Most people are familiar with Yang styles of yoga, for example; hatha, vinyasa and ashtanga (to name a few). In yang styles of yoga you are working the muscle tissues of the body and doing repetitive movements.
Yin yoga works the other half of the body, the yin tissues. Our yin tissues are the connective tissues which include the fascia, ligaments, joints and even our bones. When we practice yin yoga we relax our muscles in order to work deeper into the other tissues of the body. Along with relaxing our body, we hold poses in stillness for a longer period of time – generally 3-5 minutes.
There are many benefits and reasons to engage in a Yin yoga practice, not just physical benefits like increasing flexibility and joint mobility, but there are also numerous energetic benefits that affect organ health, our thoughts and emotions.
Just as we need to engage in yang type of activity we also need to introduce yin into our life.
In this yin class we target the important energy centres long the spinal cord. We have 7 major chakra centres that connect our physical, mental and emotional systems (bodies). This class will stimulate all 7 centres to help balance our chakras and enable energy to flow freely through our body.