YIN Yoga

Yin Yoga

When you practice Yin Yoga you doesn’t concentrate on your muscles but you focus is on the connective tissue ie your fascia. You do the positions on the floor and hold them for a long time, usually three to five minutes.

• Has its focus on slowness and stillness.
• Helps your nervous system shift from active (sympathetic nervous system) to calm (parasympathetic nervous system).
• Helps you to let go of control for a moment and to focus on listening and feeling.
• Take a little “time-out” from everyday life on the yoga mat and give yourself peace of mind.
• Yin encourages to be sensitive to yourself, to observe, feel and meet yourself.
• Mindfulness is about facing what is exactly as it is. The long positions give you an opportunity to be with your emotions and it is common for Yin Yoga to evoke emotions.
• The symbol of Yin/Yang – the white and black form that rests in perfect balance – within the Tao, it is precisely the balance of life that is the way. Most of our society today is dominated by yang (activity). It is achievements that are valued and rest must be left behind.

With Yin Yoga, you get a rest that helps you replenish, recover and feel whole.