YIN YOGA IS A MORE MEDITATIVE APPROACH WITH A PHYSICAL FOCUS MUCH DEEPER THAN YANG LIKE PRACTICES. HERE YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCESS THE DEEPER TISSUES SUCH AS THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND FASCIA AND MANY OF THE POSTURES FOCUS ON AREAS THAT ENCOMPASS A JOINT (HIPS, SACRUM, SPINE). AS ONE AGES FLEXIBILITY IN THE JOINTS DECREASES AND YIN YOGA IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO MAINTAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY, SOMETHING THAT FOR MANY DON’T SEEM TO BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT UNTIL THEY NOTICE IT IS GONE. THESE POSES ARE PASSIVE AND HELD FOR 3-5 MINS EACH AND WE USE LOTS OF PROPS TO GET US TRULY RELAXED, ULTIMATELY YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER YANG PRACTICE. I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU INCORPORATE A LITTLE OF BOTH WILL CREATE A MORE WELL-ROUNDED PRACTICE AS WELL AS A BETTER-ROUNDED VERSION OF THE AWESOME YOU!

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