Yin Yoga: Essential Poses and Sequences for Balanced Energy Paperback – February 25, 2020

On each sequence page, this book shows a picture of each pose for quick reference, which I absolutely LOVE! No flipping through the book mid-practice or trying to memorize/remind yourself all the poses that go with the names before starting. Even though I'm familiar with many common yoga poses, I struggled with that in another Yin book, but this one gets it right. Everything is laid out clearly where you need it with the watercolors and text adding to the calming feel. The sequences have been great so far, and there were some poses new to me as well.

The book includes beginner friendly poses in a variety of combinations to work out stress in targeted areas and provide variation in routine. Great if you’re starting out and wanting to build up your peace

When I ordered this book, I was looking for a resource to better understand Yin yoga practice - and this is my "gem of info"! Having participated in two different Yin yoga classes, with two different instructors, I quickly realized there are various interpretations of Yin. Depending on the instructor for their instruction, I experienced an injury! Rather than being upset, I decided to learn more about this stress-reducing and relaxing form of yoga for myself.Thankfully, Amazon accepts returns after other books I ordered were not useful for me. However, when I read the description of the contents of this book - and the reader's reviews - I decided to give this book a read through.As soon as the book was delivered, I sat down and quickly went through the contents, reading about poses I was familiar with. What I was immediately impressed with about the information was the alternate poses that a student can attempt if the described "class pose" doesn't feel comfortable! Oh, how I wish I had read this book before participating!The information in this book is VERY easy to understand and apply to yoga practice!

As a restorative practitioner, I’ve wanted to learn and incorporate yin yoga into my practice and my teaching. This book is an excellent and accessible primer for me to get started and to start with my students! Thank you!

If you are looking for a guide for your path to Yin Yoga, whether you are new to yoga or want to add Yin Yoga to your current practice, this book provides everything you need. Everything here is designed to lead you into Yin Yoga using a logical and jargon-free approach. The book is beautifully designed, well-written, and clearly organized. Just flipping through the pages gives an instant sense of calm. There are sections on Yin Yoga philosophy, benefits, asanas (poses), and sequences. Explanations are clear, there are modifications for every pose, and sequences are matched to personal intentions and areas of the body. I recommend it highly, especially for yoga teachers looking to incorporate more Yin Yoga into their classes.

This YIN YOGA book fuses together elements of Taoism, traditional Chinese medicine, anatomy, and Hatha yoga that is therapeutic, stimulating, and strengthening for the body and mind. Yin yoga also promotes the clearing of traumas, injuries, and repetitive movement patterns stored in the body.Yin yoga is a slower-paced yoga practice that stimulates the connective tissues (fascia, ligament, and bone) in the body. For me, this is where the underlying chronic pain comes from, it's not just my muscles that hurt, it's deeper; many medical professionals have had a hard time understanding my complaints of this deep chronic pain. Many claimed I'd never find relief but slower yoga practices have given me vastly more relief then I could ever have imagined! Talk about giving one their personal power back!"Stillness—not pain— is what's required."I love yin yoga because yin energy is slow and poses are held for longer, cultivating stillness, patience, and gratitude. I loved that the poses in this guide had time suggestions for how long to hold the pose. I've tried MANY other forms of yoga and I always end up coming back to YIN. Yin yoga is essential to my healing journey. If you struggle with standing poses or fast-paced exercises as I do, most of the poses in YIN YOGA are performed seated or laying down and help to restore circulation to all areas of the body— potentially doable for those struggling with chronic illness or symptoms such as myself. Modifications, Variations, and Contraindications are presented alongside the individual yoga poses for safety to prevent injury to one's self.This was another beautiful watercolor book with gorgeous artistic scratch art illustrations. At times the illustrations were a little hard to understand upon just looking at, but after reading the text, the poses were easier to get into. Part 1 discusses the inner workings of yin yoga and prepares you for practice. Many forms of yoga were discussed to shine a light on how yin yoga differs. I had no idea the difference between restorative yoga and yin is that restorative yoga has you surrender and tune out, while yin yoga is rooted in being present and tuning in. I learned little details on things I thought I was already aware of.Part 2 shares first 20 yin asanas, and follows are 5 yang asanas.Part 3 combines the knowledge shared in the previous chapters, offering 30 sequences to balance energy. Alongside the sequences are excerpts sharing insight into which meridians and organs the sequence focuses on. I like how scientific it was explaining the job of the targeted organs. There is nothing more empowering to know WHY you are holding a yoga pose. This was very helpful and insightful. The "perennial poses" or seasonal sequences were my favorites! I'm struggling with allergies right now so I've been practicing the SPRING DETOX sequence to help balance my liver and gall bladder meridians. The season transition has been hard on me, this was a great one for me to practice at a perfect time! I've also just had a death in my family so I've been practicing the SUMMER SOLSTICE sequence as well because it has many heart-opening poses. I also showed friends the KNEE PROTECTOR, DIGESTION, and KIDNEY CARE sequences. I like the sequences; the way they were organized with wispy lines running all over the page was a little confusing until I got used to the style. If the poses wouldn't have been numbered I would have done them in the wrong order.When I practice these yin yoga sequences I handle my emotions better, I have more space so when I do encounter stressors- they don't affect me as much, my chronic issues start to slowly heal, my digestion gets better, my creativity opens up, as well as my mindset and outlook, my vibration raises, everything gets better, but most of all, my deep chronic pain that so little validate, starts to slowly dissipate over time, but it takes effort and dedicated practice.I look forward to challenging my body with more advanced poses as my practice progresses. As someone with Lyme Disease in their history, pain-relieving books such as this are GOLD. The philosophies and principles in this book really resonate with me. I am Healing Happy!(I should mention that there is a spelling error in the book blurb on the back cover, second sentence, the word merdiens should be meridians*. 5 stars for the info in this book, 4 stars for some of the errors and organization.)Much gratitude to publisher Rockridge Press, compliments of Callisto Media, for the early copy I received. I was under no obligation to write a review, my honest opinion is freely given.

This book is absolutely beautiful, I love the watercolor drawings, the provide a relaxed and "anyone" feeling that is very welcoming. I also found the writing and presentation of information is highly accessible and easy to jump right in to using. Great explanations of poses, and easy to follow sequences. Thank you for creating this delightful book!

Diane's book is fine. There is an excellent book on Yin Yoga written by Bernie Clark called The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga. It was published in 2011. I purchased Bernie's book about 8 years ago & use it extensively for Yin classes I teach.The reason I mention Bernie's book is because it seems to me that Diane copied Bernie in a lot of her cuing.In some cases, just a few words were rearranged. Because of this I would suggest going straight to where the original source of information came from & purchase Bernie's book.Stefanie