Yin & Restorative Yoga

VINYASA & YIN | OPEN LEVEL

You can expect to spend the first 20 minutes moving (raising Yang) and building heat to warm the body, soften the mind and expend any restless energy. Then we will transition into a series of seated, supine, and side-lying postures (settling Yin) for a more restorative experience. We'll hold each Yin posture for 3-5 minutes, using breath techniques from our Vinyasa classes (Ujjayi breath) to access more depth, volume, and space within the asanas. Yin yoga is a wonderful complement to more active, vigorous practices such as Ashtanga or Vinyasa yoga, as it is designed to regulate the nervous system, stimulate various meridians or nadis (energy pathways) along the body, as well as prepare the body and mind for meditation and/or deep rest.

YIN WITH SOUND | OPEN LEVEL

Integrating the Yin experience of slowing down and creating space within each shape, to affect the meridian pathways as well as stimulate a stretch for the deeper connective tissues, with the application of sound. As we sit in the postures, the sound will serve as an additional tool to ground us in the practice while giving the body an experience to be the conductor for which sound can travel and invite us towards a place of greater stillness. Open to all levels.