![]() Mentally, Yin can help focus the mind and develop mental resolve as we practice staying and relaxing near the edge of our comfort zone.Įnergetically, Yin yoga helps remove energy blockages along the meridians to improve the flow of Chi (also called Qi or Prana) and balance the five elements in the body so that our body-minds can restore wellness. Physically, Yin helps lengthen our connective tissues which can improve our flexibility, while it also strengthens and calms the nervous system. Physically it targets connective tissues and mentally it is meditative and draws our attention inward to cultivate acceptance and surrender. It has the opposite qualities of being feminine, lunar, cooling, downward, inward, still, and passive. That means “Yin” includes poses where you move less and spend more time relaxing into yoga postures. ![]() Yang qualities are masculine, solar, hot, upward, outward, mobile, active, and cultivate change and discipline while targeting your muscles. “Yang” yoga is your sweaty morning power class, Ashtanga or Bikram class, or vinyasa flow that builds up to a complex peak pose. Kung Fu master, Paulie Zink, developed this style from Hatha yoga and Taoist yoga influences in the 1970s (if your yoga instructor talks about energy channels or meridians, internal organs, and Chi, it is coming from the Taoist influence). Just like the Taoist Yin-Yang symbol, “Yin” is equally important as “Yang” and makes something whole and balanced. At its broadest essence “Yin” yoga can include anything that is the opposite of “Yang” yoga.
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