Greetings!
I'm wondering about other Teacher/Students experience with variations in naming YIN Yoga poses. I've had a month to peruse online offerings via Youtube because I broke my hand and so YIN Yoga has been more of an ally than ever of late and I got curious. There sure are a lot of offerings and I've been surprised, delighted, confused and curious in a variety of ways, but particularly about why classic names I started out with seem to be morphing and to what degree you're experiencing this too -- like "Key Hole" for the Reclining Swan modification done on the back (sometimes referred to as Figure 4 pose)...like "Melting Heart" for Full Quarter Dog. And then there are fusions people are having fun like "Tipsy Sphinx" for a combo of 1/2 Frog & Sphinx with a bit of twist.
I'm not a fundamentalist. I play too with poses and naming at times when I teach. But in training settings I choose to share poses with "original" nomenclature (aka Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, Bernie). What do other YIN Yoga Teachers think? Bernie? Have I missed something in the ever evolving way of things? !
Also I appreciate thoughts on the word "REBOUND" to describe the "marination" period post a pose. To my ears rebound conjours up a more "Yang" brain after the quietude of holding a shape. In some Yoga or bodywork settings that word for me that physically leaned towards BOOMERANG...where we've taken the pose too far, or the client too far, and post pose we/they experience REBOUND in a negative way...meaning the body reverts to contracture. Thoughts on REBOUND?
I appreciate the opportunity to discuss here.