Yin Yoga For Beginners: 15 Minutes x 15 Days
What you'll learn
- Improve flexibility throughout the body.
- Increase joint mobility and range of motion.
- Alleviate persistent aches and pains.
- Improve your posture.
- Clear your mind.
- Relax your central nervous system.
- Improve the quality of your sleep.
- Practice embodied meditation.
Requirements
- No previous yoga experience required.
- You will need a mat and two yoga blocks. We also use a yoga strap and bolster but you can substitute for a belt or dressing gown cord and pillow if you don't have these.
Description
Yin yoga feels fantastic and is the most effective form of yoga to increase your flexibility and balance your central nervous system. In this course, we practice just under 4 hours of yin yoga in 15 x 15-minute sequences that are designed to increase your flexibility from head to toe.
The course is designed for all students looking to increase their flexibility, reduce stiffness, alleviate aches and pains and find mental calm and clarity. Those of us who will most benefit from a consistent yin yoga practice are those of us who spend too much time in the sympathetic “fight or flight” mode. Whether that is because we have too many responsibilities, exercise at a high intensity or are just not very good at self-care. And in my experience, this covers pretty much everyone!
In yin yoga, we hold each pose for at least 60 seconds and up to 5-10 minutes. It is a passive practice in which we use props, including straps, blocks and bolsters to allow us to spend longer in the poses with relative comfort. The aim is to exert as little muscular effort as possible and work with gravity to release deeply-held tension.
The fundamental reason that this style of yoga has so much efficacy is that it offers a counterbalance to the effort required and tension created by our high-intensity lifestyles. Yin yoga gives us the opportunity to focus on recovery over strain and flexibility over strength. It is designed to alleviate stiffness and restore healthy range of motion so that you feel supple, relaxed and full of boundless energy.
Who this course is for:
- All students looking to improve their flexibility.
- All students leading a busy life and in need of healthy rest and relaxation.
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 18,993 Reviews
- 69,808 Students
- 14 Courses
Abi is a double Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Instructor and NASM Qualified Personal Trainer.
She was born in England but now travels all over the world learning cutting edge exercise, nutrition and health techniques to share with her online community.
She combines her personal training experience with her love of yoga to create a unique style that focuses primarily on the physical and mental aspects of the practice. She believes that yoga is fundamental for training balance, flexibility, mobility, strength, relaxation and mental focus as well as for relieving stress and pain.
Her mission is to bring a new simple and efficient style of yoga to busy men and women keen to take advantage of the innumerable, science-backed benefits to improve the quality of their life.