Yin Yoga & Guided Imagery
A Yoga Workshop with Roland and Wrena Mathews

Friday, May 2, 2008
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Cost: $15 (check or cash please)
Location: 2445 Summerhill Drive, Encinitas
Contact: 760-753-7956
mathewsro@gmail.com

In this workshop, we will practice somatic yoga, yin yoga, and breathing techniques that will help you reconnect with your parasympathetic nervous system which is often frazzled from day to day living. There will also be a half hour guided relaxation at the end of the meeting to help you feel relaxed and rejuvenated.

• Somatic Yoga is a series of movements where we consciously contract and release muscles while moving in a comfortable range of motion. The benefit of this practice is becoming aware and releasing unconscious chronic tensions we hold in our musculature.
• Yin Yoga is the relaxed practice of floor postures for three to five minutes at a time. A Yin practice emphasizes the connective tissues of the hips, thighs, pelvis and lower spine. In this way it prepares the body and the mind for longer meditation practices. By drawing the student’s awareness away from the muscles and deeper into the bones, a deep level of relaxed focus is achieved.
• Breathing Techniques will also be introduced that help
reduce anxiety and regain lung/ribcage capacity.
• Guided Imagery to help you feel relaxed and rejuvenated.

All levels are welcome. Please bring a yoga mat and blanket or large towel. Please come 15 minutes early to check in so we can start on time. Light snacks provided after the event.

Space is limited so please register early by emailing mathewsro@gmail.com