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Yoga, Meridians and Chi...Oh My!
Posted by Laurie Hall on
All my friends and family know I'm hooked on Yin Yoga. If you haven't heard of Yin Yoga, it's a style of yoga that is slow paced where you hold poses (asanas) for 3-5 minutes. The poses focus mainly on the yin meridians, although they can affect yang meridians on a lower scale. We can think of meridians like a highway for chi, the flow of energy in our bodies. When there are blockages in our meridians, the highway has been blocked and imbalances occur in our energy flow. Blockages may come from stress, trauma, or unhealthy behavior (diets, lack...