{"id":23839,"date":"2019-11-03T10:14:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=23839"},"modified":"2019-11-04T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T17:31:09","slug":"autumn-yin-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/yoga\/autumn-yin-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Yin Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>is a practice infused with golden undertones &#8211; not the sunny yellow gold of the summer heat but that coffee-orange-red-golden shades of the leaves turning colors and tables abundant with squash, lotus, pumpkins and all the nourishment of root vegetables\u00a0 &#8211; it&#8217;s metallic in the 5-elements theory of the Universe and Kampo medicine.\u00a0 In Japanese\/Chinese character, Autumn \u79cb is elementally \u91d1 while translated Metal, really the literal translation is GOLD not just any metal but you see, the significance is that it&#8217;s GOLD. Sprawled on this earth, giving into gravity, melting like golden honey &#8230; In it&#8217;s richness and warmth lies its value\u00a0 &#8230; It&#8217;s a precious golden time for our body and mind to properly prepare for the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>From Japanese\/Chinese meridian standpoint is that of a yin yang pair of lungs (yin) and large intestine (yang) we focus on most. While actual acupuncture treatment would serve well, to complement or\/and to self administer, yin sequencing is super delicious- done mindfully at sunset and dawn, even more effective&#8230;at twilight as we transition from Yang of a day into the Yin phase of dark night slowly unfolding &#8230; darkness envelopes our evenings earlier as day light savings clock readjusts to this spicy season of &#8230; Harvest.\u00a0 Spring Forward &#8230; Autumn fall back as we regain one hour more &#8230; time we can devote to yoga and other mindfulness practices of self-care filled with compassion and self-listening.\u00a0 Let the golden hues slowly seep into our connective tissues without over-loading the joints.\u00a0 Slow, deep and yet, fully supported to create the ultimate experience of being so &#8230; grounded.\u00a0 I love this practice.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23835\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1435.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1435.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1435-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1435-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1435-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-23836 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1431.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"209\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-23837\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1427.jpg\" width=\"227\" height=\"173\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23838\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1425-1.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1425-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1425-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1425-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1425-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1425-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>is a practice infused with golden undertones &#8211; not the sunny yellow gold of the summer heat but that coffee-orange-red-golden shades of the leaves turning colors and tables abundant with squash, lotus, pumpkins and all the nourishment of root vegetables\u00a0 &#8211; it&#8217;s metallic in the 5-elements theory of the Universe and Kampo medicine.\u00a0 In Japanese\/Chinese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7,12,8,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23839"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23853,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23839\/revisions\/23853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}