Yin Yoga | Deep Hip Release For Softening And Ease

This 30-minute Yin Yoga practice is focused on the hips, an area where the body often holds layers of physical tension and subtle emotional residue. Through slow, supported postures held for time, you are invited to soften resistance and allow the deeper connective tissues to gradually release. There is no forcing or pushing, only patient stillness and steady breath.

As you stay with each shape, you may notice sensations arise and shift, offering an opportunity to practice presence without reaction. This is a space to let gravity support you, to let the body open in its own rhythm, and to return to a quieter sense of ease from within.

Transcript

Hi and welcome to this Yin Yoga session to help with your hips. We will be doing some poses that will really support letting go of tension and pain in the hips and ultimately the back and the legs, The feet. So I'm excited to share the practice with you. I'll see you in the video. Let us get into it. If you have blocks or a bolster or kind of a firm pillow kind of thing or couch pillows. Find some stuff that can help you feel supported. All right, Let's take a moment to center to ground to become present with our bodies and for this 30 minutes together. Closing down your eyes. Simply feeling the body, Taking a little tour from toes to crown of head. Connecting with. And noticing our bodies without judgment. With love. Draw in a long, Slow, Deep breath through the nose. Softly sigh it out. I'll do that again. Three rounds of the physiological side, Two sniffs in, And a long, Slow exhale. Try to bring a little movement to the head and neck. Hehe. And then let go of moving the neck. Take a little twist off to one side. And then let's take the twist to the other side. Going to come into a seated butterfly to start. Did you see that kind of thick pillow but you could use some folded blankets. Get up on that height is nice. Soles of feet together. And then you can decide what works best for you. Do you want to have something under the knees? Do you want to lean into something? So. . . Really figure that out for yourself and yin can absolutely be done without props. So the whole point is to let go and relax. And use as little muscular effort as possible. He's a master at meditation and yin yoga. Now that you're here, Just simply noticing what you're feeling. I'll give me an example. I'm feeling like my right hip is a lot tighter and it's making me want to clench my glutes. So for me, What's going to solve that is coming up a little farther. I'm checking it out. I'm still feeling sensation. But I'm not feeling it in a way. That makes me want to protect it. Hey, So check out what's going on with you. Here's another example. I'm feeling a nice, Strong sensation in the inner thighs. It's constant. So I can just stay where I am. I'm feeling sensation. My level is about a seven on a 10 point scale. That's a nice place to be. We want to make it not too much, Not too little in yin. Notice the quality of your breath as you sit here. Okay, Take one more breath. Back up, Lean back into the hands. Pause there. See if you notice any fresh sensations. I know I do. And then as you're ready, Let's take it into some windshield wipers. Now we'll do this thing where we're gonna drop the right leg in. You can stay just like this. You can even put your leg on it. Actually, For me, That's a little awkward. I think I'm just going to say it like this. And then I'm noticing if I lean a little bit over, I get more sensation. Let's take three bus here. Sweet. Let's check out the other side. Maybe you're like me, I know there's a big difference between this side and the other side. I think that putting the foot on there works better if you're laying down. 3 more breaths here. Super all right let's let that go maybe a few more windshield wipers I was thinking little shakes would feel good. Alright, So next up, I was thinking of either doing Sleeping Swan or 9090. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll explain it. Sleeping Swan is essentially Half Pigeon Pose. So. Uh-oh, You're gonna have to maybe move a little there, Kitty. This. And then in yin, This coming down is when we call it the sleeping swan. That one feels a little intense for me today. So I'm going to do the 90 90 feel both my legs are 90 degrees. So I'm going to naturally feel like I'm tipping one side, I'll push myself up and then come forward. A little, And then I'm still gonna get that lovely sensation. In the glutes and the hip. If you have props. Use them to help yourself relax. Take time to scan your body. Notice what you're feeling. And just stay somewhere sustainable and sensational. You you Keep coming back to your breathing. Keep reminding yourself to let go. You Kind of a little while longer here. You're always welcome to fine tune your position. You And with that, With that, We can be positive. Begin to deepen your breath. Begin to force away now from the position. Perfect place to do more windshield wipers. And then go ahead and set up for the other side. He? Easing into it. Really try to take your breath to where you're feeling the sensation. Where intention goes, Energy flows. And so of course, Through our practice, Our intention is to soothe, Relax, Release tension from our muscles and our connective tissues. So keep coming back to that. Keep coming back to putting your attention and your breath on the areas you'd like to feel a little softer in. Using this time for not only nourishing our physical bodies, For balancing our energy. Coming to mind. And a gentle practice of focusing the mind. Until our practice becomes meditative in nature. You. Okay, Deep breath. Aliasing? Mm-hmm. All right, Next up, We'll keep working with the hips, This time with a supported bridge. Find something in your world that's firm. So a bolster works really good. Blocks also work just fine. You can even put a block blanket combo. Um, Yeah, Because you want your hips to be elevated, Because we're going to try to create sensation in the front of the body. So an opening in the front of the body. In general, It's better not to put something under your head. So see how my hip fully on this. Pelvis is resting on the bolster. Now, If you haven't already, You can send your legs long. That's pinching your back. Keep trying to adjust. And if you can't figure something out that makes it feel better, You could elevate your feet. I can't really reach the block, But. Put something under there. And then we can bring the arms overhead okay so we're gonna stay like this for a time maybe another minute You can also always go back to knees bent, Feet on the floor. Opportunity to Do some diaphragmatic breathing while you're here. So belly breathing. Imagine your navel inhaling towards the ceiling. And then sinking back down towards the polster or wherever you're resting on. Okay, So now we bend the knees, Bring your arms back down to your sides and pull in the right leg. Then. . . Start to extend out the other leg, Left leg. I'm hoping you feel something in the front of the left hip. You can even pull actively so okay to engage the muscles of the arms to create the yin stretch. Filling the body with breath. One of these. Okay, There's our one minute mark for that Go ahead and pace, Place your feet on the floor again. Let's do a few gentle windshield wipers here. Hugging your knees up towards the body. If you want to extend the legs over like that. I just realized, Ouch, Milo has been cleaning himself. I hope that wasn't too loud in the microphone. Sorry. All right. Let's now pull up the left leg. Right leg goes out long. He also kind of bit me when I was trying to make him stop. Not like maliciously, But he's kind of a spicy little guy sometimes. Are you? He's like, I'm just gonna go out of the camera range and lick myself now. Thank you. Hmm, Okay. Breathe in. Feeling. Thank you. Now letting the legs go long again, Maybe an active full body stretch here. One more big breath. We burn. Lift your hips. And push your props away or maybe just roll over works for you the best. And now I'm going to leave you in a short and sweet little Shavasana. Now it's time to close down the eyes again. To all the muscles in the face. Letting go, Especially the jaw. Whole body softening. Enjoy this stillness for the next few minutes. I'll call you back. Feel the breathing. As if you're being breathed. Healing your effortless breath. Now beginning to rub the thumb pads against all the other fingers. Opening and closing the hand. Wailing the tongues. And the beauty of being in your own space is you can stay right here. What if you'd like to join me in closing this session? Welcome a few more deep breaths. Mean to make your way off right again? Bringing your hands to your heart center. And closing down your eyes again. One more moment to connect with your own warmth, Your own energy. Take in this peace you feel. Acknowledge yourself for carving out this time. Or self-care. Bringing the palms together in front of the heart. Thank you for sharing this time and this space with me. Truly is my honor to share what I love myself. Together we create peace on the planet. Namaste. Bye.