Dr Jason Loken, ND interviews Paulie Zink, the founder of Yin Yoga. Paulie elaborates on the origins of his yoga style. He shares the influences that both nature and the animals have had on its development, how Yin yoga relates to healing and the 5-element theory of Chinese Medicine and how the embodiment of this experiential practice could well be the fountain of youth and health that we have all been looking for.
If you are in a posture and are able to flow with the energetic quality of one of the elements or animals then you can understand its purpose.
The Phoenix is a mythical bird that is reborn from its own ashes; it symbolizes longevity and regeneration. The Phoenix embodies the FIRE element: the energetics of rising upward above the earth, of being ungrounded. It’s the quality of lightness and free form spontaneity in movement. Picture yourself running barefoot across a paved parking lot on a very hot summer day; imagine how your feet would barely touch the ground and your gate would be brisk and springy.
The intention of our thoughts has the power to expand our consciousness.
The foundations of Yin yoga are rooted in the Daoist traditions and premised upon living in harmony with nature.