This gathering is an interlude – to pause from busyness, our embodied universes of thought and feeling huddled together in a finite space.

Indulge yourself in a grounding, softening three-hour practice filled with gentle movement, deep breathing, and long steady restful poses to rebalance.

Steadily, cautiously, blooming into new beginnings, Spring time is guided by the wood element. At this time of year we witness how nature wakes up, how WE start to wake up. As seeds start to grow and trees glisten with new buds, there's a force in the air, a breeze of new life with everything tense and ready to come forth.

But we can be affected by those tense imbalances in our bodies and minds - the reflections of the Wood element in terms of the impact on our movement and flexibility, our posture (trunk), and feeling unrooted or ungrounded. Our emotions may show over-eagerness, even anger and frustration, as we're just a little too ready to rush into new adventure. Working with the liver (yin) and gall bladder (yang) energies in our bodies, through gentle movement and mindful stillness we can rebalance our need to react too quickly, and become more focused and soft in our approach, steadily emerging and sensitively expanding – acting and moving with purpose, kindness, and direction.

Breathe deeply, rest when needed – pause, and get ready to begin again.

Yin Yoga & The Five Elements

Like a network of rivers nourishing a landscape, the meridians are the channels through which qi (chi) flows, to nourish and energize the human body like rivers nourish the Earth. Collectively, the meridians form the matrix within which the physical body functions and communicates with the energetic body. The positions of Yin Yoga affect our meridian orbits in a positive direction, and gives us a deeper understanding of our inner workings, so we learn to self-regulate more efficiently. We can embody the qualities and feelings that we find, using mindful movement to embrace what we encounter in these elemental practices, creating a more intimate relationship with ourselves and whats around us, moving through emotions and regenerating as needed.

Taoism believes that each of the five elements has the ability to draw us towards stronger emotions, behaviours (reaction / action – situation-led), tendencies (frequency of behaviour), attitudes (thoughts / feelings - experience-led), activities, moods, energies and overall health.

Embodiment Practices

How do we learn to be fully aware of ourselves, to listen intently to the deep functionings and responses in our mind, the constant play between our mind and our body? How do we find balance and control, or reparation and tenderness?

Simple rituals lead to sacred experiences, nurturing a peaceful and understanding relationship with our bodies, and our bodies speak through sensations and movements, not words. Curiously notice what’s present, don’t explain it in language, hesitate to make meaning of what you hear, and rest into the sensuality of yourself. The coming back to one’s deeper natural self as an orienting principle, is always revolutionary.

This is about Noticing

Harmonise; fight off negativity, increase positivity, remove what is of no use, nurture what is. The process is more than poetic.

**We are all growing, moving, developing organisms, interconnected with the microcosm and macrocosm of nature and the Universe**

Price 400,-

About Miz

Miz has practiced and studied yoga for almost 20 years, qualifying in various aspects of the practice; Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Sequencing, Embodied Yin & Functional Yin, as well as Tantric Philosophy, Qigong, and Somatics & Restorative Practices.

Her classes are about connection, within and from the practitioner, embracing flow and the natural world through steady vibrational energy.

Learn More about Miz