In This Issue:
- Meditation Revealed — the course will be offered live, online June 13-19
- Your Body Talks: What causes those snaps, crackles and pops?
- Mark Stephens chats with Bernie Clark on the Yoga Room podcast
- Attend a weekly online Yin Yoga class with Bernie
- Discounts for online courses
- What’s new in the Forum?
- The Yin Yoga Teacher Directory
Meditation Revealed Online
With Bernie Clark & Nathalie Keiller
Starting Soon!
We are happy to announce that Meditation Revealed will be offered on-line from June 13-19, 2022. Join us live, or watch the recordings whenever it is convenient.
This course will examine what meditation is, why we do it and how to do it, from a variety of viewpoints: From Eastern Yogic and Buddhist views to Western Philosophy and Psychotherapy. The course will include training in Deep Meditation to give the student an experiential basis for the practice of meditation. This course will be a balance of theory and praxis but the course will also delve deeply into the context of both yoga and meditation and will show how this has evolved over the millennia. Understanding the historical context of these practices will help you adopt and adapt meditation to what you need for our modern times.
Your Body Talks – What cause those snaps, crackles, and pops
If you move, you may crinkle and click, creak and crack. You may groan and complain about getting old, but noises are a normal part of life and for many people, a part of yoga! A technical term for joint noise is crepitus, which is Latin for “rattle”. The exact cause of these noises is uncertain. There are several possibilities. The first is simple friction; when two things come together, get stuck and then finally release, a sound is often created. An example is when you snap your fingers: your thumb and finger are initially stuck together, the pressure between them builds, and finally there is a release of tension with an audible click. This can happen between our tissues internally as well. A tendon or ligament may get temporarily caught up on another ligament or on a bone’s surface, perhaps due to a bony growth (an osteophyte or “bone spur”); as we move, the ligament tries to slip over the obstacle but can’t, until a high enough stress builds up and then finally the ligament releases with an audible pop… Read the rest of this article
Yoga Room Podcast
Science can have many different meanings. We see this plainly in references to “the science of yoga,” which might point to methodologically rigorous studies or fanciful – and perhaps deeply meaningful – stories about anything and everything in life. We can also appreciate that such stories can be usefully understood and applied in our lives as myths, much as suggested in the work of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Sally Kempton, and in the tapestry of stories from the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Ramayana.
In this episode, Mark Stephens and Bernie Clark discuss these topics both generally and in specific relation to new and different ideas about the human body, yoga practice, teaching yoga, and living a good life.
Attend a Weekly Online Class with Bernie Clark
Welcome to the Yin-side!
Every Sunday morning at 10 am PST (Vancouver time zone), join Bernie for a live 70-minute Yin Yoga class followed by an optional 20-minute meditation practice. Or, if this time or day does not work for you, you can take the class at your preferred time by watching the video reply. In fact regardless of when you choose to attend, you can take the class as many times as you like, until the next class becomes live. (The class costs $4US.) Each class will include
- 3~5 minutes of centring/arriving
- 55 minutes of yin asanas
- 8~10 minutes of Shavasana
- An optional 20 minutes of guided mindfulness meditation
- A suggested Spotify Playlist
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 on-line yin yoga classes you will learn
- The nature of yin and yang
- To practice with intention and attention
- The 3 principles of the 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 Course
by 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
Recent Forum Discussions: If you have something to contribute to these topics, feel free to add your voice and experience to the discussions!
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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