Yin it to win it.

Balance

4-Beat everyday is how I yang. Sunday night I stay Yin. Like a two pronged attack on distraction, the contrasting practices complement each other to balance the nervous system.

Equinimity is key- the healthiest yogi is one who can spend time dipping into and out of yin and yang states as needed, not as dictated by the world around and with as much awareness as possible as to which way they need to go.

Active vs passive. 

The simple difference between the two styles is in the approach to meditation. Yang is active, doing- purposefully and dynamically moving and breathing with concentrated attention, training your focus (dharana) on those objects.

Yin is the passive, mindful meditation in stillness: stop doing anything- do nothing- and simply observe the things that normally keep you distracted - ie constant thinking. See what’s there rather than actively looking. The idea of sitting on the bank of a stream (of consciousness), watching the flow, intending not to fall in. But when you inevitably do, getting back out onto the bank before you float too far down stream. And then starting all over again.

In Stillness

In Yin poses you find stillness, any movement here is a distraction. With no disturbance on the surface of the water, we can see more clearly what lies beneath. This enables not only a different way in to meditation but also the calming of the autonomic nervous system- into a parasympathetic: rest, digest and healing state. As a counter to the hectic and over-stimulated lives we often lead, and sometimes compound, Yin is the alternative. As strong as it is soft, it is a practice many of us need more than we think.

Make time for Reclination.

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