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by @marzipanj
Tue May 17, 2016 6:14 am
Forum: Yin Yoga and Knees
Topic: A Yin Yoga sequence for knee problems
Replies: 2
Views: 34880

Yin for knee osteoarthritis from overuse

Hi Bernie, I really appreciate your incredibly useful insights into knee damage and yin yoga. I'm an avid yogini who is struggling with arthritis in my knee joints. My doctor actually forbade yoga involving deep knee bends, and although I argued from clinical evidence available on the benefits of yo...
by @marzipanj
Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:14 am
Forum: Yin Yoga Postures, Practice & Sequences
Topic: Cross-legged pose and child pose
Replies: 1
Views: 10334

Cross-legged pose and child pose

I come from an ashtanga background so some of my pose names may be off, but I've loved yin yoga for a long time and am now teaching a local community class. My students are primarily older women, many of whom are farmers. We live in a rural farming community, and I find that these women are very str...
by @marzipanj
Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:57 pm
Forum: General Yin Yoga Topics
Topic: Yin Yoga in winter or colder months
Replies: 4
Views: 11052

I agree that some yang can be useful in winter--I live in northern Maine, where it is regularly down to 0F and below--our first -20F day forecast for this week. But at the same time, I carry so much of that cold in my shoulders, as much as I try not to, and I find that the only way to alleviate that...
by @marzipanj
Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:56 am
Forum: Yin Yoga Postures, Practice & Sequences
Topic: Reading posture...
Replies: 7
Views: 26584

Thanks so much for this advice. I've been looking for a way to yogify my evening routine of watching far too much television, but doing it in a way that's compassionate to myself and accepting of yin principles. Found your forum and love it. So far I've been juxtaposing an easy seat, cross-legged po...