Yin Yoga Resources
A slower yin practice targets the connective tissues, harmonizes Qi flow, and helps cultivate greater awareness.
Practice and learn about yin yoga with these free yin yoga videos and tutorials.
Yin Yoga Half Butterfly and Yin Yoga Half Dragonfly with Modifications
The half butterfly pose and the half dragonfly are forward folds performed seated. To practice, bend one leg and place the sole along the inner thigh of the opposite extended leg. The names of these poses are often used interchangeably, so I included both in today’s video. These forward folds ...
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Yin Yoga Shoelace Pose with modifications
Shoelace pose is used within the yin yoga system to externally rotate the hips and stretch the inner thighs and groin. If you’re folding forward, it also decompresses the lower spine. The primary meridians affected are the Liver, Gallbladder and Kidney channels. If you’re folding forward, the Urinary Bladder meridian will ...
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Yoga Posture Basics :: Childs Pose / Balasana with modifications
Child’s pose (balasana) is practiced within many different styles of yoga. In the video below, I discuss its use in yin, restorative, and active forms of yoga. Child’s pose, like all forward folds, is a very cooling and calming posture. It can relax the mind, relieve stress, stretch the spine, open ...
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Acupressure for Yin Yoga
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (and many other eastern healing arts), the body contains channels of Qi or prana. These channels are generally called meridians in Chinese Medicine. The word “meridian” comes from the word “jing luo”. Translated, this means something that travels through or connects, like a thread in ...
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Yin Yoga for Energy Practice Video
I’m delighted to announce I’m finally releasing another free yin yoga practice video. This yin yoga practice is just over an hour, and was shot at a beautiful coastal location in Mexico. To practice along, it’s helpful to have some extra props like blankets, a bolster, or a block nearby. ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Spleen and Stomach Meridians
Within our yin yoga practice, we can use sequences of poses that directly target specific areas of the body and specific meridian lines. Meridians are considered channels where the basic life force of the body (called Qi or Prana) flows. Having enough Qi flowing smoothly in the meridians is key to ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Heart and Lung Meridians
Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Heart and Lung Within our yin yoga practice, we can practice sequences of poses that directly target the physical body and specific meridian lines. Meridians are considered channels where Qi or Prana flows. Qi is the body’s basic life force. Having enough Qi flowing smoothly in ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Kidney Meridian
Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Kidney and Urinary Bladder Within our yin yoga practice, we can practice sequences of poses that directly target the physical body and specific meridian lines. Meridians are considered channels where Qi or Prana flows. Qi is the body’s basic life force. Having enough Qi flowing smoothly ...
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Yin Yoga Sequence for the Liver and Gallbladder Meridians
Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Liver and Gallbladder Within our yin yoga practice, we can practice sequences of poses that directly target specific areas of the body and specific meridian lines. Meridians are considered channels where Qi or Prana flows. Qi is the body’s basic life force. When we have ...
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Free Mindful Yin Yoga Video
The terms yin and yang come from Taoism and have been adopted by yoga practitioners to describe types of movement. The name “yin yoga” is simply a term used to describe a practice that activates “yin” type tissues of the body through “yin” type movement. During yin yoga, postures are ...
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