Seated Poses I

Find a little magic with this Yin sequence to restore energy and balance back to the body. Take time to find your edge with hip openers and side body stretch, and quietly stay still with heart opener poses, allow the stillness of the pose to stretch, and nourish you from inside out.

Influence by the Daoist tradition, yin yoga involves long-held, passive postures that target opening and releasing the deep connective tissue in the body, especially around the hips and low back areas.

Learn how adding mudras may enhance your practice with traditional Yin seated postures to evoke specific energies. Seated postures with classical mudras like Padma, Chin, Tadaka, and Hrdyam provides balance to your overall health.

This practice will integrate seated forward folds, long-held, passive stretches targeting the knees, hips, pelvis, and lower back to increase flexibility and support a stable seated position for meditation at the end for a tranquil grounding and calm.

A quiet practice with a mixture of Yin poses to open the body and prepare for breathing practice that cleanses and detoxifies your mind and body using Kapalabhati Pranayama and alternate nostril breathing.

Observe and reflect with a class for seasoned yogis to tune inward. You will sustain in long-held seated, prone, and supine postures as you go deeply inward for self-introspection. The Yin style Pentacle pose will nourish your way into a well-deserved savasana.