Late Summer YINtensive-Earth
Late Summer YINtensive – Earth is a 2.5-hour Yin Yoga experience created to support the transition into late summer and the grounding qualities of the Earth element. Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine, this seasonal offering explores late summer as a time of nourishment, stability, integration, and coming home to ourselves. In this system, late summer is linked with the stomach and spleen meridians, energetic pathways associated with digestion, assimilation, centeredness, compassion, and our capacity to feel supported and grounded.
Through long-held Yin postures, guided meditation, mindful reflection, and moments of quiet connection, we'll gently nourish body, mind, and heart while creating space to slow down and reconnect with ourselves.
The practice is slow, spacious, and deeply mindful, inviting softness rather than striving. Along the way, we'll explore themes of grounding, nourishment, self-compassion, balance, and the wisdom that arises when we pause long enough to truly receive the present moment.
Late Summer YINtensive – Earth is an opportunity to settle into the steadiness of the season, cultivate a deeper sense of belonging within yourself, and restore the inner resources that support resilience and well-being. Together we'll create space for rest, renewal, and the quiet practice of simply being.
In this Late Summer YINtensive, you can expect:
• A 2-hour Yin Yoga practice with long-held, nourishing poses and extended meditations
• Attention to the stomach and spleen meridians, traditionally associated with the late summer season and the Earth element
• Gentle education on late summer and the Earth element through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
• A spacious, accessible practice suitable for all levels
Through long-held Yin postures, guided meditation, mindful reflection, and moments of quiet connection, we'll gently nourish body, mind, and heart while creating space to slow down and reconnect with ourselves.
The practice is slow, spacious, and deeply mindful, inviting softness rather than striving. Along the way, we'll explore themes of grounding, nourishment, self-compassion, balance, and the wisdom that arises when we pause long enough to truly receive the present moment.
Late Summer YINtensive – Earth is an opportunity to settle into the steadiness of the season, cultivate a deeper sense of belonging within yourself, and restore the inner resources that support resilience and well-being. Together we'll create space for rest, renewal, and the quiet practice of simply being.
In this Late Summer YINtensive, you can expect:
• A 2-hour Yin Yoga practice with long-held, nourishing poses and extended meditations
• Attention to the stomach and spleen meridians, traditionally associated with the late summer season and the Earth element
• Gentle education on late summer and the Earth element through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
• A spacious, accessible practice suitable for all levels
Sun Aug 23
3-5:30pm
Facilitated by,
Mercy B
Mercy found yoga in 2000, and soon thereafter met her teacher Sarah Powers, who introduced her to Yin Yoga and Buddhist meditation. She completed her first teacher training with Powers and Paul Grilley in 2004, and soon after began teaching Yin Yoga at Eight Limbs Yoga on Capitol Hill. Since then, she has birthed and homeschooled two daughters, moved back and forth across the country, worked in non-profit Community Outreach, all the while maintaining her commitment to Awakening through breath, mind, and body practices, including Ecstatic Dance which she fell in love with along the way. Mercy continues to immerse herself in yoga and meditation, completing two more teacher trainings with Sarah Powers and becoming a certified mindfulness meditation teacher through the International Mindfulness and Meditation Alliance. In addition to yoga and meditation, Mercy is an IFS Informed Coach, integrating Yin Yoga, mindfulness meditation, and psychological self-inquiry into her teachings and practice. www.practiceofmercy.com