Gentle Yin Yoga - Mar 19

A 75 minute gentle and healing yin yoga practice, which uses props for poses so you feel safe and supported. A meditative, mostly floor based class gives priority to the internal experience, rather than the external perfection of a pose. You move slower, stretch deeply, and feel each pose before you flow to the next. Throughout the class your focus is guided to listen to the sensation of your breath and body to calm the thinking mind, release stress and anxiety. Each class ends with a delicious mini iRest® session.

What is Yin yoga?
It is a quiet, meditative practice of floor based postures held for a longer duration of time.

Unlike other styles of Hatha yoga in which we mostly strengthen and lengthen our muscles with dynamic movement and shorter holds, in Yin Yoga we consciously relax the muscles around the area we are working -- mainly the spine and pelvis -- allowing us to shift the focus to the deeper connective tissues of the body, the ligaments and fascia. Joints are kept mobile and stable.

People with osteoporosis or bone cancer are discouraged from practicing due to the possibility of discomfort or injury.