This 6-week Yin Yoga course offers an immersive experience into the five elements by blending the wisdom of Chinese Medicine with the gentle, meditative practice of Yin Yoga.

Each week, we’ll explore a different element through our practice—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—focusing on the Meridians and Organs they govern, as well as dedicated areas of the body.

These classes are designed to foster balance, relaxation, and reconnection between your body and mind.

Why you will LOVE Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga is a slow paced and mindful practice where we hold asanas for a longer period of time. Unlike more dynamic yoga styles that focus on the muscular or "yang" tissues, Yin Yoga targets the deeper "yin" tissues of the body—ligaments, joints, fascia, and even bones— promoting them health, vitality and flexibility. Whereas Yang yoga brings movement to start the flow of energy, Yin Yoga brings stillness to give more space to the flow of energy or ‘Chi’. Hence Yin yoga is a great complement to other yang forms of yoga or activities.

Mindfulness and stillness are key components of Yin practice, too. During the practice we aim to be fully present and reconnect mind and body together through breath and awareness. There is a saying in Yin Yoga ‘we do not use the body to enter the pose but the pose to enter the body’. 

By integrating the Five Elements of Chinese Medicine —Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water—Yin Yoga brings a holistic balance to the body and mind, too. Each element corresponds to a season, emotion, and organ system. Focusing on specific meridians and elements allows us to address various physical, emotional, and energetic needs, creating harmony within and fostering a deeper connection to the natural cycles of life. 

Details of the 6 week class 

Week 1: Introduction to the 5 Element Yin Yoga

- Theme: Yin Yoga and Dao principles 

- Focus: A balanced practice integrating all the elements

- Poses: A combination of classical Yin Poses and variations for both beginners and practitioners 

- Benefits: Encourages overall balance and alignment

  Week 2: Earth Element 

Yin poses targeting the Earth element relates to late summer. It cultivates stability and a sense of being grounded, both physically and emotionally.

- Theme: Grounding, nurturing, stability

- Focus: Spleen and Stomach meridians

- Poses: Forward folds, twists, grounding postures 

- Benefits: Promotes a sense of calm, aids digestion, encourages grounding and centredness.

Week 3: Metal Element

Metal element poses focus on opening the lungs and chest, which can help in processing grief, releasing negative emotions, and improving clarity. Metal element is connected to autumn, clarity, and letting go and taking pure Chi in.

- Theme: Clarity, letting go, reflection

- Focus: Lung and Large Intestine meridians

- Poses: Shoulder openers, lung meridian stretches, poses that support letting go

- Benefits: Improves respiratory function, releases grief, supports the immune system.

Week 4: Water Element

Water-related poses in yin yoga support deep rest and introspection, enhancing the body's ability to recover, rejuvenate, and adapt to change. Water symbolizes Winter.

- Theme: Flow, adaptability, introspection

- Focus: Kidney and Bladder meridians

- Poses: Forward bends, hip openers, poses that encourage introspection

- Benefits: Supports kidney function, encourages deep rest, promotes emotional release.

Week 5: Wood Element

Associated with spring, growth, and creativity. In yin yoga, working with Wood focuses on flexibility and expansion, especially in the hips and side body, enhancing creativity and resilience

- Theme: Growth, renewal, flexibility, vision

- Focus: Liver and Gallbladder meridians

- Poses: Hip openers, side body stretches, twists

- Benefits: Supports emotional balance, promotes flexibility, releases tension in the hips and side body.

Week 6: Fire Element

Represents summer, passion, and joy. Fire element poses open the chest and shoulders, facilitating deeper heart connections, self-expression, and transformation.

- Theme: Joy, passion, transformation

- Focus: Heart and Small Intestine meridians

- Poses: Chest openers, backbends, heart meridian stretches 

- Benefits: Enhances self-love, supports emotional resilience, opens the chest and shoulders.

6 Week Course only €100