3 Today s journey. YIN YOGA and the meridians WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE PRACTICE YIN YOGA?

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1 1 YOGA and the meridians 2 YOGA and the meridians 3 Today s journey All based on questions I had WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE PRACTICE YOGA? WHAT MERIDIANS AM I USING IN A POSE? WHAT MAKES A POSE OR? DO MERIDIANS HAVE A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE? CAN I FEEL MY MERIDIANS? MERIDIAN EXPLORE SESSION HOW DO I START TO INCLUDE A MERIDIAN APPROACH IN MY CLASSES? FIND OUT ON THE MAT, WITH ME 4 WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE PRACTICE YOGA? 5 for example, a shadow [] cannot exist without light [] EVERYTHING IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE HAS AND ASPECTS

2 6 any act of creation requires activity [] and substance [] 7 what goes up [] must eventually come down [] 8 HATHA CAN BE TRANSLATED AS HA MEANING SUN AND THA MEANING MOON. 9 THIS REFERS TO THE BALANCE OF MASCULINE: sun, hot, active FEMININE: moon, cool, receptive WITHIN ALL OF US 10 PRACTICE PRACTICE

3 11 AND DESCRIBE HOW SEEMINGLY OPPOSITE FORCES ARE ACTUALLY COMPLEMENTARY AND INTERDEPENDENT IN THE NATURAL WORLD HATHA YOGA IS A PATH TOWARD CREATING BALANCE AND UNITING OPPOSITES 12 WHEN WE PRACTICE A SEQUENCE, REMEMBER THERE IS NO WITHOUT 13 YOGA AND CHINESE MEDICAL THEORY ARE BASED ON INQUISITIVE SOULS OBSERVING THE CYCLES THAT WE ARE ALL PART OF 14 AS DAY IS SWALLOWED UP BY NIGHT [AS BECOMES ] DESIGNED BY DAVID CREIGHTON-PESTER AS DAY IS SWALLOWED UP BY NIGHT PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM

4 16 AS DAY IS SWALLOWED UP BY NIGHT 3-5PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM 17 AS NIGHT IS SWALLOWED UP BY DAY 3-5AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM 18 DAILY CYCLE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM 3-5AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM Stomach Spleen Heart Small 19 DAILY CYCLE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM 3-5PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM Pericardium Metabolism Gallbladder Liver 20 DAILY CYCLE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM 3-5AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM Stomach Spleen Heart Small

5 104% DAILY CYCLE AFFECTED BY WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE LIVE AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM 110% 86% 92% 50% 29% Stomach Spleen Heart Small DAILY CYCLE AFFECTED BY WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE LIVE PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM 110% 107% 100% 86% 52% 36% Pericardium Metabolism Gallbladder Liver DAILY CYCLE OVER 24 HOURS ORGANS OFTEN FLUCTUATE AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM 3-5PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM Daily DAILY circadian rhythm affected CYCLEby internal/external influences 24 ORGANS MOVE THAT ENERGY CREATE AND STORE ENERGY ORGANS MERIDIAN PAIRS 25

6 26 DAILY CYCLE MOVES TO, TO 3-5AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM 3-5PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM 27 MERIDIAN PAIRS 28 IN ACTION AND ENERGIES TRAVEL TO AND FROM OUR ORGANS VIA THE MERIDIAN NETWORK 29 IN ACTION AN ANCIENT MAP OF ENERGETIC PATHWAYS THAT INFLUENCE NERVE, BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC ACTIVITY 30 IN ACTION ENERGY POOLS IN THE ORGANS FLOWS THROUGH MERIDIANS AND MOVES LIKE WATER QI BO, THE BOOK OF PLAIN QUESTIONS

7 ORGAN BEAN IN ACTION 31 MERIDIAN SPROUT I LIKE TO SIMPLY CALL THIS THE BEANSPROUT THEORY (and each beansprout has tasks to do) MERIDIAN ROOT KIDNEY ORGAN-MERIDIAN DYNAMICS 32 THE KIDNEY IS THE SOURCE AND CONTROLLER OF THE BODY S [WATER AND FIRE] BALANCE, SO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIRTH, GROWTH, MATURITY AND DEATH (so a bit of a biggie then) KIDNEY ORGAN-MERIDIAN DYNAMICS 33 MERIDIAN IMBALANCES knees prone to injury sole of foot pain water apron - ask Sally KIDNEY ORGAN-MERIDIAN DYNAMICS 34 MERIDIAN IMBALANCES knees prone to injury sole of foot pain water apron - ask Sally KIDNEY KIDNEY ORGAN-MERIDIAN DYNAMICS 35 MERIDIAN IMBALANCES knees prone to injury sole of foot pain water apron - ask Sally ORGAN IMBALANCES paralysed by fear urinary difficulties infertility going grey/early ageing low back pain

8 36 BLADDER ORGAN-MERIDIAN DYNAMICS THE BLADDER STORES AND RELEASES WATER IN THE LOWER PART OF THE BODY. IT HELPS US STAY IN THE FLOW OF LIFE AND PREVENTS US FROM DRG UP BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY 37 BLADDER ORGAN-MERIDIAN DYNAMICS MERIDIAN IMBALANCES neck or back pain ORGAN IMBALANCES water apron - ask Sally paralysed by fear inner eye stys urinary difficulties low back pain urinary tract infections 38 MERIDIAN PAIRS THE BLADDER IS THE OR KIDNEY IS THE ASPECT MOVING ASPECT OF THE KIDNEY CREATING INTERNAL ENERGY AND IS MORE EXTERNAL THAT S MOVED BY THE BLADDER MOVE THAT ENERGY CREATE & STORE ENERGY 39 MERIDIAN PAIRS Stomach Spleen Small Heart Metabolism Pericardium Gallbladder Liver 40 MERIDIAN PAIRS THIS IS THE APPROACH THAT SARAH POWERS USES (and is totally great if you just want to follow her sequencing)

9 41 WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN A BIT IS WHEN YOU RE TRG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MERIDIANS YOU RE ENGAGING IN A POSE METABOLISM BLADDER SMALL INTESTINE GALLBLADDER 42 OR WHEN YOU RE TRG TO DECIDE WHETHER A POSTURE SO LET S TAKE A LOOK AT BOTH IS MORE OR 43 AM I USING OR MERIDIANS? 44 REMEMBER AND BY FEELING INTO THE BODY REGIONS WARMED OR NOT WARMED WHEN OUR BACK IS TO THE SUN 45

10 WHAT MAKES A POSTURE OR? 46 IF YOU USE A BODY REGION WHERE A MERIDIAN RUNS YOU AFFECT THAT MERIDIAN S ENERGY HOW YOU AFFECT IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU USE THE REGION WHAT MAKES A POSTURE OR? 47 SO ARE YOU GOING HARD & FAST WHAT MAKES A POSTURE OR? 48 OR SOFT AND SLOW? POSTURES IN YOGA WE CREATE A REFLEX ACTION THAT CAUSES TENDONS, MUSCLES AND FASCIA TO HUG TO BONE 49 THROUGH CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT WE TELL THESE TISSUES TO KEEP WORKING, SO THEIR FIBRES MOVE IN AND OUT OF CONTRACTION POSTURES 50 WHEN WE MOVE BONES & MUSCLES WE ALSO MOVE BLOOD, WHICH PREVENTS US FROM FEELING STIFF & STUCK

11 POSTURES IN YOGA BY KEEPING TENDONS, MUSCLES AND FASCIA IN ONE PLACE OVER TIME (3-5 MINUTES) A SECONDARY REFLEX OCCURS, CAUSING THESE TISSUES TO RELAX AWAY FROM BONE 51 THEY COME OUT OF CONTRACTION, CAN GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL SHAPE AND DRAPE OFF THE BONE POSTURES 52 ENERGY ALSO POOLS IN PLACES WHERE FLOW SLOWS: JOINTS ENERGY POOLS IN THE ORGANS FLOWS THROUGH MERIDIANS AND MOVES LIKE WATER QI BO, THE BOOK OF PLAIN QUESTIONS WHEN TISSUES RELAX AWAY FROM JOINTS THESE POOLS OF ENERGY ARE RELEASED BACK INTO THE FLOW AND WE FEEL BOTH INVIGORATED AND RELAXED 53 DO MERIDIANS HAVE A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE? DO MERIDIANS HAVE A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE? 54 THIS WHITE STUFF HERE AND HERE AND HERE TOO FASCIA DO MERIDIANS HAVE A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE? 55 EACH OF OUR MUSCLES ARE SURROUNDED BY A THIN MEMBRANE OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE CALLED FASCIA IT ALLOWS MUSCLES TO SLIDE UPON EACH OTHER, WHICH THEY HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO CONTRACT OR STRETCH DURING MOVEMENT FASCIA WHERE CHANGE HAPPENS

12 DO MERIDIANS HAVE A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE? 56 FASCIA IS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST ELECTROMAGNETIC TISSUES OF THE BODY 57 TOM MYERS AND FASCIA 58 DR DANIEL KEOWN THEORISES THAT EMBRYONIC STEM CELL PATHWAYS GO ON TO BECOME FASCIAL SUPERHIGHWAYS 59 CAN I FEEL MY MERIDIANS? THAT S A GREAT QUESTION, LET S FIND OUT 60 SO HOW HOW DO DO I BEGIN I START A MERIDIAN TO INCLUDE APPROACH? A MERIDIAN APPROACH IN MY CLASSES?

13 HOW DO I BEGIN A MERIDIAN APPROACH? 61 SARAH POWERS HAS HEAPS PAUL GRILLEY IS HER GURU THERAPY.COM TRAINING FIND OUT ON THE MAT FIND OUT ON THE MAT AM 5-7AM 7-9AM 9-11AM 11-1PM 1-3PM 3-5PM 5-7PM 7-9PM 9-11PM 11-1AM 1-3AM DAILY CYCLE REBALANCE EVERYTHING SPHINX POSE SALAMBA BHUJANGASANA 65 LUNG METAL ELEMENT POSE CHIMES, SINGING BOWLS LARGE INTESTINE

14 1. SPHINX POSE SALAMBA BHUJANGASANA 66 METAL ELEMENT POSE CHIMES, SINGING BOWLS LUNG 1. SPHINX POSE SALAMBA BHUJANGASANA 67 METAL ELEMENT POSE CHIMES, SINGING BOWLS LARGE INTESTINE 2. SADDLE OR HALF SADDLE SUPTA VIRASANA 68 SPLEEN STOMACH EARTH ELEMENT Stomach Spleen - POSE DRUMS, BASS, VOICE 2. SADDLE OR HALF SADDLE SUPTA VIRASANA 69 EARTH ELEMENT Stomach Spleen - POSE SPLEEN DRUMS, BASS, VOICE 2. SADDLE OR HALF SADDLE SUPTA VIRASANA 70 EARTH ELEMENT Stomach Spleen - POSE DRUMS, BASS, VOICE STOMACH

15 71 3. MELTING HEART POSE ANAHATASANA SMALL INTESTINE HEART FIRE ELEMENT Small Heart - POSE HARP, VOICE MELTING HEART POSE ANAHATASANA FIRE ELEMENT Small Heart POSE HARP, VOICE HEART MELTING HEART POSE ANAHATASANA FIRE ELEMENT Small Heart POSE HARP, VOICE SMALL INTESTINE CHILD S POSE BALASANA BLADDER KIDNEY WATER ELEMENT - POSE WATER, WAVES, RAIN 75 KIDNEY

16 76 BLADDER 4. CHILD S POSE BALASANA 77 SMALL INTESTINE GALLBLADDER BLADDER KIDNEY 5. RECLINING SPINAL TWIST SUPTA MATSYENDRASANA 78 GALLBLADDER LIVER WOOD ELEMENT Gall bladder Liver - POSE PIANO, VIOLIN, CELLO 5. RECLINING SPINAL TWIST SUPTA MATSYENDRASANA 79 WOOD ELEMENT Gall bladder Liver - POSE PIANO, VIOLIN, CELLO LIVER 5. RECLINING SPINAL TWIST SUPTA MATSYENDRASANA 80 WOOD ELEMENT Gall bladder Liver - POSE PIANO, VIOLIN, CELLO GALLBLADDER

17 6. SAVASNA SUPTA MATSYENDRASANA 81 - POSE ALL MERIDIANS 82 OUR BRAINS WON T RETAIN THIS ALL SO JUST LET IT GO