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Happy Hips and Hamstrings Yin Yoga
Rating: 4.8 out of 5(19 ratings)
233 students

Happy Hips and Hamstrings Yin Yoga

A Yoga Practice led by Paula Fortunato
Created byPaula Joy Fortunato
Last updated 4/2014
English

What you'll learn

  • Create balance and healing in the body through a guided relaxing yoga practice.
  • Develop a regular practice of yoga poses to keep your hips, hamstrings and back happy!
  • Train your mind to slow down and create relaxation by connecting to your breath.
  • Learn the necessary positions to bring length and strength to the connective tissues of the hips, hamstrings, and lower spine.

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Course content

2 sections • 5 lectures • 1h 5m total length

  • Yin Yoga Course Introduction1:45

    Explore yin yoga to balance calm feminine and active masculine energies, lengthening and strengthening the spine and connective tissue while guiding body, mind, and recovery for all levels.

  • The Benefits of Yin Yoga2:05

    Learn how yin yoga targets connective tissues and fascia, releasing tendons and ligaments through lengthening in the hips and spine to calm the nervous system and support breath and circulation.

  • Common Hip and Hamstring Issues1:21

    Explore how hamstrings attach to the sits bones, run down the thigh, and flex the knee and extend the hip. Tightness tilts the pelvis and strains the lower spine.

  • Alternative Yoga Props3:18

    Discover how to use alternative props, pillows, towels, blankets, and a robe tie, to support butterfly pose, backbends, and forward bends in a yin yoga session, emphasizing comfort and release.

Requirements

  • Doctor's approval for gentle movement including forward flexion (forward bending).
  • Comfortable clothing, removal of belts, shoes, and any restrictive clothing. Blankets, pillows, towels, and a long belt or rope.

Description

This course shares information about the benefits of a Yin Yoga practice. Students will learn about the importance of living a balanced lifestyle. Concentrating on the hips and hamstrings this course will train students how to lengthen and release the connective tissue of the hips, spine and legs. Learning how to approach this type of practice will be explained. Students will practice creating a mind/body connection and learn how to consciously relax.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who would like to learn how to relax deeply, improve range of motion, reduce pain and stress, and speed up recovery time between workouts.
  • Free yourself from lower back pain, sciatica, piriformis syndrome, and chronic hamstring and IT band tension.

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