Placeholder Image

字幕表 動画を再生する

  • Yin yoga has helped me manage my anxiety, so I want to share what it is with you so

  • that when you practice my yin yoga videos you'll get a sense of how it can help

  • you as well.

  • Yin yoga is a style of yoga that connects the energetic meridians of Traditional

  • Chinese Medicine with India's yoga postures.

  • It's not exactly a beginner form of yoga,

  • although it can be more accessible because the postures are generally lower

  • to the ground and there's not as much physical demand on the body to hold the

  • posture.

  • Instead of more active forms of yoga asana, which we might call "yang" -- think

  • vinyasa flow or ashtanga -- yin takes a gentler approach to strengthening and

  • lengthening, but it doesn't target our muscles.

  • It targets our connective tissue which is one of the four types of tissue that

  • makes up our body. Connective tissue is like an inner web that binds and holds our

  • organs in place, and it also connects our bones, connects our muscles by densely

  • collecting at our joints for our tendons and ligaments. These attach bone to

  • bone and muscle to bone. Because connective tissue is responsible for

  • holding this heavy load at our joints,

  • it can become pretty easily injured like at our knees or our shoulders.

  • Yin yoga helps keep those tissues healthy so that the joints can remain healthy over

  • time. That is a very simplistic explanation of what happens physically

  • in the yin yoga practice, but where I think this practice really excels and

  • differs from other forms of yoga is that it creates a safe space and a container

  • to practice letting go. Now,

  • what are you letting go of? Of course this physical tension that you'll feel

  • as you practice the postures.

  • But also you're letting go of the idea and the need that you have to control

  • things

  • Think of the yin-yang symbol that was super popular in the United States in

  • the '90s.

  • It shows that two opposite forces, like the sunny side of a hill and the

  • shady side of the hill, or the more dense bones with the more elastic muscles,

  • opposite forces are interconnected, interrelated, and ultimately we find

  • balance when we can perceive two halves becoming whole.

  • In this way, yin yoga complements other forms of more active yang practice.

  • So what kind of effects should you expect? Yin yoga expert Paul Grilley who

  • popularized the practice and is generally known as the founder of yin yoga,

  • says that you'll find more freedom in tight spots such as the hips, the pelvis,

  • the lower spine.

  • This makes the practice super helpful for learning how to sit better for long

  • periods of time, especially if you want a meditation practice. But the greater

  • effect I believe, from my own personal experience, is energetic.

  • There's a distinct feeling of well-being that happens after you come out of these

  • postures.

  • It's like suddenly all of the cells in those tight spaces opened up and started

  • talking to one another again.

  • How long should you practice? Yin teacher Bernie Clark says that it's okay to have

  • a regular daily yin practice.

  • You don't have to rest your body like you would with more vigorous forms of

  • asana or exercise. It's found that frequent, shorter periods of mild stress

  • to your connective tissues is more beneficial than a couple longer periods

  • two times a month. Now, I'd like to caveat here by saying just like any other form

  • of physical practice,

  • you need to listen to your body. You can practice daily as long as it doesn't

  • lead to pain or tingling or numbness.

  • What does a yin yoga practice look like? There are three main principles of yin yoga

  • that you should know before you get started.

  • #1: Come to your edge respectfully. The edge is the sensation

  • that you'll feel when you form a pose with your body.

  • For example, in a seated forward bend you might feel some stress on your

  • hamstrings.

  • You don't want to apply too much stress or too little.

  • You want to find the "Goldilocks" position, that space that's just right where you

  • can stay

  • perhaps with discomfort but certainly not with pain. Pain is not your edge,

  • it is going beyond your edge. As you practice, also remember that your edge

  • can change based on how much water you drink that day or how you're feeling.

  • That's why it's so important to remain present with each posture.

  • #2: Become still. Let the body rest, let the muscles around the stretched position

  • fully relax and take your focus inward. You might want to fidget or move

  • around. If you're doing that a lot

  • it's probably because you've gone beyond your edge or you're bored.

  • Reevaluate, catch yourself fidgeting and then commit to staying still once more. I

  • promise it gets easier with practice. #3:

  • Stay awhile in the pose. In yin yoga we purposefully hold postures

  • maybe for even up to five minutes or more.

  • At the minimum, I've found that holding a pose for at least one minute, depending

  • on the posture, can provide that energetic release,

  • while holding a posture for 2 to 3 minutes or more can improve concentration and

  • tolerance for change in the body.

  • Staying in the pose is an opportunity to be with yourself as you are. And as you

  • become aware of perhaps emotions or thoughts that might

  • arise you can choose: Do I need to hold on to these things or can I let them go?

  • You can face them, rather than bury them.

  • Finally, I'll say that yin yoga is not restorative yoga.

  • We may use props to help us into the postures, but the idea is to still find

  • sensation and not lie propped in relaxation. Relaxation may be the

  • ultimate result, but yin yoga is as much about concentrating the mind as it is

  • releasing tension in our connective tissues.

  • I hope this video is helpful for you to know why yin yoga might be a good fit for

  • you.

  • Subscribe to my channel where you'll find many yin yoga sequences for you to

  • start a new relationship with your mind and body.

  • Thanks for watching.

Yin yoga has helped me manage my anxiety, so I want to share what it is with you so

字幕と単語

ワンタップで英和辞典検索 単語をクリックすると、意味が表示されます

B2 中上級

陰ヨガとは?なぜ、どのように練習するのか? (What is Yin Yoga? Why & How To Practice)

  • 44 7
    VoiceTube に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
動画の中の単語