Zhiyan “Lyrica” Yin

Founder

Greetings to you in health, love, and joy.

My name is Zhiyan “Lyrica” Yin.
I’m the founder of Yin Healing Paths, a mother, a dancer, a healing practitioner, and someone who is still learning how to live with more balance, awareness, and compassion.

I grew up in the mountains of southern China.

As a child, I spent my days herding cows, collecting herbs, catching fish, and listening to my father play the Chinese fiddle in the early mornings.
Nature was my first teacher.

I was also a very sensitive child.
I could feel emotions deeply, but often didn’t know how to express my own.

Dance and Music became my first language of freedom.
Later, yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi, meditation, breathwork, and sound healing became part of my life and personal healing journey.

Through these practices, I slowly began to understand something important:

Sometimes healing is not about becoming stronger or more productive.
Sometimes it begins by learning how to slow down and reconnect with ourselves.

In 2018, I became a mother for the first time.
It was also the first time I truly understood how fragile the body and life can be.

Because of a congenital uterine condition, I experienced a difficult birth.
Then in 2020, after the birth of my second child, I suffered a severe postpartum hemorrhage.

But the harder part was not surviving childbirth.

It was learning how to feel safe in my body again afterward.

For a long time, I struggled with anxiety, shallow breathing, insomnia, and exhaustion.
Even while holding my sleeping baby, my nervous system still felt like it was living in danger.

I searched everywhere for answers.
Doctors, treatments, different healing approaches.

Until one day, after feeling completely exhausted,
I returned to something very simple:

Breathing.

Just a few quiet minutes each day.
Lying down.
Hands resting on my belly.

On the first day, I cried within less than a minute.

Not because I was sad,
but because I suddenly realized:

I could still feel.

That moment became the beginning of my healing journey.

Over the years, I’ve continued studying and practicing yoga, trauma-informed healing, mindfulness meditation, Qigong, sound healing, movement, and art therapy.

But what I’ve learned most is this:

Healing is not about becoming a perfect or fearless person.

It is about learning how to return to yourself,
again and again,
even during the difficult seasons of life.

My children have also become my greatest teachers.
Through motherhood, I began to better understand emotions, relationships, family patterns, and the deeper stories we carry within the body.

Later, I returned to China and lived with my parents for nearly three years.
That experience helped me reconnect not only with my family, but also with my roots, culture, and personal history.

Sometimes what we think is only “our problem”
is actually part of a much larger story.

If I had to describe myself,
I would say I’m like a wild tree.

Not perfectly shaped.
Not growing in a straight line.
But always reaching toward the light.

Yin Healing Paths is not a perfect healing space.

It is A place where I share breath, movement, sound, awareness, and the practices that have helped me slowly return to balance.
My hope is that this space can also become a gentle place for others to pause, breathe, reconnect, and feel a little less alone.

If you’ve found your way here,
welcome

I am excited to join you on your journey.

Education

• B.A. Education – South China Normal University
• Dance – Bellevue College
• Fine Art – North Seattle College

Certifications

• 500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)
• Qigong Instructor
• Mindfulness Meditation
• Trauma-Informed Yoga
• Yoga for the Cancer Patient
• Yoga Nidra
• Yin Yoga
• Sound Healing – Expert Level
• Children’s Yoga
• Aerial Yoga
• Art Therapy
• NLP

创始人 · Yin Healing Paths

你好呀 🌿

我是 尹子“Lyrica”
Yin Healing Paths 的创始人，也是一位妈妈、菜鸟舞者、菜鸟哄歌人，疗愈练习者，以及一个仍然在学习“如何好好生活”的普通人。

我成长于中国南方的乡村和山里。

小时候，我会跟着家人挖草药、放牛、抓鱼，清晨听父亲拉二胡。
很多时候，是一整座山、一阵风、一条小路陪着我长大。

我从小就很敏感。
能感受到周围人的情绪，也常常觉得自己和世界有一点点“不合群”。

后来，舞蹈成了我的出口。
身体的流动，让我第一次感觉到自由。

再后来，我开始接触瑜伽、气功、太极、冥想、呼吸与声音疗愈。
这些古老练习慢慢让我发现：

很多时候，我们真正需要的，不是“更努力”，
而是重新学会和自己的身体、情绪与内在待在一起。

2018 年，我第一次成为妈妈。
也是第一次真正意识到，身体和生命有多脆弱。

因为先天子宫畸形，我经历了困难生产。
2020 年第二次生产时，又经历了严重产后大出血。

后来医生告诉我：

“如果再晚五分钟，可能就救不回来了。”

但真正漫长的，不是生产那一天。

而是之后的恢复。

那时候，我长期失眠、焦虑、呼吸很浅。
即使孩子安静地睡在身边，我的身体依然像活在危险里。

我开始四处寻找答案。
见不同的医生，尝试不同的方法。

直到有一天，在筋疲力尽之后，
我重新回到了最简单的一件事：

呼吸。

每天几分钟，安静地躺着，把手放在肚子上。
第一天不到一分钟，我就哭了。

不是因为悲伤，
而是因为我突然意识到：

原来，我还能够感觉。

那也是我真正疗愈旅程的开始。

这些年，我持续学习与实践瑜伽、创伤知情疗愈、正念冥想、气功、声音疗愈与艺术疗愈。
但我越来越觉得：

疗愈不是成为一个“完美平静的人”。

而是即使在混乱、疲惫、害怕的时候，
也能一点点回到自己。

我的两个孩子，也成为了我最真实的老师。
他们让我开始重新理解情绪、家庭、关系，以及代际之间的影响。

后来，我回到中国，和父母一起生活了近三年。
在那里，我开始重新理解自己的成长、文化与家庭故事。

有时候你会发现：

你以为只是自己的问题，
其实是一整条河流。

如果一定要用一个词形容我自己，
我大概像一棵野生长出来的树。

不完美，也不标准。
但一直在慢慢朝着阳光生长。

Yin Healing Paths 对我来说，
并不是一个“完美疗愈空间”。

它更像是一条正在延伸的路。

在这里，我分享呼吸、身体、声音、觉知，以及那些帮助我慢慢回到平衡的方法。
我也希望，这里可以成为一个让人暂时停下来、呼吸一下、重新感受自己的地方。

如果你刚好也走到了这里，
欢迎你 🌿

Byron Yee

Business Manager & Healing Guide

My name is Byron Yee.
I’m the Business Manager of Yin Healing Paths, as well as a long-time practitioner of Tai Chi, yoga, mindfulness, and integrative healing practices.

I was born and raised in the United States.

My mother was a music teacher, and my father was an engineer, so I grew up between two worlds — creativity and practicality.
Throughout my childhood, I was encouraged to explore music, dance, theatre, and artistic expression, while also pursuing more traditional academic and business studies.

Later, I graduated with a double major in Theatre Arts and Business Administration.
Those two paths shaped the way I understand life today:

One side focused on emotion, expression, and human connection.
The other focused on structure, communication, and bringing ideas into reality.

But growing up was not always easy for me.

As a child, I struggled with ADHD, attention challenges, and emotional overwhelm.
I also dealt with chronic sinus and breathing issues for many years, eventually undergoing two sinus surgeries.

For much of my life, breathing did not feel effortless.

Something as simple as taking a deep breath could feel exhausting and uncomfortable, especially during illness or periods of stress.

Over ten years ago, I first discovered Tai Chi while living in China, where I was exploring my cultural roots and learning Chinese.

Years later, after experiencing anxiety and several high-stress work environments, I found myself returning to yoga and Tai Chi — but this time with a much deeper intention.

I began studying the mindfulness, breathwork, meditation, and internal awareness practices woven into these traditions.

Eventually, these practices stopped being just hobbies or exercise routines.

They became part of how I live.

For more than a decade, I have maintained a nearly daily practice of breathwork, yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, mindful movement, and self-awareness.

To me, mindfulness is not only something practiced during meditation.

It is a way of living.

How we breathe.
How we move.
How we communicate.
How we respond to stress, discomfort, and everyday life.

Over the years, I have also continued studying Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal healing, sound therapy, and Eastern wellness philosophies, while exploring how these ancient systems can coexist with modern Western life.

For the past three years, I lived in China again, deepening my understanding of Eastern culture, healing traditions, and slower, more intentional ways of living.

One of the most meaningful discoveries in my own journey has been this:

As I continued practicing yoga, Tai Chi, breathwork, and mindful movement consistently over time, my chronic sinus and breathing issues improved significantly.

And I continue to practice, learn, heal, and grow every day.

I do not see myself as someone who has everything perfectly figured out.

But I have learned that true balance is not the absence of stress or difficulty.

It is having the tools to return to yourself, again and again.

Yin Healing Paths is more than just a brand to me.

It is a bridge between Eastern and Western cultures, ancient wisdom and modern life.

Through this space, we hope to share practical and meaningful tools that help people reconnect with their breath, body, awareness, and daily lives in a more grounded and compassionate way.

If you are also searching for a more balanced, natural, and mindful way of living—

welcome 🌿

Education

• B.A. Business Administration & Theatre Arts – Western Washington University
• Tai Chi – Tai Chi Healthways
• Tap, Ballet – Center for Dance

Certifications

• Tai Chi Instructor Certification
• 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)