Here | There September 22, 2023. On this day the Moon passes the local meridian of 180° due S at 7:01 pm Pacific time, just as Christopher’s Yin Yoga class is beginning, and ten minutes after the Sun has set. The Moon touches its light / shade equivalence at 12:09 pm. The next day, on […]
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Yin Yoga and the Water Trigram
Dive In Quarter Moons tend toward midday and midnight emergences and departures which of course is right in character with their simultaneous manifestations of both Yin & Yang. They display their half illuminated / half shaded visages, half during the day and half during the night. The third-quarter-moon moniker derives from this Cardinal point of […]
Yin Yoga and the Fire Trigram
In General You’ll notice that my Yin yoga classes are organized around the synodic lunar cycle, and the Early Heaven Bagua. Each 29.5 day lunation includes eight specific phases of illumination. The varying illumination of the lunar surface reflects greater or lesser manifestations of Yin and Yang. The Bagua, or Eight Changes, provides a step […]