If you've been looking at all the different types of yoga, but feel like what you're really after is a calming practice where you roll out your yoga mat and hold seated poses designed to offer a deep, ...

Yin yoga is a type of gentle yoga designed to help you relieve tension, focus on breathing, and increase mindfulness. This slow, gentle form of yoga is the perfect complement to a hectic, fast-paced ...

Twists have been said to do a lot of things in yoga, from detox to deep release. While science has debunked the theory that twists wring our organs and therefore detoxify our bodies, Traditional ...

As a teacher of yoga, I constantly witness how so many common poses we practice in vinyasa classes are affected by shoulder mobility and flexibility--or lack thereof. Our shoulders have a primary or ...

My motivation here is simple: if you haven’t yet tried Yin yoga, I want to convince you to do so by the end of this feature. The most common response I have after teaching a Yin class is, to quote one ...

What is yin yoga? Think of yin yoga as therapy for the joints, tissues, and mind. In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describes how opposite or contrary forces are actually complementary, ...

There’s a reason more-and-more people are turning to fitness as a form of emotional release. We’re living in an era that’s being deemed “The United States of Stress,” where chronic anxiety has become ...

When all I want is total relaxation, I know exactly what type of yoga practice to play. Yin yoga focuses on holding poses for longer periods of time (think three to five minutes), emphasizing the ...

Yoga originates from India and is at least 3,500 to 5,000 years old, depending on the source. The core idea is to connect the ...

A softer, gentler form of yoga seems to be quietly on the rise. From Los Angeles to London, so-called yin yoga is increasingly being taught at studio classes and yoga retreats, not to mention via ...

If the heat and humidity of summer have you feeling sluggish, it may be time to try a relaxing but invigorating Yin Yoga session at Yoga on Main. Starting on July 14, certified instructor Katrin Elia ...