Yin Yoga: Sinking Into Stillness

Beginner I
(191 Reviews)
Access this free class

Join Anastasia for this hour-long class that spends five delicious minutes with every pose. Breathe deeply, relax your body and take the time to sink into the opening within each asana. It will calm you down immensely and leave you feeling grounded and centered in your body. If you haven't done yin before, you will be holding each pose in this class for five minutes. Note: to learn how to make your own bolster at home, click here. 

Equipment

  • Block
  • Bolster

Focus

  • Twists
  • Stress/Anxiety
  • Spine
  • Flexibility
  • Legs and Feet
  • Sleep/Relaxation
  • Lower Back

Style

  • Gentle Yoga
  • Restorative Yoga
  • Yoga for Back Care
  • Yin and Yin/Yang Yoga
Anastasia Hangemanole
October 16, 2020
Comment:

Many of you have asked about the poem I read at the end. Here is it:

My beloved child,
break your heart no longer.
Each time you judge yourself
you break your own heart.

You stop feeding on the love,
which is the wellspring of your vitality.
The time has come, your time
To live to celebrate...
and to see the goodness that you are…

Let no one, no thing, no idea or ideal obstruct you
If one comes, even in the name of “Truth”,
forgive it for its unknowing

Do not fight
Let go
And breathe – into the goodness that you are.
~ Bapuji

[email protected]
October 7, 2020
Comment:

Hi Anastasia, just a quick question. What is the name of the poem and poet that you read at the end of the class? I love it and want to copy and reference it. The name sounded like Bapuci (???) but I know that is not how it is spelled. Also, since I was asking about names, what is the origin of your last name? It is quite unusual and I have never heard it before.

Thanks, Kris

Comment Replies

Anastasia Hangemanole
October 16, 2020
Comment:

Thanks for asking Kris! I have posted the poem in a new comment in hopes more people will see it. My last name as an interesting origin. My family is Greek and my ancestor's last name was Manolis. My great-great-popouli (grandfather) was baptized in the River Jordan and so was able to take on the title 'Haj', so the family name became Haji Manolis. When my Popouli emigrated through Ellis Island in 2011, the immigration people did not understand his name and changed it to Hangemanole.

GlassBeach
September 28, 2020
Comment:

Perfect. Great poses, your voice and instructions carried me through.

Foxy Roxi
July 4, 2020
Comment:

Thank you, this was a great session. I appreciated you showing what would be needed and the alternatives if these were not readily available. It was joyful to do this. As with some other videos it would be useful to have a closing to the practice, I lay in corpse pose for some time before I got up to check if it was and maybe that was the point, that I take as long as I needed without placing judgement over weather or not this is how long I should be doing it for. Namaste

Loading... Click here if it takes longer.