Empowered Beginner Yin Yoga: Full Body Stretch for Vitality | YWM 672

Living your Yoga with Dr Melissa West

This is an Empowered Beginner Yin Yoga class for full-body vitality! In this Yin Yoga class for beiginners, we will explore the transformative power of yin to create bring balanc to the deeper connective tissues of your body. Yin yoga targets the yin tissues of the body, such as ligaments, bones, and joints. Unlike yang styles that focus on warming and stretching the muscles, yin yoga applies gentle pressure for extended periods, stimulating the deep connective tissues to grow stronger and more flexible. In this yin yoga class, we will gently pressurize the tissues to strengthen your ligaments nad joints to increase your mobility as you age. Additionally we will begin to explore some of the organs and meridians of yin yoga to empower your vitality. Overall we are focusing on connecting with yin qualities of yielding and allowing in a world of constant activity and achievement. I will introduce you to the four principles of yin: finding an appropriate edge, softening, and being still, allowing the tissues to be gently stressed and nurtured. This yin yoga class is designed especially for beginners with 3 minute holds. Modifications and Alternatives will be given. Empowered Beginner Yin Yoga: Full Body Stretch for Vitality Sequence Butterfly Sphinx Seal Child’s Pose Figure Four Happy Baby Dragonfly Half Shoelace Savasana Props Needed: 2 blocks, bolster, yoga strap, folded blanket Poem: Yin by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer