Wednesday Yin/Yang Yoga, 8 week term

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Vinyasa yoga is yang in energy and targets the yang tissues within the body such as the muscles, while this style and practice is yin in energy and targets the yin tissues such as tendons, ligaments, fascia, bones and the cells. We need both yin and yang to create balance. Ideally we should be practicing both yin and yang yoga to look after all the energies and tissues. Too much yang and we can become unbalanced and too much yin can create disharmony and dis-ease too. Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga with postures that are held for longer periods of time. It focuses on lengthening, stretching and hydrating the body’s connective tissues, with the aim of hydrating the fascia, increasing range of mobility, especially in the joints, while further increasing flexibility, improving circulation and the flow of energy. Yin yoga can also be very effective in helping to heal injury or scar tissue. This practice is also deeply meditative and also encourages deep relaxation and introspection.