Home Yin Yoga Practice

I'm really enjoying so much good on-line yoga.  I used to have such a hard time doing a home practice; I always got distracted.  Now that I'm a mom I treasure my free time and try to make the most of time without my 8 month old and doing a nourishing Yin Yoga practice for 20-50 minutes is heaven.  What I love about Yin is I can pick a practice to release different held emotions as well as I can let my thoughts wander until they slow and slow into this lovely spacious place.  

 Yin Yoga focuses on clearing meridians, energy lines, in the body.  You hold a stretching posture for 1-5 minutes and by the end you feel a shift in your body-mind.  Instead of stretching the muscles we are stretching the fascia which is like saran wrap that wraps the muscles and organs and is theorized to hold energy and emotions.  

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This morning I did the liver meridian which helps clear toxins and unprocessed anger.  

Tadpole (child's pose)
​3 minutes

Twisting Tadpole
1 minute on each side

Seated neck release
1 minute on each side

Down Dog or child's pose
​1 minute

Swan (pigeon)
​2-3 minutes on each side

Seal (Sphinx)
​2-3 minutes

Squat
​2 minutes

Wide Forward Fold
​2 minutes

Sivasana
​5- 20 minutes