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Yin/Yang Yoga for the Hips

Intermediate I
(207 Reviews)
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Sarah-Jane warms you up with a fun, unique sun salutation, then takes you deep into the hips with a series of hip-releasing yin yoga poses. Yin/yang yoga is great as a yoga for beginners class, they are great for stress relief and they enhance the numerous benefits of yoga, since the warm yang so effectively prepares the body for the deep releases of yin yoga.

Equipment

  • None

Focus

  • Hips
  • Twists
  • Flexibility
  • Legs and Feet
  • Sleep/Relaxation

Style

  • Yin and Yin/Yang Yoga
dreamboatlizzie
November 1, 2020
Comment:

I have tried squat in a few classes and thought i was doing it correctly. It is noted in this class that the weight should be to the outer foot and heel. No matter how I place my feet, my weight goes to the inner foot. Is this just a flexibility/strength issue on my part?

tyslam
July 27, 2020
Comment:

Oof! This was incredible for my hips (and back)! A class I will definitely return to. Thank you, Sarah!

kennychua
March 19, 2020
Comment:

Is shaking a good thing in yin poses? Should I ease up to stop the shaking?

Comment Replies

David Procyshyn
March 25, 2020
Comment:

Shaking is fine as long as the muscles aren't really sore the next day. You could ease into the shaking the first time it happens and see if it's ok, then allow it to stay a bit longer the next time, just to be safe.

Comment Replies

kennychua
March 26, 2020
Comment:

Hi David, first of all thank you to you and your team for this website. Yes the butt muscles and lower back muscles were sore, but not the same kind of pain that led me to this class in the first place. That seemed to have eased up temporarily. Do you know of a resource (or maybe write about on your blog?) to understand what are some bad habits we do that cause the common types of pain that seem to face so many people? (Like slouching or sitting cross legged). And what pain is from? Weakness? Tightness? Muscles too stretched?

I have pain daily, that moves around! Sometimes it's the mid back, other times it's the hips and I can't seem to figure out what causes it. Doc put me on anti-inflammatories (which don't help) and sent me to physical therapist for 2 months (also didn't help). The PT said my body isn't using the correct muscles to just do daily activities, walk, stand, sit etc.... She said I need to strengthen and that yoga doesn't strengthen, just stretches..... but yoga DOES strengthen doesn't it?

It's probably too big a subject to write about in a comment, but I do hope to figure out what's wrong. Maybe I'll try and approach it in the forum. But some of your classes have given me more relief than anything I did in PT. I appreciate what you do!

Dawn Bowles
March 3, 2020
Comment:

Great! Thank you Sarah - just what I needed after too much sitting time:)

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