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Seasonal Yin Yoga: Winter: Moving Gracefully into the new year
Yin Yoga can be experienced as a quiet conversation with the elements, a way of meeting the emotional landscape that makes us human. As we move through Winter, nature naturally draws inward: animals hibernate, trees and plants conserve their energy, and the world settles into stillness until Spring returns.
In seasonal Yin, we follow the Five Elements tradition of Chinese Medicine. Winter is governed by the Water element; fluid, soft, introspective. It invites rest: early nights, quiet moments by the fire, reflection on the year that has passed, and space for the year ahead to gently unfold.
Modern life rarely allows for this natural rhythm. December races by in a blur of gifts, gatherings, and celebrations. At some point, it becomes necessary to pause.
Pause and join us for an evening designed to slow everything down.
We will settle into our breath and sensations as we move through a Yin practice with postures held for up to three minutes, exploring what arises with gentleness and curiosity. The evening will close with a deeply restorative Yoga Nidra (guided meditation and deep rest), followed by a warming ginger and turmeric tea.
For this retreat our focus is the Kidneys, the organs associated with the Water element, vitality, and the emotions of fear and release. During Winter, the Kidneys can become depleted through excess activity and lack of rest; they seek warmth, nourishment, and restoration. As we move through midlife, Kidney qi becomes even more precious, supporting our overall energy and resilience.
We will weave the emotional qualities of the Lungs (grief, sadness, release) and the Heart (joy, love, compassion). Together, they form the energetic centre of the chest - Yin (lungs) and Yang (heart). When we consciously cultivate this qi, we create more capacity to meet the full spectrum of emotions: grief and heartache, anger and tension, as well as their counterparts - love, peace, and joy. This renewed energy flows through the whole body.
Yin Yoga is often described as slow, soft, or passive yet within its stillness lies deep healing and re-patterning. When we pause and sustain attention, the body and mind begin to shift. Held by breath and shape, we create space to let go, reorganise, and decompress.
This workshop is a remembering that not everything is shaped through effort.
The breath softens.
The body unwinds.
And we rediscover our own rhythm for realignment, reflection, and rejuvenation.
All are welcome, whatever you’re carrying. Please bring layers, a blanket or throw, and an open heart to receive the reset you need as we begin 2026.
Yin Yoga can be experienced as a quiet conversation with the elements, a way of meeting the emotional landscape that makes us human. As we move through Winter, nature naturally draws inward: animals hibernate, trees and plants conserve their energy, and the world settles into stillness until Spring returns.
In seasonal Yin, we follow the Five Elements tradition of Chinese Medicine. Winter is governed by the Water element; fluid, soft, introspective. It invites rest: early nights, quiet moments by the fire, reflection on the year that has passed, and space for the year ahead to gently unfold.
Modern life rarely allows for this natural rhythm. December races by in a blur of gifts, gatherings, and celebrations. At some point, it becomes necessary to pause.
Pause and join us for an evening designed to slow everything down.
We will settle into our breath and sensations as we move through a Yin practice with postures held for up to three minutes, exploring what arises with gentleness and curiosity. The evening will close with a deeply restorative Yoga Nidra (guided meditation and deep rest), followed by a warming ginger and turmeric tea.
For this retreat our focus is the Kidneys, the organs associated with the Water element, vitality, and the emotions of fear and release. During Winter, the Kidneys can become depleted through excess activity and lack of rest; they seek warmth, nourishment, and restoration. As we move through midlife, Kidney qi becomes even more precious, supporting our overall energy and resilience.
We will weave the emotional qualities of the Lungs (grief, sadness, release) and the Heart (joy, love, compassion). Together, they form the energetic centre of the chest - Yin (lungs) and Yang (heart). When we consciously cultivate this qi, we create more capacity to meet the full spectrum of emotions: grief and heartache, anger and tension, as well as their counterparts - love, peace, and joy. This renewed energy flows through the whole body.
Yin Yoga is often described as slow, soft, or passive yet within its stillness lies deep healing and re-patterning. When we pause and sustain attention, the body and mind begin to shift. Held by breath and shape, we create space to let go, reorganise, and decompress.
This workshop is a remembering that not everything is shaped through effort.
The breath softens.
The body unwinds.
And we rediscover our own rhythm for realignment, reflection, and rejuvenation.
All are welcome, whatever you’re carrying. Please bring layers, a blanket or throw, and an open heart to receive the reset you need as we begin 2026.