Spirit - the heart. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Hear...

Tranquility is SO hard to define but when you are in a tranquil state or feel tranquility - you know it! Tranquility is unique to each one of us and is often found after the hardest, most challenging work. It is a state that resides internally - just like a secret garden that you have to scale ...

Sometimes you just need to deeply release, let go, soften, be supported and let yourself come back to balance. In this practice we mindfully and softly work with the adrenals and kidneys to balance our energy and revitalize. Self care at it's best - like a day at the spa except BETTER!

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This 1 hour + Yin Yoga practice is all about surrender - release - letting go. Yin Yoga is the perfect way to practice releasing the things AND thoughts that no longer serve you, hold you back, or keep you from growing and moving on. Of course, letting go and surrendering is also physical so we ...

Be yourself, unless you can be a dragon - then always be a dragon. Today we practice with the dragons - developing our own inner fire, embracing our fierceness and checking in with ourselves to see if there are places in our life we can be a little fiercer while still being sweet and wise. Join...

There is a certain bliss that exists when your chakras are balancing and in harmony and in this practice we blend Indian Chakra theory and Traditional Chinese Medicine meridian theory to explore, connect, heal and harmonize all of the chakras from our feet to the crown of our head.

We use breath...

Spring is here and many of us are ready to shed our winter coats.
Today's elemental Yin Yoga practice focuses on the Chinese Element of wood which is all about new growth. The element of wood is also related to the Liver/Gallbladder meridians helping us clear out the old, prepare for the new a...

Join me for this 75 minute Yin Yoga hips and glutes practice for deep emotional release and physical mobility and opening!

Research shows that connective tissue may hold emotional memory and because the densest area of connective tissue is in our hips, legs and glutes - this is a great area to...

In today's 70 minute Yin Yoga practice we are focusing on bringing balance to your endocrine system - the system that handles all of your hormones! Your endocrine system, located throughout your body, is comprised of many glands producing much needed hormones that regulate your growth, sleep, ci...

Join me for a 70 Min Yin Yoga full body chakra and meridian balancing practice where we will work through each of the chakras or energy centers of the body to restore balance. Aligning the chakras and each meridian associated with it, we will focus on clearing blockages to allow the free flow of...

Over 31 million Americans have back pain at one time or another in their lives. Many of us suffer from chronic back and sciatic pain. In this 70 minute Restorative Yoga practice we take our time as we focus on the lower back and hips to open, release, relax and relieve back and sciatica pain. ...

Every moment of our lives we are doing something but often thinking of something entirely different - either past, or future. We are torn, fragmented and pulled a million different ways. Taking some time to settle, breathe, focus on bringing ourselves into harmony - we hold our poses a little l...

Today's 65 minute Yin Yoga practice is a highly requested practice - focusing on relief from all the symptoms of PMS and PMT. PMS/PMT affects millions of women everyday with a multitude of symptoms including tension, frustration, anger, back pain, leg pain, cramps, digestive disorders, and restl...

The Winter Solstice is a time for turning inward, softening, exploring the Yin side while releasing and allowing yourself to listen to your inner voice. Join me for this 65 minute Yin Yoga practice where we settle, breathe, soften, and release - allowing ourselves to simply BE.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine 5 Element theory is a beautiful cyclical supportive and regulative theory. Today ( in our 65 minute Yin practice) we are moving through that cycle in it's entirety - beginning with Spring/Wood element and moving through the year and the cycles to end in Winter/Water ...

Today we are focusing on the lower body chakras in this 60 minute Yin Yoga practice melding chakra theory, mantras, and Traditional Chinese Medicine to bring balance. The first 3 chakras are deeply tied together as they are more internal and personal. These chakras relate to your inner consciou...

Today's practice is all about caring for your back! In this 60 minute Yin Yoga practice we will mindfully mobilize the connective tissue in the back, hips, legs and surrounding areas to release tension and relieve lower back pain. A great practice to maintain a healthy back or work with lower b...

In this 60 minute total body deep stretch Yin Yoga practice we are focusing on the Liver, Heart and Spleen meridians. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, these organ systems regulate the movement of blood throughout the body. When the blood slows or gets stuck (as we age, stress, seasonally, long ...