Thursday is Your Lucky Day!🍀🥰
My Turkish soul/twin sister, Hâle, is the best Yin Yoga teacher I know. She also does Somatic Experiencing therapy intro sessions, as described in my Somatic Therapy Guide. The two actually combine really well. I’ll let her speak for herself about how she sees it.
If you can get a class in person, that’s awesome, but she’s also giving online classes with personal feedback & support. Still working on her website, but meanwhile you can check out her Instagram and contact her thru there.
Be There or Be Square! See you soon!
The first intro class is Thursday, 6 A.M. Pacific time, 9 A.M. Eastern US. Only 8 students can fit in a class, so sign up fast! I’ll be in this intro class as well, with my housemate Malia (maybe you saw her funny video trying to marry ChatGPT recently😜). If you can’t make it on Thursday, Sunday is the next possible class date.
Cost Or No Cost!
First group intro session is FREE for paid subscribers to my Substack, or unemployed people who can’t afford it.
Otherwise the cost for group sessions is $20, or 4 weeks/month for $60. Private sessions are $40 or $150 for 4 weeks.
If you didn’t see the video…
Here is how Hàle sums it up in text if you didn’t watch the video:
What happens when we stop asking our body to do something the “right” way and start listening to it?
My Yin Yoga classes are based on this question. In Yin Yoga, we essentially use the effect of time while staying in poses that have variations accessible to every body. When the body stops moving, striving, and holding, and arrives at stillness, certain things become easier to hear: sensations, resistance, boundaries, our impulse to move, our desire to stay.
As we begin to hear all of these things, we go through a natural process of learning about ourselves through the body—especially about our boundaries and when we push them. Noticing what we need in order to remain comfortably still in a pose, and giving ourselves what we need, also helps us develop a sense of self-compassion.
In my classes, I bring together breath, meditation, and somatic awareness, inviting participants to explore their own boundaries while setting aside how a pose looks or how it is supposed to feel.
My classes don’t require any previous yoga or movement experience, flexibility, or strength. A living body and a little curiosity to listen to it are enough!
