A Beginner- Friendly Yoga Class

When just starting out with Yoga, it’s not always easy to find a class that suitable for a beginner. With so many classes to choose from, it can be a little overwhelming to pick one.

This class with Carmen is an easy-going 60-minute sequence for complete beginners. It will stimulate your natural ‘rest and digest’ mode (the sympathetic nervous system) giving your body, mind and nervous system a highly important and well-deserved break.

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WHY YIN YOGA IS A GREAT WAY TO START

• Find your comfortable edge
• Find stillness
• Hold for time

Your comfortable edge means a point where you feel sensation, but not pain. If you ever feel pain, ease out of the pose right away.

Once at your comfortable edge, do your best to find stillness. Follow your breath and try not to fidget! If your body invites you to move deeper, then do so, but there is no forcing yourself into a posture in yin yoga.

Finally, you hold for time.  Beginner Yin Yoga classes are 1-3 minutes. In general, more “advanced” yin classes are characterized by longer holds, not “more difficult” or “more advanced” asana.

“When you reach your edge, soften. Soften until you slip through constraints and can create a new rhythm, a new routine, a new release. Water is soft yet powerful. Reach your edge and soften.” Victoria Erikson   

If you want to know more about yin yoga, the very best book available is Bernie Clark’s Complete Guide to Yin Yoga. He describes the science of yin yoga to explain how it works on the body’s deep connective tissues to promote better health and flexibility.

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