Yin Yoga Resources
A slower "yin" style practice targets the connective tissues, harmonizes Qi flow, and helps cultivate greater awareness.
Practice along and learn about yin yoga with these free yin yoga videos, posts, and tutorials.
4 movements to balance your yin yoga practice
Yin yoga has many benefits, but yin yogis also need to include active strength based movement, so that the body and tissues remain balanced. Yin yoga relies on the theory that tissues need appropriate stress to become resilient, supple, and strong. Yin yoga puts pressure on the connective tissue and ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Whole Body
Within our yin yoga practice we can practice sequences of poses that directly target a specific area of the body. While each pose affects many areas of the body at the same time, we can combine the poses in a sequence to emphasize a specific action. Whole Body Yin Yoga ...
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What are the differences between restorative yoga and yin yoga?
It makes sense that restorative yoga and yin yoga are sometimes confused with one another. These two practices are similar in many ways. They’re both slow, receptive, calming, cooling, and oftentimes, they both emphasize contemplative teachings. These two practices do have some essential differences though. I often get asked how ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Back
Within our yin yoga practice we can practice sequences of poses that directly target a specific area of the body. While each pose affects many areas of the body at the same time, we can combine the poses in a sequence to emphasize a specific action. Yin Yoga for the ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Hips
Within our yin yoga practice we can practice sequences of poses that directly target a specific area of the body. While each pose affects many areas of the body at the same time, we can combine the poses in a sequence to emphasize a specific action. Yin Yoga for the ...
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Yin Yoga Practice Video : Wall Yin Yoga
Today’s video is a yin yoga practice on the wall. Using the wall is a great way to support the body if you’re feeling fatigued, or if you’re looking for a very gentle practice. Using the wall is also helpful if you or your students have some physical barriers that ...
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Yin Yoga Square Pose with modifications
Yin yoga square pose helps to open the hips through external rotation. If folding forward it also creates flexion in the spine. Yin yoga square pose activates the Liver and Gallbladder meridians and if you fold forward the Kidney and Urinary Bladder meridians are targeted. Begin by sitting on your ...
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Yin Yoga Toe Squat pose and Yin Yoga Ankle Stretch pose with modifications
Yin yoga toe squat and yin yoga ankle stretch are great to open the bottom of the feet (the plantar fascia), they create more space in the toes and they open the ankles. These yin yoga poses also target all of the lower meridians that run through the feet. The ...
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Yin Yoga Dragonfly Pose or Straddle Pose with modifications – Lateral Dragonfly, Twisted Dragonfly
Yin yoga dragonfly posture or straddle pose is a forward fold with the legs wide. From a seated position a forward fold, a side bend or a twist can be practiced. A yin yoga dragonfly pose targets the backs of the thighs (hamstrings), hips, inner groin, and inner knees. It ...
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Yin Yoga Sleeping Swan and Yin Yoga Pigeon Pose with modifications
The yin yoga posture of sleeping swan pose or pigeon pose creates external rotation in the front leg, and targets the quads and hip flexors. It’s also a backbend which compresses the lower back and can help maintain the health of the lower spine.. Sleeping swan pose primarily targets the ...
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