YIN YOGA

​A slow-paced evening candle lit class that focuses on targeting the deeper layers of connective tissues surrounding the joints, (ligaments, tendons and fascia). While holding a variety of seated postures from 1-3 minutes, students will increase flexibility, and release old patterns.
 
This class encourages students to dive inward on a physical and mental level.

BENEFITS

• RESTORES RANGE OF MOTION - For healthy range of motion, layers of connective tissue must allow muscles to glide over each other. But injury, habitual posture in daily life, and aging, among other factors can bind these connective tissues together, creating so-called adhesions and restricting that movement between the sliding surfaces of the muscles. Holding poses that gently lengthen the muscles and fascia helps break up adhesions, and applying mild stress to joints and connective tissues can increase their range of motion.
  

• REVITALIZES TISSUE - Our body’s tissues can be revived by a good long soak the same way that an old, stiff sponge can. As you hold a yin pose, the subtle release that takes you deeper into the pose is the tissues lengthening, hydrating, and becoming more pliable. If you pay close attention, you can sense the tissues being stretched, squeezed, twisted, and compressed. 
  

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• CULTIVATE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR BODY - The simplicity of a yin practice allows us to return to our bodies and to see clearly just how remarkable we really are. Journeying into the deeper layers of ourselves, we tune into our inner workings, connecting to respiratory and circulatory functions, internal organs, and sensations within the muscles and joints. This heightened awareness of the physiological processes of the body ultimately moves us closer to santosha, or contentment.