Equipment needed: peanut, strap, block

A cooling and relaxing practice for the heat of summer.

Work into the tissues all the way around the hip joint.

A lower-body practice, focusing on the support we can get from the wall.

Rest and relax with this low-key practice - you deserve it!

This practice takes a full-body approach through the meridians of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The Five Essentials provide guidance on what to do during the stillness of a yin posture, help us strengthen our felt sense of our bodies, and gently nudge us into a state of relaxation.

Equipment needed: 2 blocks for my suggested shapes, but endlessly adaptable, so don’t let that stop you!

In our practice and in life, not everything will feel good all the time. Here, we can interact with our discomfort in a way that lets us remain fully in control of our experience, using myofascial release.

Equipment needed: foam roller, bolster, block

For those long winter nights when you’re too cold to move… grab some blankets, light a few candles and get cozy with your yin practice!

Equipment needed: one blanket for class, plus as many blankets as you need to be cozy!

A simple, full-body practice with all my favorites!

Equipment needed: 2 blocks; blanket (optional)

Throughout a simple yin yoga practice, we’ll tap into both external and internal elements of our immediate experience to quiet our minds and stay anchored into our practice.

Equipment needed: 2 blocks, wall space, blanket (optional)

A low-key practice that begins with some dynamic movements to invoke the fluid quality of the Water element, and flows into longer-held static postures for the Kidney meridian.

Equipment needed: 2 blocks (or household equivalent)

Take a quick stretch after a run or workout, no equipment needed.

Our spines are made to move in many directions - they allow us to round forward, arch our back, rotate to see behind us, and stretch to each side. In this practice, we’ll explore the unique experience of our own spinal movement.

Equipment needed: peanut, 2 blocks, blanket

Whether you’ve been practicing for a day or a decade, this class is for you if you want to connect (or re-connect) with the essential elements of the Yin practice.

Equipment needed: 1 blanket, 2 blocks

My favorite myofascial release technique will work out the tight spots in your calf muscles.

Equipment needed: myofascial release ball or tennis ball; yoga block or shoebox (optional)

Inspired by one of my favorite full-body strength training activities, we’ll explore moving in various ways while holding an object overhead.

Equipment needed: a yoga block (or tissue box, empty shoebox etc)

This movement practice explores essential qualities of the familiar Tree pose (vrksasana).

Equipment needed: foam roller, myofascial release ball or tennis ball

This shorter practice targets the inner thighs, where the “yin meridian super highway” is located (kidney, liver, and spleen all run through this area), through some gentle movement and yin postures.

Equipment needed: foam roller; block (optional)

40 minutes

This shorter yin practice can be done without any props.

Equipment needed: None

This is an active practice focusing on strength, mobility, and myofascial release work for happy, healthy feet.

Equipment needed: myofascial release ball or tennis ball; block (optional)

Our feet carry us around all day, so they deserve a little extra love and attention. This practice explores some yin postures and myofascial release for the feet.

Equipment needed: tennis ball or myofascial release ball, blanket

Jan 17, 2021

Follow along with this guided meditation on the Five Essentials from any comfortable position.

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Challenge your balance in new ways with this standing sequence.

Equipment needed: none

33 minutes

Take a lunch break with me to practice yoga! We’ll incorporate dynamic movements to counteract all the sitting many of us are doing during the work day, with a bit of work for the core, just for fun.

Equipment needed: none