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The Daily Bandha

The Daily Bandha

Yoga Asana Columns - Yin Yoga Every meditator knows the pain of stiff knees and an aching back. By stretching the connective tissue, Yin Yoga can condition you to sit longer—and more comfortably. By Paul Grilley Conventional yoga wisdom holds that nothing prepares your body for hours of seated meditation as well as regular asana practice. But when I began to explore more intensive meditation sessions, I discovered to my chagrin that years of sweaty vinyasa and mastery of fairly advanced poses hadn't made me immune to the creaky knees, sore back, and aching hips that can accompany long hours of sitting practice. Fortunately, by the time I got serious about meditation, I'd already been introduced to the concepts of Taoist Yoga, which helped me understand my difficulties in sitting. The Tao of Yoga Through deep meditation, the ancient spiritual adepts won insight into the energy system of the body. Yin and yang are relative terms, not absolutes; any phenomenon can only be yin or yang by comparison with something else.

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