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Welcoming Winter: Breathwork & Bodywork for the Season of the Exhale Hold

  • Yoga Mandali 454 Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 United States (map)

Join us for a nurturing class to witness and embrace winter, allowing you to surrender with more ease into what is unfolding in your life. Kristin and Sarah have integrated the benefits of relaxing breathwork and meditation with gentle bodywork to encourage the mind and body to fully relax and to invite in the calm and peace that winter represents.

In Classical Chinese Medicine and Yin Yoga, the winter season coincides with the element water, representing the basis for life. In winter, our yang (active) declines, yielding to the growth strength of yin (rest). The water element gives us our will to survive and provides our reservoir for energy. When imbalanced, however, feelings of fear and instability may arise.

Through gentle bodywork, meditation and breathing techniques, this class will work to process and let go of these emotions using the themes of the winter season – the water element acupressure points, yin, and the exhale hold. Rather than resisting change and uncertainty, we will practice yielding to the path of least resistance and to the downward quality of winter.

Come prepared to slow down, connect, and welcome the soothing energy of this serene season before we find ourselves in spring. All levels are welcome!

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