Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation with Despina

Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation with Despina

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” - Viktor Frankl

Reading these words and understanding them cognitively, is quite different to embodying the felt sense of the meaning. Being on the mat or meditation cushion creates the possibility of space to drop from head to heart-belly. To come back to this present moment, come back to this body, to this breath and from that place of intuitive pause choose an appropriate response. This,  for me has made all the difference and continues to create space for unlearning and learning.

Yin Yoga and mindfulness meditation can be experienced as a practice of cultivating well-being. It is also considered as a joint and organ health practice. Combining these two practices creates powerful possibilities for insight,…