7 Reasons Why You Should Take a Yin Yoga Class
Ever Thought About Taking a Yin Yoga Class? Here’s Why You Should
There’s something special about Yin Yoga.
For one, I love teaching it – and have had great responses from students who have taken a Yin Yoga class with me.
If you’re not sure what Yin Yoga is, it’s essentially a slower-paced yoga practice that incorporates basic breathing and awareness techniques, all while holding various passive postures for several minutes at a time.
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The slow and steady pace presents a stark contrast from the general business of daily life, and in turn allows your body and mind to relax, unwind, and find peaceful balanced energy.
Don’t be fooled though – Yin Yoga isn’t easy!
It’s hard work, but the end results are totally worth the effort.
Besides quieting your mind and helping you to find balance, there are so many other amazing health benefits of Yin Yoga. For example, taking a Yin Yoga class can:
1. Release Your Fascia and Revitalize the Tissue in Your Body
One of the greatest health benefits of Yin Yoga is the positive effect it has on the fascia and tissue in your body. Regular practice can help to stretch and strengthen your body’s connective tissue – or yin tissue – such as ligaments, joints, tendons, bones, and fascia. This, in turn, leads to better flexibility and increased blood flow throughout your body.
2. Increase Your Flexibility and Range of Motion in Your Joints
Going along with stretching and strengthening your body’s yin tissue, Yin Yoga can also help to improve your overall flexibility. As the connective tissue begins to heal and strength, you’ll begin to experience not only increased flexibility but also better range of motion throughout all of your joints.
3. Help You to Connect with Your Emotions
Since Yin Yoga is a slower-paced yoga practice – with some poses being held for several minutes at a time – you’ll have the opportunity to slow down, unwind, and truly connect with your emotions. By allowing yourself to pause and listen to your body and emotions, you’ll find it easier to live in the moment and experience peace.
4. Relieve Stress and Anxiety
Along the same lines, Yin Yoga also helps to relieve stress and anxiety. Since poses are held for longer periods of time, you can allow your mind to become truly quiet – focused on nothing apart from breathing. Your muscles will also be allowed to relax through increased stretching, which helps to relieve any tension in your body.
5. Improve Circulation Throughout the Body
Better flexibility and range of motion within your connective tissues promote increased circulation and blood flow throughout your entire body and also helps to keep your body hydrated. This is great for overall health and wellness and is another great benefit of regular Yin Yoga practice.
6. Cultivate Balance within Your Body
Yin Yoga cultivates physical, emotional, and mental balance. Physically, it helps to keep the tissues in your body loose and flexible, and your internal organs in balance. Emotionally and mentally it helps to balance your thoughts and feelings in a way that establishes a deeper sense of peace and overall well-being.
7. Increase Your Overall Stamina
Not only do the lengthy poses help to increase your strength and overall stamina for yoga, but practicing mindfulness and allowing yourself to sit with your emotions for extended periods of time also helps with meditation. You may find it easier to clear your mind and focus on your breathing during meditation after practicing Yin Yoga for some time.
In Conclusion
If you’ve never practiced Yin Yoga before, then you definitely need to give it a try! The health benefits alone are incredible, but best of all it’s a great practice for clearing your mind and finding true balance. Challenging, but worth it.
If you are in the area, I would love to have you join one of my Yin Yoga classes.
