akuYin® January 12, 2023

Today’s class a bit of a mix of targeting kidney and liver organ systems. While practicing yin yoga it’s hard to target only one organ system specifically, since the poses will affect many tissues and organs simultaneously. Although, with mental awareness we can be a bit more specific in therms of directing our energy and focus into specific areas of our bodies - and today we did a class to stimulate kidney, liver and gallbladder channels, while adding some acupressure for calming our spirit and unbind the chest.

Sequence

• savasana body scan and feel your breath

• seiza + stimulating yintang acu point by stroking with your index finger from the point and upwards in a soothing and calming way + adding some pressure on the point

• caterpillar 5 min

• acupressure and tapping over Ren 17 to unbind the chest area

• twisted roots 5 min per side

• dragonflyg or frog 5 min

• sphinx or saddle 5 min

• bananasana 5 min per side

Acu points

Yintang belongs to the extraordinary points, and it’s got some extraordinary power. It´s used to calm the spirit, and can be used any time to sooth your emotions and bring more clarity into your day. It´s perfect to use before sleep, to calm your mind, and it can also be used to treat any problems affecting your sinuses such as blocked nose. It´s located right between the eyebrows.

Ren 17 lies on the Ren/Conception vessel (channel) that runs along the front line of the spine, and this point is also wonderful to calm the mind and soothe emotions. It´s said to “unbind the chest”, which is an area of the body where energy tend to get stuck while we deal with a lot of emotions. It´s close to the heart, and help soothe emotions affecting the heart. It´s also great to use to help bring more energy into the lungs, and “open” up around the lungs. It´s located on the sternum right between the nipples. When unsure of how to locate the point - simply tap/press along the sternum.