In This Issue:
- The Yinside of New Year’s Resolutions
- Making your own sandbags (and other prop ideas)
- Our weekly online classes are expanding: now you can get some yang with your yin!
- Functional Anatomy for Yoga Teachers
- On Demand Yin Yoga Teacher Training
- Prana — a new book by Bernie now available
- Discounts for online courses
- The Forum — a collection of questions and answers about yin and yoga
- The Yin Yoga Teacher Directory — find a yin teacher near you
The Yinside of New Year’s Resolutions
When we examine our resolutions we find that they are based on the unspoken assumption that the way we are right now is not good enough. There is a “should” lurking in our self-evaluation: we should be better, or different than we are right now. Where is that assumption coming from? Why are you not content with the way you are right now, with the way your life is right now? Whose voice is whispering in your ear that you should be different?
Making Your Own Sandbags And other prop ideas from Diana Batts
Recently, a student reached out to ask how to buy and fill sandbags. She loved the way they helped her yin practice. Diana Batts answered her: “When I am filling sandbags I buy a sack of play sand from a hardware store like Home Depot. The sort of sand they sell for a child’s sandbox so it is free of salt. I use a kitchen scale and my sandbags are 10lbs each; it’s easy to get that weight with sand rather than other options like beans. I also save absorbent sachets from pill bottles or packaging or whenever I come across them and add a few of those to each sandbag. I get my sandbags from Halfmoon Yoga and they sell them empty as, as you discovered, shipping them full is a lot! It is a bit of an effort but well worth it!”
For more ideas of the use and sources of props, as well as a video of Diana demonstrating many different props, visit this page.
Your $5/week subscription (or less, depending on your commitment) now includes both yin and yang yoga each week. Along with two live yin classes on Sundays and Fridays with Bernie Clark and Diana Batts, you now also have access to two live 60-minute hatha yoga classes on Mondays and Thursdays with Nathalie Keiller.
Together, these classes offer a more complete and balanced weekly practice. As always, if you can’t attend live, all classes are available as replays, along with full access to the growing class archive. (You will find Nathalie’s classes in the Online Yin Yoga product.)
Twice the yoga, the same low price.
If you know someone who might benefit from a steady, thoughtful online yoga practice — for less than the price of a cup of coffee each week — please feel free to pass this along.
Functional Anatomy for Yoga Teachers
The digital version of Functional Anatomy will be available on November 17! It is the recorded version of the live 40-hour course given in July of 2025. This On Demand 30-hour training goes beyond the basic information about anatomy and physiology offered in most Yoga Teacher Trainings. The focus is on how the body moves and, more importantly, what limits movement, when these limits can be extended and when they should be accepted. What is uniquely fun about this course is that you will be exploring your own body’s ranges of motion.
To learn more and to order the course visit either Asana at Home or Yogaversity.
On Demand Yin Yoga Teacher Training
This comprehensive on demand, online training will immerse you in the techniques, theory, and teaching of Yin Yoga. Guided by Bernie Clark and Diana Batts, you’ll explore the foundations of the practice from physiological, energetic, and psychological perspectives. Through a blend of lectures, demonstrations, and guided practice, you’ll learn how to safely experience Yin Yoga yourself—and how to confidently share it with others. Whether you’re a yoga teacher, therapist, or dedicated practitioner, this course will deepen your understanding and expand your skillset.
Bernie Clark’s Newest bookNow available for pre-ordering!
“Having read all of Bernie’s books, this is by far my favorite. It’s a wonderful mix of the personal, scientific, and creative…”
– J. Brown, Host of the Yoga Talks Podcast
“Bernie Clark takes the reader deep inside the mystical, invisible, subtle yet powerful realms of prana… managing to do so in an engaging and accessible manner.”
– David Swenson, author of Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual
“Prana is a luminous and deeply original work – part memoir, part mythic tapestry, part philosophical inquiry – that breathes life into one of the most enduring mysteries of human existence.”
– Mark Stephens, author of Breathing: The Art and Science of Pranayama
Prana, One Breath, Many Worlds will be on the bookshelves January 1, 2026 but you can pre-order it today. To learn much, much more about the book, visit the website www.yinyoga.com/prana. As a self-published book, we rely upon you, dear friends, to help spread the news!
Bernie together with Yoga International offers 8 one-hour, online, Yin Yoga for Your Body video classes. These hours are eligible for continuing education credits with Yoga Alliance.
Through these 8 online yin yoga classes you will learn
- The nature of yin and yang
- To practice with intention and attention
- The 3 principles of Yin Yoga
- The reality of human variations
- To create a functional yoga practice
- To develop anti-fragility
- To develop mindfulness
Your Spine, Your Body – The Courseby Professor Stuart McGill and Bernie Clark
Up-to-Date Knowledge and Practices to Increase Spinal Stability, Mobility, Endurance, and Well-Being
Professor Stuart McGill is a world-renowned expert in spine biomechanics. In this eight-hour course, Stuart and Bernie will lead you to discover:
- The code—the science of the spine
- The art—applying the science to your body
- Practices—taking it to the mat
The Yin Yoga Forum
Time marches on and things change. The Forum has now become a Read-Only resource. If you have questions about Yin Yoga, check it out. Below are some general topic areas but there are others. Use the search bar to find your specific topic.
Yin Yoga Teacher Directory
If you are having trouble finding a Yin Yoga teacher near you, or if you are traveling to somewhere new, try checking out the Directory of Yin Yoga teachers. We have hundreds of teachers registered from all over the world. If you are a teacher and are not in the directory, just send us your information and we’ll be happy to add you.
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