Full Body Soft Yin

A gentle, deeply nurturing 53-minute Yin Yoga journey inviting you to soften, slow down, and reconnect with your whole body. Through soft, supported postures, we create space to release tension and invite ease into the hips, shoulders, back, and legs. With no need to push or achieve, you are encouraged to honour your body's wisdom and move at your own pace. Each breath becomes an invitation to settle into stillness, offering tenderness to the places that need it most. A peaceful practice of surrender, grounding, and coming home to yourself.

Transcript

Hi everyone, My name is Anna. Welcome to our yin yoga session for full body. Today we'll be very soft, Very slow. Very soothing hopefully and all you'll need is a yoga block if you have one or a cushion to sit on. And some kind of blanket or indeed another cushion. So whenever you're ready. Let's get started. I like to sit on a height, My yoga block. It just helps my spine feel elevated so I'm not sinking down. Join me in simple cross legs. As you exhale, Flutter your eyelids closed. Turn your palms to face up. Take a deep inhale through your nose. And exhale through your mouth. Your next inhalation. Pull your spine up tall, Roll your shoulders back and down. Lift your hips up. And as you exhale, Let your thigh muscles relax and your knees soften to the ground. Inhale, Deep breath, Filling your lungs with breath. And exhale, Let everything go. On your next exhalation, Flutter your eyelids open. Please join me in Child's Pose. You can place something soft under your head if you like. I always like to, So I will. Slowly, Softly, Steadily. Push your weight back into your heel And as you exhale, Slide your palms forward. Resting your forehead on your support Inhale slowly, Softly into your back ribs. And as you exhale. Let your shoulders relax. I'll stay here for a few moments. On your next exhalation. Bring your left palm over with it on top of your right. You might, You can slowly turn upwards. You feel a lovely stretch across your left side. You can rest your head on your right upper arm. Your next exhalation. Come back to center. We'll move to the next side. Left palm, Oh sorry, Right palm over left. Flight turn. So you feel a stretch. On your right hand side. No next exhalation. We can come back to I'll suppose. And then up to tabletop, Neutral spine. We'll take. . . And feel soft and steady. Cropped Cow Purses. Adjust my top so it's not sagging down. In your next exhalation, Roll your shoulders back and down. Lift your chin up to the sky. Drop your spine in a smiley face. Fuck your chin in. Roll your spine up. Tuck your tailbone under. Feel free to flow at your own pace. Breathing slowly, Softly, Steadily. Awakening your shoulder blades and your spine. Come back to neutral spine when you're ready. And we'll take Dandasana. Sitting on our glue. I'll be taking a height for this. But if you're fine sitting on the ground, That's cool. Fidgeting with my blanket. Legs out straight. Bind nice and tall You can bring your feet to hip's width apart. Roll your shoulders up, Back and down. And as you exhale, Softly come forward. You can touch your feet. Or rest your palms on the ground or indeed on your shins. No pressure to go anywhere or push. Or anything like that. Soften your eyelids closed. And let your head just hang heavy. We let gravity do the work. Hopefully, You'll feel a lovely stretch. In your hamstrings all the way down from your glutes to your heels. Soften your knees. On your next exhalation. Softly release up to neutral spine. And come back to cross legs. We'll just sit for the moment. Letting our bodies feel the pose. And we're very ready. Please join me in Cobra. Where you can come over your cross legs. Or indeed to. However it feels comfortable for you. And rely on our tummies. Softly, Slowly. Resting on our forearms. And on an exhalation. Your forearms up, Rolling your shoulders back and down. The target area here is. . . Our lower spine. You'll feel a compression in your back. Is uncomfortable for you to hold, Feel free to come down to your forearms. Take a deep inhalation. And exhalation at your own pace. Repeat if you like. And whenever you're ready. See if you'd like to come back up to Cobra. This isn't about endurance. It's why I on an exhalation release. You can fold your palms on top of each other. And just let your forehead rest. Let your feet relax too. Bring your feet to centre, Hips width apart, Toes pointed straight back. And gently. Bring your right foot into your right glute. You're happy here please stay here but if you like a stretch Roll your right shoulder back. And gently clasp your foot with your right palm. Lower your forehead back. Target area here is our right outer right shoulder and our right quad. And the next exhalation release. Bring both toes to point back, Hips width apart. Rest your forehead on your stacked palms. Inhale fully and deeply into your back ribs. Relax your shoulders away from your neck. And just let yourself be. Are you ready? We'll repeat on the other side. So bring your left foot in to your left glute. You can readjust so you're on the top of your left thigh. If you're happy here, Please stay here. Or if you'd like to stretch. Lift your left shoulder up, Bring your left palm to meet your left shoulder. Gently release your forehead down. Breathe slow, Steady breaths. New next exhalation release. Bring your foot down. Just relax your thighs and your legs. And rest your forehead on your felted palms. On your next exhalation. And lift up to tabletop. And into Child's Pose, Big toes touching, Knees hips width apart. Lower your forehead down. Be kind. I'm going to pet my forehead. On something. I didn't feel like my head on the forehead on the ground today. You can bring your palms to face up by your feet. You can let your shoulders feel as weighted as you like. Feel a gorgeous opening across your shoulder blades. Your next exhalation. Slowly lift up. You're welcome to lie on our back. With our souls on the ground. At the moment. Just release your shoulders back and down. And feel your spine on the ground. When you're ready, Bring your knees into your chest. Holding softly onto your shin so you can hug your legs and knees into your chest. And slowly, If you like, Rock from side to side. Holding onto your right knee. Push in. The heel of your left foot on the ground. Slowly. Extend your left leg away. Hug your right shin and thigh into your chest. Inhale slowly, Fully, Deeply into your side ribs. Exhale, Relax your shoulders back and down to the ground. If you like. We can rotate. Your right foot in its ankle. Slowly clockwise. And then anti-clockwise Yes, That feels good. Relaxed exhalation. Bring your right leg in. Give them both a soft hug. Sorry, That was your left leg end. Never trust a yoga teacher's left and right. When you're ready, Extend your right leg away. Heel to the ground. And squeeze your left. Chin and thigh into your chest. You can rotate your left ankle and foot. Clockwise and anticlockwise if it feels good. Massive exhale. Relax your shoulders back and down. Your next exhalation. Bring both. The soles of your feet to the ground. Palms facing up by your side, Shoulders back and down. You can rest your knees. In on each other be like to receive the pose. On your next exhalation, You can thread your palms between your knees to take the outer edges of your feet. Happy Baby. Can rock from side to side. On your next exhalation, Come back to neutral spine. Release your feet. Those on the ground. And gently roll to your side. And we'll sit up. I'm going to set on my height again. We'll take some twists now, So please join me in cross legs. Roll your shoulders up, Back and down. Your outer right palm. To your outer left knee. Keep your chin in line with your sternum bone. You don't need to go over your shoulder. And gently. Allow the back of your palm. To guide your spine. And shoulders into a twist. Inhaling slowly, Fully and deeply. Seeing if you can extend your spine up and tall. And on your exhale, Let your shoulders relax. And your spine gently move into your twist. On your next exhalation. We'll move to the other side. Left outer hand. Outer right thigh. Chin over sternum. Your shoulders just fall from your neck. Like leaves falling from a tree. And relax into your twists. Just let yourself be guided with your breath. Inhaling slowly. Fully, Deeply. And as you exhale. Lift your spine up tall. Releasing your sitting bones into your support or the ground. And letting everything go. On an exhale, Release. Come back to center. We're going to take Bhadanguli Asana. So interlace your fingers. Extend your palms out and away. Release your shoulders back and down. Lift your spine up towards the ceiling. Release, Change the interlock of your fingers. Move your fingers one over, I guess. Extend out and away. Release your shoulders back and down. And release. When you're ready Take your palm. To the opposite. Side of your head and we'll take a side stretch for our neck. So gently, Absolutely no force at all. Just let your head tilt to the side You'll feel a gorgeous stretch on the side of your neck. Please do not pull. Inhale slowly, Steadily, Deeply. And exhale you can really let everything go. On your next exhalation, We'll change sides. My rash. Gentle tilt. And stretch. If your feet have tense, Just let them relax. On your next exhalation release. We'll come to lying on our backs. We'll take a soft figure four before our Shavasana. So soles of your feet on the ground. You can bring your left ankle. Over your right. Lie, Place your knee If this is enough, That's absolutely fine. With the palm of your hand, You can slowly Extend your left thigh away. Into full pose. Clasp your fingers behind your right thigh. And slowly, Gently pull towards you. Target area here is your outer left thigh onto your glute, Your left glute. Of your left knee is hurting. Try extending your left foot up. So, You're flexing your left thumb. Inhale slowly, Softly, Steadily. Exhale, Release any tension from your shoulders and arms. In your next exhalation, We can change sides. So, Undo. Bring your soles of your feet to the ground, Palms facing up. Four, Your next exhalation. Right foot over left thigh. You can softly with your palm, Extend. Your right thigh away. Relaxing your shoulders. Through the full pose, Gently clasp your fingertips behind your left thigh. Release. Corgi area here is your outer right thigh and your right glute. As you exhale, Release your shoulders down. Relax your neck. Jaw. Tang Chen. On your next exhalation, You can undo, Slowly release the soles of your feet to the ground, Palms to your side, Facing up, Roll your shoulders. Tuck your shoulder blades under to hold your spine. Keep your knees bent for a moment. Can tilt your pelvis upwards so you can, When you lower back down, You can feel your whole spine on the ground. Pause. On your next exhalation. Stand. Your legs out straight. Take a moment. And release. Shavasana. On your next exhalation, Bring the soles of your feet to the ground. Bring your knees into your chest. Arm by your side Slowly roll and pause. When you're ready you can come sitting. In simple cross legs. You can bring your palms on your knees facing up. Or in front of your chest in prayer position. Roll your shoulders up, Back and down. Spine up nice and tall. With my palms in prayer position, I bow to you. Thank you so much for being here. You are nice. And settled in your body. Thank you. Take care.