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yin
Yin Yoga: Long Holds
Floor poses held for three to five minutes to reach the connective tissue, not the muscle.
Yin is quiet, cool and surprisingly intense. Poses are held long enough that stretching stops being the point and stillness starts being the work.
This course teaches the principles, the main shapes and the props that make long holds sustainable, plus how to handle the restlessness that shows up around minute two.
What you'll study
9 lessons · 4h 13m · 7 contact hours
How yin works
- Muscle versus connective tissueFree preview12 min
- The three principles14 min
- Props that make it possible12 min
The shapes
- Hips: butterfly, dragon, swan35 min
- Spine: caterpillar, sphinx, twists32 min
- Legs and shoulders28 min
Full practices
- 45-minute hip-focused yin45 min
- 60-minute whole-body yin1h
- Sit with one three-minute hold15 min