Yin Yoga has many benefits. If you’re feeling restless, overwhelmed or stressed, Yin Yoga is for you.
Yin Yoga Main Benefits
- By connecting to your physical body, you can step away from your thinking mind.
- By bringing your attention to your breath, your thoughts become more silent.
How we practice is much more important than what we practice.
Bernie Clark (2011:29): The Complete Guide To Yin Yoga
How To Do Yin Yoga Postures
You hold the poses for a couple of minutes and find your way to stillness here.
How Does Yin Yoga Work?
- On a physical level, you are working with our connecting tissue (fascia) instead of your muscles.
- On an emotional level, you are working with your thoughts and emotions.
Yin Yoga Is For Every Body
- Every body is different but Yin Yoga is for every body.
- Yin Yoga is not about beeing good at something.
- It is not about achievements, physical flexibility or beeing fit.
- It is not a performance and not a competitive sport.
- Yin Yoga is about taking time for yourself.
Yin Yoga Poses List
| CHILD’S POSE |
| BUTTERFLY POSE |
| HALF BUTTERFLY POSE |
| LATERAL HALF BUTTERFLY POSE |
| CATERPILLAR POSE |
| SHOELACE POSE |
| HALF SHOELACE POSE |
| CAMEL POSE |
| MELTING HEART POSE |
| SPHINX POSE |
| SEAL POSE |
| ANKLE STRETCH POSE |
| TOE SQUAT POSE |
| DANGLING POSE |
| SWAN POSE |
| SLEEPING SWAN POSE |
| SADDLE POSE |
| HALF SADDLE POSE |
| SUPPORTED BACKBEND POSE (BLOCK) |
| SUPPORTED BACKBEND POSE (BOLSTER) |
| SUPPORTED BRIDGE POSE |
| KNEE HUG POSE |
| CRADDLE POSE |
| HAPPY BABY POSE |
| BABY DRAGON POSE |
| DRAGON FLYING LOW POSE |
| DRAGON FLYING HIGH POSE |
| TWISTED DRAGON POSE |
| WINGED DRAGON POSE |
| LEAPING DRAGON POSE |
| DRAGON SPLITS POSE |
| FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON POSE |
| STRADDLE (DRAGONFLY) POSE |
| LATERAL DRAGONFLY POSE |
| SQUARE / FIRE LOG POSE |
| SQUAT POSE |
| BANANASANA POSE |
| DOUBLE V / STRAIGHT JACKET POSE |
| FROG POSE |
| RESTING BELLY POSE |
| CAT PULLING ITS TAIL POSE |
| SUPINE WIND-SHIELD WIPER POSE |
| DEER POSE |
| RECLINING TWIST POSE |
| TWISTED ROOTS POSE |
| SUPINE TWIST POSE |
| CORPSE / ŚAVĀSANA POSE |
| FETAL POSITON POSE |
Printable Yin Yoga Poster with Poses and Names
Create your own Yin Yoga sequence with this printable Yin Yoga pose chart!
