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Yoga
Letting go through movement and immobility
Yoga
Yogic practice is an important part of our multi-day events (retreats and tantra weekends). Both we and our participants love start the morning, lovingly guided by Joy. At our longer events, it is usually Yin Yoga that we focus on.
Here are two short excerpts on Yin and Yoga Nidra from Joy’s latest book Feeling Loved:
“Yoga was already practiced in India 5,000 years ago. Yoga is about uniting body and soul in a harmonious way. You can find peace through physical movement in combination with mindfulness. This helps you connect with yourself on a very deep level.
There are over 90 different types of yoga, so there is a suitable yoga style for every personality type. […]
Yin
Yin Yoga is not about practicing so you can hold a certain posture perfectly, but rather about finding your own way into relaxation. It’s about balancing yourself out through stillness so you feel good deep within. Above all, you practice the art of surrendering: You surrender to inner peace and gravity and just let go.
With little effort, almost as if by itself, you let go of all tension within your body, loosen stuck fasciae and train your muscles and strings in a barely perceptible way. Be mindful and observe how far you can go without putting too much effort into your movement. This is how you connect with your body.
You learn to push yourself to your limits in a loving way. And there’s no need to feel sorry if it doesn’t work out the way it did in a previous yoga class.
Observe without judgement, watch yourself and your own body in a lovingly and considerate way. There is something meditative about that. Yin Yoga classes are often started with a short meditation. Yin Yoga leads you into your own depths, into feminine strength and relaxation and towards inner peace. You will remember that you are enough and enhance self-love permanently.”
Yoga Nidra
“Yoga nidra, or yogic sleep, takes the deep relaxation you can experience in yin yoga even further. Yoga Nidra aims to address even deeper levels of consciousness, which will put you into a sleep-like calm. You don’t even need to move during yoga nidra, as the entire practice takes place in savasana (i.e. lying on your back). In this respect, this type of yoga is perfect for us mothers, especially on days when we’ve already been on our feet enough.
Yoga Nidra can help you to find your center again by “doing nothing” and to draw new strength and energy without actually having to sleep. However, if you do fall asleep, it’s no big deal because, as with autogenic training, yoga nidra can even support you while you sleep.
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Yoga Nidra has an even more meditative component than yin yoga. However, unlike meditation, it is the constant preoccupation of the mind that leads to a mental standstill, i.e. a short, absolute resting phase. More mental work is done than in meditation in order to then achieve a break through a kind of over-occupation of the mind.”
Click here for our Nidra events.
Overview of events with strong yogic elements at YouMeUnity
Our annual Celtic celebration days are another magical occasion for you to connect deeper with yourself. We like to combine yogic practice with magical Celtic rituals and gentle tantric exercises, at least during the summer and winter solstices.
If it is important to you that yogic elements are in the foreground, then Yoga Nidra and our annual cycle festivals (see below) are the right place for you. If you want to get a taste of Tantra and take yogic elements with you as a safe haven, then you are welcome at our weekend seminars, retreats and ConsciousTouch Overnight.
And if that’s still not enough for you and you’re more interested in fulfilling, deep, yogic classes, Paddi from Mindgame in Darmstadt will definitely be happy to welcome you.
Why I love yoga
Joy S.
I love completely letting go through repetitive movement (in the sun salutations or during flows) or through slowness and deep relaxation (nidra and yin), and I particularly like the spontaneity and playfulness of yogic practice. Yoga simply lets me be who I am in this very moment in time. My first really intense longer moments of tapping into the frequency of enlightenment in recent years happened while I was doing yoga. I was in this space of not thinking, not wanting anything, not pursuing any goal - and then it just happened. I would like to invite you into these flow moments, too. Into feeling freedom, sovereignty and self-love so intensely that nothing really matters anymore. This is why I teach yoga.
Click here for our events that focus on yogic practice
- Nidra several times a year and gentle Yin as part of the Celtic annual festivals
Nidra - the yogic sleep
Recharge your batteries by “doing nothing”, let your subconscious heal blockages on a physical, emotional and spiritual level and experience physical states of bliss, joy and happiness.
6 times a year on Wednesdays
Yin - Litha special for the summer solstice
Relaxed asanas and gentle tantric elements meet Celtic heritage for the Litha summer solstice special,
June 21, 2025
Yin - Yule special for the winter solstice
Relaxed asanas and gentle tantric elements meet Celtic heritage for the Yule winter solstice special,
December 21, 2025
Yin is also an integral part of our program in these formats
Retreats
Whether on Easter, Pentecost or during the New Year’s Retreat – or any other retreat we may be offering during the year, we will be starting the day with a yin yoga session.
Weekend seminars
In the weekend seminar series “The Essence of Tantra” and “there is a Yin unit every day.