Body & Mind
Yoga &
Meditation
Each session closes with a guided meditation to settle the mind and integrate your practice.
Discovering your core Self
Inner Alignment
with Self
Step onto a Personal Journey
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Based in Clayton, MO — leading transformational retreats internationally, including the Andes Mountains of Peru.
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Yoga for Humanity in Modern Times
Yoga is a beautiful gift for us humans, especially for us now living in modern times , and for anyone who is chasing success in life, which is everyone. It has crossed time and culture, weaving together humanity, body, mind and life and it is still alive and relevant for who are searching for something deeper in their life.
The word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to join' or 'to yoke' or 'to unite' - It is a practice of self union. The union of external doing and our inner being.
You can imagine yoga as an ancient old tree has eight limbs and alive over thousand of years. The Eight Limbs of Yoga, are a comprehensive framework for living a purposeful, ethical, and meditative life, defined by Sage Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras.
It provides an inner path to self-realization, aiming to calm the mind's fluctuations. It focuses on self-inquiry and inner peace. The purpose of physical practice is to pave the way for inner clarity, which is a great practice for us in the modern world that carries stress in the body and the mind, and lacks inner space for inner reflection.The framework of Yoga — The Eight Limbs of Life
The Practice of Yoga- from postures to Concentration
Yamas (Moral Precepts):
Non-violence, Truthfulness, Non-Stealing, Continence, Non-possessiveness
Niyamas (Personal Observances):
Purity, Contentment, Austerity, Spiritual Studies, Devotion
Asana (Postures),
Pranayama (Control of Life Force),
Pratyahara (Withdrawal of the Senses),
Dharana (Concentration), Dhyana (Meditation), Samadhi (Absorption)
As you can see, yoga has a long history and it is a system. If we only practice the physical aspect, we may lose the depth of its wholeness. So we skillfully weave a practice that makes it practical and applicable in your life. Therefore, we don't only provide a class, but hopefully give you an experience, where we work with individuals and small groups in an ongoing process to help them gain clarity first and then apply what they learn directly in their life, and see challenges and difficulty are our practices and best teachers.
Yoga has been a path for me for nearly 20 years, and it is my greatest joy to share what I learned, practice and transform with you.
Let’s begin with an exhale
Christy Lin
Sacred Heart Pilgrimage Retreat in Sacred Valley, Peru
11-Day Journey into Inca Wisdom & the Sacred Mountains
July 11- 22, 2026
My Story
Just like many of you, it all started from feeling a need to take care of myself.
That need led me to my first yoga class when I moved from Taiwan to St. Louis, United States in 2007. I never knew that was just the beginning of an unfolding — from taking care of my body, to taking care of my emotions, to slowly finding my own clarity, my path, and then my purpose. A journey that has stretched from my 20s all the way to now, my 40s, and still going.
If like most people I had felt satisfied with my physical practice, I probably would have been happier. But for some reason, I always felt something was missing in my physically focused classes. It felt like there was a deep void within me that my practice couldn't fill. For a long time, I wasn't quite sure what that was. But my practice sparked my curiosity, and that curiosity began my ongoing inquiry. It took me on a search that led me to many teachers, systems, and places — from Japan to Tibet, Italy and Peru — as I tried to connect the dots.
I found myself always reflecting, observing, listening, and at times still questioning. Unlike most things I read or was promised along the way, my path rarely gave me the whole picture. It offered little clues, crumbs, pieces of information, personal opinions since very early in my life— that at times left me confused. But even being misled taught me something.
After I founded Yoga In DeMun in 2014 and began teaching yoga and meditation to our community, groups and organizations , I was also going through a great deal of personal change and growth on the inside. In 2025, I felt called to become a certified transformational coach and began helping individuals and small groups who are going through their own unique journeys — and who need to know what it feels like to walk through the arc of real change.
Teaching over 7,000 classes across 12 years, and having more than 600 hours of one-on-one deep conversations and small group work over the past five years, has helped me understand the journey of yoga through all eight of its limbs.
No matter where you are in your life right now — even if you don't yet understand why ,if deep down you feel the call for clarity and guidance, I hope you know you have landed in a safe place. A place where questions are welcome. A place where you can start from exactly where you are. As you are.
Christy Lin
Founder of Yoga in DeMun &
Inner Alignment Coaching
