I'm not the biggest fan of the word exercise. As a child and teenager, I was really unfit and often in the "special" group for physical education. It also took me a long time to start exercising more for the health and wellbeing benefits rather than as something that was supposed to help me lose … Continue reading Does yin yoga count as exercise?
How to sequence a yin yoga practice
Many yang yoga physical practices emphasise a particular sequence or order of poses. So it makes sense that we would expect the same from yin yoga but I'm going to let you in on a secret: there is no special required sequencing order in yin yoga. If you have been to a yoga class at … Continue reading How to sequence a yin yoga practice
Does yin yoga help with flexibility?
You may have heard that yin yoga helps us to become more flexible but is that really the case?