Yin yoga
Yin Yoga is a quiet, passive style of yoga that is mostly practiced lying down and sitting.
origin
Yin Yoga was developed by Paulie Zink in the mid-1980s from a synthesis of Hatha Yoga and Tao Yoga. His student Paul Grilley and his student Sarah Powers developed the style further. Yin Yoga is often equated with the yoga of Paulie Zink, Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers and today it stands for the gentle form of yoga.
construction
In Yin Yoga, the asanas are held for between three and seven minutes. In between there is a harmonization while lying down. While all unneeded muscles are released during the exercises, you have time to transition into a calm, meditation-like state. Yin Yoga intends to “tear open” deep-lying connective tissue , the so-called fascia tissue, to stretch muscles , ligaments and tendons and thus to increase the freedom of movement of the body parts to one another.
literature
- Helga Baumgartner: Yin Yoga: Practice for inner peace and relaxation. BLV Buchverlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-8354-1729-8 .
- Stefanie Arend: Healthy through Yin Yoga: The gentle way to free your body from everyday complaints and emotional stress . Südwest Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-517-09457-1 .
- Bernie Clark, Sarah Powers: The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga: The Philosophy and Practice of Yin Yoga . White Cloud Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-935952-50-3 (English).