#WINTER SOLSTICE YIN YOGA SEQUENCE FULL#

Dress yourself in darkness, bring a small, enclosed candle, and prepare to embrace your shadows and your light.

#WINTER SOLSTICE YIN YOGA SEQUENCE FULL#

In two full hours of simple, quiet, restorative asanas, deep reflection, chanting, and meditation, the class will bring friends and strangers together to honor the depths of our shadows, the parts that allow our light to emerge. 12923 NW Cornell Road #203, More information and sign-up options.ĭecember 21, 7-9 pm: Welcome the sweet darkness in this ritual celebration of the longest night of the year. This class will include poses to lengthen and stretch the body before longer quieting poses, as well as breathing and meditation. Take two hours to quiet your mind, relax your body, and refresh your spirit with a restorative yoga class at Sunset Yoga Studio. At this time of year, what better than to be reminded to be still, to take time to be quiet. #265, More information and sign-up optionsĭecember 21, 4-6 pm: The root of the word solstice comes from a Latin word that means to stand or to stay still. $20 online, $25 in studio, 1028 SE Water Ave. More information and sign-up options.ĭecember 21, 2:30-5 pm: Not one but four loving teachers (Kimi, Emily, Meghan and Sweethome) will guide a candlelit ritual yoga practice of 108 Sun Salutations-a practice both meditative and enlivening. Share, chant, and practice 108 sun salutations together in celebration on the sun's return. This is also a dual celebration, to pause to look back on the journey since the summer solstice, acknowledging what has been completed and the insights and understandings that have been gained. More information and sign-up optionsĭecember 20, 4-6 pm: The winter solstice is a time to name our dreams, our 'solstice resolutions,' which will grow with the increasing light. $30 in advance, $35 at the door, 7970 SE 13th Ave. Take some bubble baths, sleep more, eat more and learn to say NO.December 20, 6-8 pm: The Winter Solstice marks the turn from the shortest day of the year towards the return of light. Welcome the return of illumination with Sellwood Yoga's with a slow, mindful vinyasa flow sequence and a quieter, more reflective yin and restorative yoga style. This is such a wonderful time of the year and I really hope you’ll make the most of it by doing WAY LESS. You’ll be prompted to dream, visualize and imagine what you want your life to be like. Have plenty of props around you like pillows, bolsters,blankets and blocks and keep a journal close by. The winter solstice is a time of darkness and death which are necessary so that we may be reborn in the springtime with fresh ideas and new perspectives. Restorative yoga is not about chasing sensation but about restoring yourself to optimal health and soothing the nervous system. In this restorative yoga practice I’ll ask you to stop trying to do everything and learn to do nothing. The magical thing about honoring winter by slowing down and resting more is that it will make you more productive and full of energy come Spring and Summer! We burn out when we try to GO GO GO year-round… It isn’t sustainable! While we can’t actually sleep for months, Winter is a beautiful opportunity to reduce the amount of activities, tasks and stresses you normally have. Class will end with a guided deep relaxation that will leave you feeling clear, calm and rested. Winter is a time for us to hibernate physically, mentally and emotionally. Stretch and chill in restorative yoga postures that will compliment targeted massage areas, encouraging deeper release, tension and pain relief. A flower is not meant to blossom year round and we aren’t either. This time of the year is all about resting, saying no, sleeping and tuning in to what we truly want. The last thing we want to do during the Winter solstice is overexert ourselves! It marks the longest night of the year as well as the return of sunlight as we move towards Spring. This is a special time of the year that I feel many people misunderstand.

Winter solstice yin yoga sequence