The Language of Yin: Yoga Themes, Sequences and Inspiration to Bring Your Class to Life and Life to Your Class
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Gabrielle Harris
- ISBN：047348479X
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Ebony
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The Language of Yin: Yoga Themes， Sequences and Inspiration to Bring Your Class to Life and Life to Your Class is an incredibly comprehensive compendium of yoga concepts。 From strong yoga verbs， scripts， and visual renditions of sequences to asana， tattvas， the 8 limbs of yoga， meditation， Buddhist teachings and Deities， Traditional Chinese Medicine elements， chakras， doshas， koshas， mudras， and mantra， it’s all here。 Granted， at times， it’s a bit oversimplified， but just what you need if you’re The Language of Yin: Yoga Themes， Sequences and Inspiration to Bring Your Class to Life and Life to Your Class is an incredibly comprehensive compendium of yoga concepts。 From strong yoga verbs， scripts， and visual renditions of sequences to asana， tattvas， the 8 limbs of yoga， meditation， Buddhist teachings and Deities， Traditional Chinese Medicine elements， chakras， doshas， koshas， mudras， and mantra， it’s all here。 Granted， at times， it’s a bit oversimplified， but just what you need if you’re teaching an hour class with a theme that’s one of the above elements。 Or if you’re new to yoga and you want a quick and dirty on the doshas。 Or if you’ve been teaching for a while and need a refresher on the organ/element pairings。 Honestly， I was using the book as a reference months before I actually read it cover to cover。 I recommend it either way。 Compared to a Bernie Clark book， there’s no science and there’s no form， but there doesn’t need to be。 The Language of Yin is about feeling one’s way through the practice based on the themes highlighted by the instructor。 By all means， bring the functional Yin into the practice alongside the spirit of this book。 Like the yin and yang organs， we need both。Harris has a good voice。 The teacher in her comes across on the pages。 I commend her for putting together all of these concepts in one space。 She even referenced a Kemetic tradition which white yoga authors never do。 She’s also heavily influenced by Kundalini which she isn’t transparent about， but for the average reader， there’s no reason for her to be。 It’s clear she’s an agnostic healer and is down for whatever is going to work。 She encourages the reader to pick a tradition that works for them and their students without being dogmatic about it。 The Language of Yin is a boon for Yin， and also not limited to Yin traditions which is what I found most valuable。 I will be using it as a refresher for years to come。 。。。more
Joan Mortimer
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Love this book。 I use it all the time to help theme my classes
Giulia Mastrantoni
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Somewhat interesting， but the amount of "inspiration" offered is outweighged by the amount of repetitions。 Somewhat interesting， but the amount of "inspiration" offered is outweighged by the amount of repetitions。 。。。more
Irene
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My philosophy， up to this point， has been one of resistance to books that provide advice for yoga teachers when it comes to structuring and theming yoga asana classes。 I generally stay away from these books because I want to curate my own class and explore cues， themes， and asanas that sound true for my voice。 However， I loosened up a bit and after someone from my yin yoga training recommended this book and I thought， why not。 I still believe that practicing and practicing with teachers you admi My philosophy， up to this point， has been one of resistance to books that provide advice for yoga teachers when it comes to structuring and theming yoga asana classes。 I generally stay away from these books because I want to curate my own class and explore cues， themes， and asanas that sound true for my voice。 However， I loosened up a bit and after someone from my yin yoga training recommended this book and I thought， why not。 I still believe that practicing and practicing with teachers you admire is the best way to find your voice and create classes that you want to share to the world。 You cannot get this from a book， especially one written by a teacher whose classes you haven't taken before。However， the benefits of these books is that it is shop talk， and shop talk can fire up the neurons。 I became interested about Harris' process， and several times throughout the book， I simply paused to think about some of her suggestions and how it would feel to apply some of the more intriguing ones to my classes。 As a resource， I found flipping through to the sections that I wanted to read much more conducive for my purposes than reading it in a linear fashion， and I suspect I'll do that when I'm building classes。 I haven't used the sample sequences in my classes， and I don't think I will， but the theming， and seeing how she lays everything out is very beneficial， and I feel like I'll probably purchase other books like this in the future。。。 just for some more shop talk lol。 。。。more
Claudia Patricia Diaz Melo
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Me encantó， lastima que no esté en español。 Pero es un gran libro。
Niki Walters
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This book is an actual gold mine for yin language， wow。 I read it slowly on purpose and I feel like I could start it again immediately。 Great book to reference forever！
Liz
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My favorite Yin book yet。 Great class plan ideas！！
Hannah
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Really useful to bring new elements to a class
Linene
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