@Blueberrybook

I mention Yin yoga, not Yang yoga. You can think of most regular yoga that involves strength as Yang yoga, for contrast, whereas Yin yoga involves deep poses, held for many minutes at a time, often using orops to make them more bearable. The idea is to tolerate discomfort but avoid pain. So you are always thinking of where to draw that fine line between some discomfort which is good and outright pain which is bad.

Yin yoga exercises and benefits deep connective tissue.

I have taken Yin yoga classes from at least five different yoga teachers at three different studios over the years, and they all have different approaches and different styles of teaching. So what I described above is very general and individual applications differ from teacher to teacher.

It is not the kind of yoga to lose weight, but I think I it is wonderful for maintaining mobility. It also can be quite meditative