September 16, 2011
· Filed under Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink
You can learn some fundamentals of Yin Yoga from Yin Yoga teachers
but you can only learn the complete art from the founding master
Paulie Zink
“I am delighted to see how the practice of Yin yoga has spread throughout the global yoga community. But I have not authorized any other person or school to offer Teacher Certification in Yin yoga. To this effect I have founded The Yin Yoga Institute in order to provide guidelines in teaching Yin yoga and to establish a standard of excellence in the art. The Yin Yoga Institute also serves as the official Teacher Registration for Yin yoga and Yin and Yang yoga teachers who meet the minimum requirements.” Master Zink
Master Paulie Zink is the founder of Yin Yoga and was Paul Grilley’s teacher. Master Zink is a multifaceted instructor of rare quality. He is a highly proficient Yin and Yang Yoga practitioner, a Chi Kung expert and an internationally acclaimed martial arts grand champion. The combination of his exceptional background, knowledge and skill makes him unique among yoga teachers in the western world. In order to achieve this degree of mastery he underwent demanding training and esoteric disciplines which emphasized cultivating the felt awareness and embodiment of one’s intuitive, instinctual, and mystical natures. As a result, he can actualize the power and spontaneity, the flowing movement and wild spirit that are inherent in our awakened primal energy.
Master Zink conveys a profound and refreshing simplicity that comes from true understanding. With his relaxed and playful demeanor, students find him to be a very approachable and enjoyable teacher. Master Zink continues to evolve his art of Yin and Yang Yoga by adding postures, variations, and insights. Through many years of study, practice and teaching he has further developed this ancient Taoist tradition into his own distinctive and dynamic style.
Paulie Zink can be seen on YouTube
The Yin Yoga Institute
The official site for Yin yoga & Yin and Yang Yoga
Teacher Registration
Paulie is on FACEBOOK
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September 15, 2011
· Filed under Upcoming Seminars
This is the only official Yin Yoga Teacher Certification Course authorized by The Yin Yoga Institute
and taught by the founding master of Yin Yoga,
Paulie Zink.
Learn to teach the art of Yin Yoga
as it is intended to be taught.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Two one-week sessions: April 21-27 & June 9-15
Daily Schedule: 12:00-6:00 pm
$2,950
10% early-bird discount if registered by March 15, payment plans are available.
September 13, 2011
· Filed under Upcoming Seminars
Jupiter, FL
The Art of Yin & Yang Yoga
March 17 & 18, 2012
Kula Yoga Shala
Ph. 561.216.5852
General Inquiries : info@kulayogashala.com
Studio Director ~ Scott Feinberg: scott@kulayogashala.com
Kripalu Center for Yoga, MA
Yin and Yang Yoga:
An Exploration of Stillness, Alchemy, Power, and Flow
July 6-8, 2012
Kripalu
ph. 866 200 5203
ph. 413 448 3152
Registration@Kripalu.org
Greenville, SC
Teacher Training: Yin & Yang Yoga
August 24 & 25, 2012
Dharma Yoga Studio
ph. (864) 404-6674
Beth@DharmaYogaStudios.com
August 10, 2006
· Filed under Other Events
“I took from Paulie Zink one weekend workshop
and I learned more in that one weekend
then I did in all of my yoga teacher trainings!!!”
Leslie Riffle-Crogan
“I was taught at a Yin yoga workshop that everyone’s bones are different, and my bones aren’t meant to bend in a way that would allow me to do certain poses. They told me I will never do the splits, but it’s not my fault, it’s my bones. They showed me other ways to practice, and I trusted them. I continued doing my daily yoga practice, becoming more flexible then I have ever been, but with a belief that there was a limit to what I can do.
Then I took a workshop with Paulie Zink. He reminded me why I fell in love with yoga in the first place. At his weekend workshop he told me I can do anything I set my mind to, and that there aren’t any limits to what I am capable of accomplishing [within reason]. He showed genuine care and interest, and had an energy that just radiated throughout the room. He is an example of the type of teacher I hope to be: one who inspires.
And one day, I will do the splits!”
Ashley Meyer
“It is not possible to predict what a person may physically accomplish by observation, medical examination, X-ray of skeleton, MRI or other imaging devices.
(This of course assumes we are not talking about ever being able to bench press a tractor trailer!)
This may not apply to someone who has a congenital physical deformity or a post traumatic physical deformity. The question of being able to perform any physical posture is not dependent on bone structure for the most part, but far more on the amount of time devoted to practicing.
I strongly discourage any concept by teachers or students about what can and cannot be accomplished. The heart of the practice of yoga rests completely in the word ‘practice’, it is not measured in what external physical form is demonstrated. We have all seen individuals who through genetics and practice can do outrageous physical contortions, but have no spiritual awareness and we have seen individuals whose wisdom, compassion, and love are endless who have never heard of downward facing dog.
My response to a student who would ask if he/she would ever be able to do a particular asana, would be practice from the heart with compassion, diligence and persistence and ask me that question in another 20 years.”
Joe Lanzarotta, M.D.
