Yin and Yang Yoga Teacher Training and Study Intensive at Absolute Sanctuary in Thailand

Engage the masculine,

as you embody the feminine.

Provide a space inside yourself

for creation to occur,

and you will be eternally reborn.

Encourage the sun,

as you engender the moon.

Become an accurate reflection

for the whole world

of beautiful potential

within human nature.

Inspire stillness

as you employ activity.

Practice peace

as you extend energy.

Share yourself endlessly

as you keep close to your Source.

Verse 28 of the Book of the Tao from an intuitively inspired version by my friend Dorien Israel

Yin and Yang Yoga
TEACHER TRAINING AND STUDY INTENSIVE

	200-hour Yoga Alliance certification Koh Samui, Thailand 4 January – 2 February 2012

Absolute Sanctuary welcomes the second Yin and Yang Yoga Teacher Training and Study Intensive with The Yoga Academy and faculty after the enormously successful inaugural training in January 2011. Founded and led by Simon Low, one of Europe’s most renowned yoga teachers, The Yoga Academy is considered by many to be the most highly respected yoga teacher training school in the UK providing in-depth education in the full spectrum of yogic studies.

What is yin and yang yoga?
The yin and yang approach to yoga infuses traditional Chinese and other eastern energetic and medical principles into the rich traditions of yoga. In the yang practice, explorative circular and spiral movement patterns in fluid breath-led vinyasa are balanced with precise postural alignment and attention to anatomical detail. In the yin practices, the calming, restorative and meditative asanas are balanced by healing Taoist-inspired work into the primary joints of the torso, myofascial trains and energy meridians. Within the 'dance' of these complementary opposites, a more holistic, mindful yoga practice is found that balances strength and integration with flexibility and freedom. A more comfortable and conscious meditation practice is one of the multitude of benefits to be derived from this balanced approach to practice.

The practice, along with the underlying applied yogic wisdom, supports and cultivates the growth of compassionate, conscious human beings. Promoting 'movement within stillness' and 'stillness within movement', Yin and Yang Yoga is one of the most wholesome and non-dogmatic approaches to yoga today and is gaining increasing appreciation among practitioners all over the world.