A Therapeutic Approach to Yin Yoga with Nyk Danu

In this week's podcast episode, I'm geeking out with Nyk Danu, a fellow yoga therapist and Yin Yoga teacher. Nyk has extensive training in Chinese Medicine and yoga therapy, so we go in-depth on how these modalities can enhance the Yin Yoga practice.

Nyk talks about how learning anatomy from Paul Grilley - especially the reality of skeletal variation - totally changed her understanding of alignment in yoga. We also discuss the use of yoga props in Yin, and why they are so important for making the practice accessible and therapeutic.

You'll also hear about:

• the role of the nervous system and interoception in a therapeutic Yin practice
• how the long-held Yin poses can be calming for anxiety
• the mental challenges that often come up in a Yin practice
• why Nyk is cautious about how she shares Chinese Medicine and Meridian theory in her Yin classes
• what the sinew channels are, and how they may be more relevant to Yin than the Meridians
• reconsidering common language in Yin Yoga, from a therapeutic point of view
• ways to make Yin classes more trauma-informed.

This episode is packed with info for our Yin lovers! So, give it a listen and let us know what your favorite take-aways are.

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To connect with Nyk, you can visit her website at https://nykdanu.com/

or follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nykdanuyoga/

To connect further with me (Addie), check out my main website movedtomeditate.yoga

or the Moved To Meditate Class Library at movedtomeditate.com

And, as mentioned at the beginning of the episode, our current Deeper Dive theme is Patience & Persistence. There is a free 3-page worksheet that you can download and use to take a closer look at your own relationship to Patience and Persistence, if you like. I will be sending the worksheet out with my email newsletter during the first week of January...you can sign up to receive it here.

P.S. If you missed the newsletter because you're listening to this later, you can still get the worksheet. All you need to do is email me at [email protected] and ask. :)