Did you know that stress can impact your flexibility?
During infancy, the back of your neck and your lower spine are activated as you lift your head to look out into the world, then raise your chest and begin to crawl.
Once you engage the muscles in your buttocks and move your hips and pelvis, you're able to stand up and walk.
This is when the Bladder Sinew Meridian is activated to support you to walk, which spreads through your buttocks, your hips and your back first begins its function to support you to walk forward in the world.
Over time, stress can stagnate this meridian and both over-activate your nervous system and inhibit your flexibility, especially if you're always doing (or think about doing) too much.
By relaxing your Bladder Sinew Meridian, you can thus reduce stress and improve your flexibility.
Join me in my home for this Yin Yoga Integration practice where we’ll move through a few Yin Yoga postures to effectively (and easily) open your back, hips and pelvis so you can gain greater freedom of movement in every aspect of your life.
By releasing the Bladder Meridian, you’ll not only develop flexibility in your hips, pelvis and spine, but you’ll also calm your nervous system and support your immune system.
This Yin Yoga practice offers a brief introduction to Chinese medical philosophy as well as a few Yin yoga postures that target and release the Bladder Meridian to help you calm your body and mind.
And remember, you don’t need to be flexible or even have practiced Yoga before.
All you need is a little space to sit and an open heart to receive the insights to support you.
Once you’ve practiced, let me know in the comments how this practice made you feel.
P.S. Don't forget to visit my entire archive of Yoga classes - most of them under 30 minutes - to practice anytime from the comfort of your home.