Chris Abay Podcast

Namaste groovers.... this one is kinda a quick dive right in and a lounge. It has a quicker entrance so that if you like to get on with things you can still enjoy a Nidra! Once you're in you can switch of and come out anytime you like or... let the magic take you to visit your future self and have a little chat about what's what.  Like the sound of that? then Dive in. Other wise there ar...

For this special episode, headphones are strongly recommended . A short, immersive Yoga Nidra experience designed to help you soften tension, quiet the nervous system, and deeply relax in just 10 minutes. This guided breathing Nidra uses carefully layered audio textures and spatial sound effects to help accelerate the feeling of calm and absorption. The subtle left-to-right audio movement and imme...

Season 4: Feel the wave of Yoga Nidra - deep practice without movement: In this Nidra practice, Chris from YinWave by AbaYoga invites you to wonder off into a safe space to lighten latent tension and reconnect your happier self with an open sense of ease. Created for anyone wishing to relax more and smile more in life. Can be done before bed or when ever you want to lighten your day. Let go &...

In this season finale episode, I bring together the softer practices explored across the season, Yin, myofascial release, breathwork, meditation, and Yoga Nidra, not as separate tools, but as one integrated approach to healing. Working with my own post-operative scar has shown me something simple but powerful. The body holds, protects, and, when given the right conditions, releases. I explore:  St...

I probably shouldn’t have recorded this. I'm four days after shoulder surgery... tired, uncomfortable, slightly spaced out and yet this felt like the most honest moment to speak. This isn’t a polished update.  It’s not “on brand.”  And it definitely wasn’t planned. It’s what it actually feels like when everything stops. What happens when you can’t teach, can’t move properly, can’t distract yo...

Yin Yoga is often misunderstood as simply slow stretching. But in reality, Yin can become something much more interesting, it's explorative way of listening to the connective tissue and discovering where the body is holding tension. In this episode, Chris explores how Yin Yoga becomes the discovery platform for deeper fascial work. Long holds in Yin poses help reveal patterns of restriction a...

Yin is often misunderstood as gentle, passive, or “just stretching.”  But what if the real strength of a practice isn’t how much effort it demands — but how much staying power it cultivates? In this episode, Chris explores why Yin and Myofascial Release are anything but the soft option. Drawing on lived studio experience, fascia science, and the often-overlooked bridge between movement and meditat...

This is the sweetspot of the series where we share where the new direction of the studio is and how th horizon is changing. The decompression zone is that space everybody needs to balance the immense effort it takes to progress through "life". In this episode, I explore the idea of decompression, not as stretching, fixing, or improving the body, but as creating the conditions for release...

Fascia has become one of the most talked-about words in modern movement, yoga, and bodywork — and also one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, I gently strip fascia back to what it actually is… and what it definitely isn’t. We’ll explore fascia not as a trendy buzzword or a mysterious “thing you stretch,” but as a living, intelligent connective tissue system that responds to time, load, hy...

In this episode, I gently challenge one of the most common beliefs in movement and yoga culture: that flexibility is something you push your way into. If stretching harder, longer, or more often was the answer, many of us would already feel open, free, and pain-free. And yet… here we are. I explore why forcing range of motion often leads to resistance, irritation, or injury — and how the body, par...

An audio introduction to fascia-informed Yin Yoga, explaining how it differs from stretching and why slowness and sustained stillness support real tissue change. Many people come to Yin Yoga thinking it’s simply long, passive stretching, and then feel confused when it doesn’t behave the way stretching usually does. In this short episode, Chris gently explores why Yin works differently. You’ll hear...

Hey this is Chris! I recently completed a wonderful training course in Yoga Nidra with the amazing Melanie Cooper & Jennie Sharma. They trained us well and encouraged us to give away free recordings of Yoga Nidra because you never know who it might help. Yoga Nidra is a bit like a hypnotic guided meditation which takes you gently into that soft space between being awake and being asleep, allow...

One of my teachers now runs a Mindfulness Movement called Just Breathe. In this interview MJ navigates the journey from the noise of a busy life, strong physical practice (including Yoga) & personal demands from family to the therapeutic value of finding.... Space. The place where peace & quiet interact to nourish you with the things you find hard to justify and impossible to ignore. Liste...

Greetings from Spain! In this is a super quick listen, just 16 minutes long, no guest this time - just me chatting with you...  I share a journey of discovery from a seemingly blind mistake to a place of deep authenticity. How do things like this happen?  Well, my theory is that the universe doesn't work in linear lines - the universe works in magic we don't understand. We just get to fe...

This week I chat with much loved Michelle Watson, devoted student at the studio and practicing Psychotherapist. Those who know her, LOVE her. She's quiet and sincere and holds space where others get nervous.  Together we ask the question, what is happiness? And, how do we create space in our lives to let it in. PLUS - there is a secret announcement towards the end and by saying it out loud he...

S2: E8  Catching cancer in time saves & changes lives. This week I chat with a mother & serial entrepreneur who is so busy its amazing how she found time to pay enough attention to herself to save her own life and in doing so continues to change the countess lives of the people she loves. I recommend a cup of tea and a window to stare through as you absorb the beauty of the message in Alli...

How are you? "Fine..." Hmm (!) This weeks' guest suffered horrific mental burnout by avoiding connection with his truth and only just lived to tell the tale. He now helps others avoid the downward spiral that outward success so often attracts. If you want to know more about the tell-tale but subtle messages your body is sending you and how you can improve your destiny, listen now......

Meet Matt and Corinna, a dynamic duo of relationship therapists with a unique, spiritual approach. With years of experience, Matt and Corinna have developed a special ability to guide couples and individuals through the unseen layers of male and female perception, helping clients understand the subtle magic in how men and women view love, connection, and commitment. Matt brings a calming, practica...

In a world crammed with people trying to 'do' more & more the inability set and maintain healthy personal boundaries is a modern epidemic. Spotting the early warning signs of self sabotage and creating healthy boundaries with others are the new cornerstones of good mental health and wellbeing. This week my guest (and co-facilitator on my upcoming Mountain Yoga retreat in Portugal) is...

This week I chat with practicing Transpersonal Psychotherapist & teacher of Yoga teachers around the world, Jamie Clarke of TYP International to uncover how unconscious behaviour patterns from childhood affect our spirituality in adult life and how to work with them. Motivational. Challenging. Insightful. YinWave.com : Classes : Courses : Coaching

A special, off-the-cuff episode recorded on my birthday using me as the guest sharing 14 lof my own life hacks. It took more courage to do this one because I had no one to dance with - it's just me... With love, Chris xx YinWave.com : Classes : Courses : Coaching

Subliminal Box Breathing Recording - use headphones This is a subliminally soothing recording which only works using headphones because it sends soft messages of relaxation to the left ear whilst the right ear focuses on the main message. "Thank you for the recording. It was like a big comforting mug of hot chocolate served with a giant cookie! It was very relaxing & restorative" Chr...

Chakra balancing meditaion using audio panning technology for faster effects YinWave.com : Classes : Courses : Coaching

This week I interview Dr Arvind Mohan, leading orthopaedic surgeon specialising in shoulder replacements, hand & wrist reconstructions and sports injuries.  Dr Mohan talks us through how to pay better attention to our joints so that we can live painlessly and enjoy the finer things in life. If you've ever suffered from joint pain, especially in the upper body, then you NEED to listen to t...

Are You Paying Attention to ...Yourself? This week I interview the wildly talented & obsessively practiced musician, Ophelia Gordon, who learned the hard way that what you lack in childhood CAN become the gift you repurpose to propel yourself into the life of your dreams.  YinWave.com : Classes : Courses : Coaching