The Somatic Strength Collective

If you are looking for some yummy supported hip openers, this is the class for you. We will practice facing the long edge of the mat, using props to sink into some Yin standards. We will also explore the qualities of stability and ease and discover their importance in the Yoga tradition. 

Props needed: Bolster (or firm pillows), blocks and blanket. 

https://yoga.mandyryle.com/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

In this practice we will take bits and pieces of a Feldenkrais Method® Lesson focusing on effortless shoulder movement. Yummy Yin poses will be held at strategic moments to allow you to integrate and rest between progressions. My main intent with this practice is to improve the reach. This is a movement that can be problematic for many. As we age especially, the ability to reach comfortably and fully tends to be diminished. But it's such an important skill! This practice will take some commonly challenging movements out of context to allow you to explore your full range of motion in a safe and relaxed way. 

Props needed: a blanket and maybe a couple of blocks

Learn more about my 40 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Nov. 12-17, 2021: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

This practice is a special hug for my fellow Yogis who suffer from neck pain, stiffness and tension headaches. We will incorporate a few Yin poses into a somatic lesson that I created to help you to free your sternum. Learning how to free the center of your chest and differentiate your ribs can be life changing. Allowing your hip to communicate with your sternum and your nose and even your eyes will have a profound effect on how your neck feels. This class is a big education for your deep neck flexors and tiny capitis muscles as well. Please consider coming back to this practice several times if neck pain is really a problem for you. There is some real goodness here. 

Props: a blanket or thin pillow

Interested in becoming Yin certified? Check out my 40 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Nov 12-17, 2021: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

This practice cycles very gentle dynamic stretches with more passive poses. As you breathe in movement and stillness you will meditate on pure sensory data and experientially learn to mute thinking in favor of feeling. This simple meditation has profound effects on your nervous systems and on your quality of movement. As you marinate in sensory data, I'll explain a bit about how beliefs influence quality of movement. Our poses will focus on the hips and low back, making this practice an incredible reset for these hardworking tissues.

Props: Bolster, blocks, blanket

To learn more about my 40 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Nov. 12-17. 2021: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

I love Yin. I hope that is obvious. I've spent years developing my teaching style and skill. I am always studying topics as diverse as cell structure and psychology to apply to my teaching. So, I hope you will understand that sometimes, when I hear people talk about Yin, I get a bit testy. Because, if you poll most Yogis, Yin is about stretching connective tissue. But Yogi, that is the least interesting thing about Yin. We have so much more to do here. In this practice, we will explore some of the benefits of Yin for your nervous systems. You will get to experience these benefits and identify them as you practice so hopefully you can take some valuable tools into your life. 

Props: Bolster (or firm pillows), blanket or pillow to lay your head on

Learn more about my 40 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training coming up Nov. 12-17, 2021: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

This practice is not a very traditional Yin. If you love to be exposed to something different in your practice you will love this. If you enjoy learning things about yourself in movement and stillness, you will love this. We will make use of little bits and pieces of an Awareness Through Movement lesson called Hip to Shoulder as well as poses that illuminate this relationship particularly well. This is a practice that I use often with my students who come to me with contralateral hip/shoulder pain. I find that it makes some mental/spiritual connections that can be very profound and healing. 

Props needed: One or two blankets or a pillow.

Learn more about my 40 Hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training, Nov 12-17, 2021: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

Many of us develop an antagonism with our bodies. In our younger years it's because we fret that we don't have the most desirable features, or that we don't measure up to attractiveness standards. As we age we feel betrayed by the body for getting older, for not being as bullet proof as it once was in youth. Illness and pain almost always result in negative feelings about the body, sometimes even anger. In this practice we will move through some gentle yet powerful somatic informers to help us settle fully into supported poses. We will also make use of an sweet mantra throughout; "I am here for my body/my body is here for me". You'll learn a bit of pain science along the way, that may offer a new perspective into the benevolence of your body. You are going to feel amazing after this practice and I hope you emerge with a new sense of friendship with your incredible body.

Props: blanket, 2 yoga blocks, a yoga bolster or really firm throw pillow.

To learn more about 40 Hour Yin Teacher Training Nov 12-17, Click here: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/yin-yoga-teacher-training/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

If you suffer from neck tension, neck discomfort, or pain this is the practice for you. More than just a little bit of stretching, this practice will address the real reason for your pain and tension. All you need for your practice is a yoga blanket.

To learn more about Pain Care Yoga, Please check out my FREE video course, Introduction to Pain Care Yoga: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/free-digital-course-overcome-chronic-pain/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

This is a restorative-y Yin with somatics thrown in for good measure. In my work with students and clients, I find that the sacroiliac joint is quite misunderstood. This really chill practice invites you to explore the anatomy of the hip as well as the movement available to you. It feels so amazing, especially if you get achy in your hips and low back. This is a practice you should bookmark if you often have issues with your hip/low back on one side. 

You will need a bolster, or a couple of pillows piled up, a couple of blocks and, if you are practicing on a hard floor, a blanket. 

If you would like to learn more about Pain Care Yoga, Please check out my free video course Introduction to pain Care Yoga: https://yoga.mandyryle.com/free-digital-course-overcome-chronic-pain/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions

For this practice you will need a blanket or thick towel. 

If you have experienced shoulder pain or discomfort either now, or in the past run, don't walk to your mat! This gentle practice has what you need to move with confidence again. It feels really great and includes all of the elements of practice that I love. Lots of wriggly movement exploration, crave-able stillness and contemplation, a theme full of feels and personal discovery. 

To learn more about Pain Care Yoga, please check out my FREE video course, Introduction to Pain Care Yoga https://yoga.mandyryle.com/free-digital-course-overcome-chronic-pain/

Transformational Self Care
A Late Winter Wellness Retreat in the Dominican Republic
March 3-10, 2023

Join me for a 7 day Caribbean wellness retreat. Each day we will focus on a pillar of self care. By the end of the week you will have a group of new friends, some unforgettable memories and a personal self care strategy to enhance your life back at home.  Learn More 

Let's connect! Follow me on:
Facebook
Instagram
TicToc
YouTube

Free Resources:
Master the Yin Yoga Pose Repertoire: 7 Day Email Course
Introduction to Pain Care Yoga
Practice Gallery Workbook - 6 go to sequences with pictorial instructions