Yin and Pin Sessions
Upcoming Yin & Pin Workshops
Cortisol Calm
This session is timed to support a clear intention as we go into the silly season. Stress and expectations we feel can hike up cortisol; creating a lack of embodied engagement over the Christmas and New Year period. We are looking at supporting quality engagement with our loved ones and ourselves, supporting energy levels to meet the zenith summer months, and have you enjoying your break, not recovering from it!
Sunday 24 November 2024, 3-4:30pm
Limited to 12 people
Spring Equinox
Equinox is a time of seasonal balance and as such can sometimes be challenging to traverse when the internal energy is out of balance. Working with the changing hormones in the body and the emphasis on the upward, outward, and more active energy movement after the winter hibernation period.
This is an important time of year, to turn within and plant seeds of intention for your future wellbeing.
Sunday 22 September 2024, 3-4:30pm
Limited to 12 people
New Life, New You!
This session is about letting go of the old and what is not serving us, in particular old habits and patterns of thinking that may have become entrenched over the stressors of the last few years. Let us open up to what is coming in, and release some shared community/collective trauma.
Sunday 20 October 2024, 3-4:30pm
Limited to 12 people
More Workshops
Book ahead and keep an eye out for the next pop up session
Women's
Wellbeing
Feb - Mar - Apr 2024
Held in Christchurch, NZ
Choose your preferred date and enjoy 1.5 hours to calm and sooth your mind.
Limited to 12 people
Wintertime
Wellness
May - June - July 2024
Held in Christchurch, NZ
Choose your preferred date and enjoy 1.5 hours to calm and sooth your mind and body.
Limited to 12 people
Spring Detox
& Detress
Sep - Oct - Nov 2024
Held in Christchurch, NZ
1.5 hours to calm and sooth your mind and body.
Limited to 12 people
More about Yin & Pin workshops
This low-cost, double-modality, wellness session will run over 1.5 hours. All you need to do is commit and turn up in comfy clothes and a blanket. Book with a friend and save, or book yourself a series pass for all 3 sessions within a series and save.
In a group of limited numbers, you will start by engaging your body deeply with gentle yin-style yoga for half an hour, Following this, you will make yourself comfy with your mat and blocks/blankets (provided by us) and have five acupuncture needles carefully and gently placed at special acupuncture points to reinforce and deepen the yoga work. During the acupuncture and for the next half an hour the yoga instructors will carry you through a restorative, calming, and deeply relaxing body scan meditation and Yoga Nidra. This is a beautiful, shared and safe space for healing and the perfect way to regularly anchor back into your best self for the season.
About the acupuncture
The five acupuncture points used during the Yin and Pin session are selected to access four special nerve locations on the hands, feet, and head; They are found to regulate and calm the parasympathetic nervous system. The traditional understanding of these ancient points is in their ability to settle the heart-mind axis and regulate the qi (chee) energy.
The acupuncture given in this special setting offers a natural balancing influence on the body. They work by either encouraging lightness in mood, in support of people struggling with daily heaviness, or by anchoring and calming people who may be experiencing anxiety and struggle to quietly settle within themselves.
All the acupuncture points for Yin and Pin are entirely safe and not generally painful. During the session (after the needles have been placed), the acupuncturist will be available and on hand for ongoing support if any discomfort or concerns arise. However, acupuncture for the purpose of emotional regulation and nervous system relaxation is thankfully a very enjoyable experience.
Your hosts
This Yin & Pin offering is hosted by Health by Mana and Yoga to Transform with three series throughout the year, each has 3 workshops per series. We recommend committing to the full series to get the most benefits.
Mana is a NZASA registered Acupuncturist and registered ACC provider. She works from her clinic in Linwood.
Audrie and Kristina are the founders of Yoga to Transform online studio and are qualified yoga teachers.
Are you tired? Stressed? Experiencing tight muscles? Overthinking? Or maybe just looking to find some balance?
Time to reset and restore. Yin & Pin merges Acupuncture and Yoga to bring balance to your life and enhance your wellbeing.
Deep Relaxation: promotes a state of calm and rest allowing for deeper healing and rejuvenation.
Energy Balance: balance and harmonise the body's energy system.
Enhanced Circulation: supporting optimal function and healing.
