What is Yin Yoga?

What we attend to and the attitude with which we attend greatly influence how we experience

ourselves and our life - Bernie Clarke

On a physical level, Yin Yoga is a style of yoga that gets into the deeper tissues of the body, including a spider web like network of fascia. These tissues can become tight and yin yoga can help to stretch and release them. It also particular helpful for those with stiff bodies, helping to develop greater flexibility and joint mobility. In Yang style yoga there is an active contraction of one muscle and a stretch of the opposite muscle. In contrast, Yin is very passive and is about softening and letting go rather than building strength. Being given time in each pose, you can start to notice the different sensations in the body.