Most of people familiar with yoga but I think not many people know what exactly yin yoga means. I have been practising yoga for some time, but only recently discover Yin Yoga.
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin yoga is less popular compared to yang yoga. It performed to stretch the connective tissues of the body. Primary connective tissues include the hips, thighs and lower spinal area. It provides a deeper stretch. Some also believe that the practice of yin yoga is performed to regulate the flow of energy in the body. This energy is called “chi” and when its flow in the body is strong, a person is healthy. (Too bad, I am still unable to feel the Chi.).
Initially yin yoga seem quite boring, passive, or soft, but yin practice can be very challenging because we need to hold a pose for certain duration, normally 3 - 5 munites but sometime can up to twenty minutes!
Not many asanas are used for yin yoga. I am trying to copy down some asanas here:
Anahatasana (aka Melting Heart)
Ankle Stretch
Butterfly
Half butterfly
Camel
Cat pulling its Tail
Caterpillar
Child's Pose
Dangling
Deer
Dragons
Dragonfly (aka Straddle)
Frog
Happy Baby
Lying Twists
Saddle
Shavasana
Shoelace
Snail
Sphinx and Seal
Square
Squat
Swan
Sleeping Swan
Toe Squat
Any idea of what do the above mentioned asanas means? ;)
Enjoy the stretch, enjoy the pain. Namaste.
2 comments:
I think Asanas mean the posture. Yoga is quite challenging for me. Tried it once in Celebrity Fitness when I joined there.
:-)
Thanks for dropping by...you almost get it right :)
Post a Comment