30 min Yin Yoga At The Wall - Restorative Yin Yoga for Beginners

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My name is Cassandra and today we're doing a yin yoga class that's going to take place at the wall .

So these are really restorative postures and the only prop really that we're using is the wall itself .

So make sure you have your mat pretty close towards it and you could have a block or some pillows close by just in case you need them .

But really , I don't think you'll be requiring any of those things .

I know I'm not gonna be using any of them .

We are going to begin setting up nice and tall and you're gonna turn so that your right shoulder is facing towards the wall stretching out into the chest and into the shoulders a little bit into the Beals as well .

You're going to extend your right arm , back , palm is facing down .

So palm is flat against the wall and then see how close you can get your right hip there .

Once you have your arm , that way you're gonna bend the elbow at about a 90 degree angle and you're gonna crawl your elbow .

So it's not necessarily at the same height as your shoulder , but more at the same height as your gaze already from doing this , you should start to feel an opening in your right shoulder and right pectoral .

And then I want you to bring your left fingertips back behind you to help open up your chest .

As if you're trying to spin and look over to the left .

You won't be able to spin too far back and try to soften the gaze , even leaning the left shoulder down towards the left or even leaning the left ear down towards the left shoulder , taking deep breaths into the right side of your body , settling into the pose and take the time to adjust yourself .

So you can get the pose to be comfortable and easy to hold .

And yoga is a wonderful way to alleviate anxiety to soothe the nervous system and improve flexibility quite significantly .

Really .

The most important thing as we hold these poses is that we keep breathing and that we relax .

So whatever doesn't need to be working right now , just invite those areas of your body to soften and let go staying in each pose for a few minutes .

Imagine you can send your breath directly into that right shoulder , creating a little bit more space , a wonderful post to do .

If you sit at a desk all day , carefully , start to lift the chin back up in line with the chest and you're gonna slide your right hand down , releasing .

And before we do the other side , just rest your hands on your knees .

Observe the difference from one side to the next .

Notice the freedom that you've created on the right side body , you'll go and do the same thing over on the left side .

So you're gonna turn your left hip to the wall and get your hips pretty close in towards the wall as well .

You can extend your left arm back , palm is facing down , fingertips are spreading wild and then you're bending the left elbow so that you can crawl that elbow up a little bit higher than the left shoulder .

So more towards the eyesight and then right fingertips go back behind you to try to help your chest twist and open up towards the right , although it probably won't go too , too far .

And once you find that desired stretch , you can relax your ear towards the shoulder , no tension in the jaw , just deep breaths to support you in the pose .

So the closer you go to the wall , the more intense this will be so adjust .

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Sometimes we try to breathe a little bit more into the low belly for this pose .

Focus on breathing into the upper back and chest , nourishing your left shoulder on the side of your neck all the way down your left arm .

Let's release the side by bringing the chest to face back towards the wall and sliding the left hand down , rest your hands on your knees .

Take five breaths here .

So we're gonna lower yourself down onto our backs and bring our legs up the wall .

So keep your left hip close towards the wall and then you're just going to lower onto your back and lift the legs up .

So as you lower down , we're gonna take a butterfly pose .

So start to bend into the knees , bring the feet in towards one another .

And as you stay here , you'll probably notice that your knees want to lower down towards your chest .

So you can use your palms to just lightly press against the legs and there's not too much effort or strength required here .

This might look different from person to person .

So play around with it until you can find that comfortable shape that you can hold .

And we're just gently inviting the heels to drop down a little bit closer towards the grin opening up into the hips .

It's a really restorative way to do butterfly poles or bound angle , upper body is heavy .

So before we were focusing our breath in the upper back and upper body , and this pose breathed deeply into the naval , low , belly , low back and hips .

So although the arms are slightly engaged , you're really only using the upper body for stability , not resistance .

You still want to feel the shoulders drop down and away from the ears , the forehead to smooth out jaw to be slack and the legs to be heavy .

Let's slide our hands further up towards the knees and gently bring your knees back in towards one another , pulling the knees in towards the belly , giving them a big squeeze .

We're gonna set ourselves up for reclined pigeon pose .

Next , you might find that your hips are too close to the wall here .

It just depends what kind of tightness and flexibility you have .

You're going to lift your legs up and then you're gonna cross your right ankle over the top of the left thigh .

Keep your right foot flexed and you're pressing your right knee away from you .

The leg can either be straight or you can start to bend into that knee , pressing the foot to the wall and then the more you're able to lower that left foot down , the closer your right foot is gonna come in towards the belly .

So what's nice by using the wall is that we don't have to use our hands to pull that left thigh in towards us .

We can allow the arms to relax and let go with very , very little effort required on our part .

And it can be nice to just kind of sway a little from side to side , rocking the knee back and forth until you find your true center where the weight is evenly distributed .

And again , you adjust this pose by sliding your hips closer or further away from the wall .

And also from how high you get your heel or how low you get your heel on that wall .

So to come out of this pose , you're going to straighten the left leg really slow and then uncross that right foot and extend the right leg straight up , setting up for the other side across the left ankle over the top of your right thigh .

And then you can start to bend into that right knee .

Keep your left foot flexed and just like we did on the first side , maybe rock and shift a little bit side to side in finding that left hip joint to open up until you can find your center .

We come to stillness .

If you notice your mind start to wander , just focus once more on your breath , on the physical sensations you feel in your body .

See if there's any way your breath can support you more in this pose .

Let's start straightening that right leg coming out of this pole , left leg extends up .

We're gonna take our straddle from here .

So open up the legs nice and wide .

If you were further away from the wall , you might need to scooch your hips a little bit closer towards it .

So this is my favorite way of doing the straddle pose .

Sometimes we do it seated in my Yin yoga classes , which is a wonderful way as well .

But here , gravity is doing 100% of the work .

There's absolutely no effort required on your end .

And you will notice that as we hold the pose , your ankles might drop a little bit more towards the floor .

Feel free to keep a soft bend in the knees .

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Allow the upper body to be heavy , sinking down to the floor underneath .

You feeling the legs softly open up a little more with every breath you take .

So we've been here for a little while .

You might want to slide your palms closer towards the knees to help them bend a little .

And then you're going to lift your legs back up .

Keep the , keep a soft bend in your knees and pull your knees in towards your chest , giving them a bit of a squeeze .

We're gonna finish off either in Shawana laying down on the floor or if you'd like , we can finish in legs up the wall , which is my favorite way to close the practice .

If I'm doing a wall in yoga practice , I adjust your hips either closer or further away from the wall .

Keep a little bit of a bend in the knees and let the heels rest reversing the blood flow .

So the legs can relax , become weightless .

Upper body stays grounded .

So with this type of final pose , you could hold it for upwards of 10 minutes or so if you wanted to , it's a wonderful pose to do .

If you've been standing on your feet for a long period of time .

A great way to provide some relief to your legs and lower body .

So this is where I will leave you .

Thank you so much for doing this practice with me .

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