Release Stress And Feel Relaxed - 20 Minute Yin Yoga

Are you looking to let the tension and stress of the day go? This is the perfect yin yoga video for you. It is here to release stress in your body, mind, and heart. Hopefully by the end of class, you feel calm, relaxed, and at ease. Yin Yoga that's only 20 minutes long so it fits into your schedule. Through long, deep holds, you'll be invited to let go and just be. Grab a yoga mat and anything you need for class.

Transcript

Hello, This is Jax, Your teacher, And welcome, Welcome to our practice today. Today's practice is all about acceptance and inner calm. So please find a comfortable position. And allow yourself to settle. There is no rush. No destination to reach. Just this moment. Take a slow, Deep breath in. And a long, Deep breath out. Again, Breathing in. And breathing out. Allow the shoulders to soften. Allow the jaw to release. Allow the muscles around the eyes to soften. And let the breath become natural. Effortless. Easy. For today's practice, We're going to explore the wisdom of the ocean. The ocean is constantly moving. Waves rise and waves fall. And some are gentle. Some are powerful. And yet beneath all of that movement, There is a deep stillness. A quiet depth that's untouched by the changing surface. And it's much like our own experience. Thoughts come and go. Emotions rise and fall. Life shifts and changes. But underneath it all, There's a steadiness within us. A deeper part of ourselves that remains. And today, Rather than fighting the waves, We're just going to practice allowing the waves to come. Observing them. And trusting that they will pass. So let's do a little bit of ocean breathing. We're going to inhale for four. And then as we exhale, We're going to make the sound of the ocean. Try it with me. Okay, Let's take a big breath to prepare, Deep breath in. Deeper breath out. Inhale for one. 2 3. Or exhale like the ocean. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale for four. Exhale like the ocean. And then do several more rounds like that. Let the exhale be longer than the inhale. And then just let the breath be. When you're ready, You can slowly blink your eyes open. Take any little bit of movement that you need. Let's go ahead and come into our first posture, Everyone. Child's Pose. Bring your big toes together. Allow your knees to widen and fold forward and rest. If you need to go ahead and make a little pillow with your hands, You can stack the elbows on top of each other. If you have any props with you today, A block, A bolster, You can place that underneath as well. Our target area is to get into the inner thighs with the knees open, As well as the back, Since we're in this rounded position. So let those areas of the body soften. In order to get into our fascia and connective tissues, We gotta soften those areas so that we can get into those deep, Deep layers of the body. So allow the body to become. Heartbeat. Notice and sense this feeling of being held. Support it. Grounded. And as you rest here, Can you almost imagine just sitting on a beach watching the waves? Each thought is a wave. Each sensation is a wave. Each emotion is a wave. And you just notice them arriving. Notice them leaving. Without needing to chase them or stop them. Because the ocean doesn't resist its waves, It allows them. So can you do the same? As you soften here. Last three breaths. Slowly rise when you're ready. And we're going to come into another long hold. Caterpillar pose. So when you're ready, Come on to your glutes, Extend the legs forward, And you're going to gently fold over the legs. I recommend walking and folding forward until you start to feel a stretch in your hamstrings. Hamstrings are the target area here. And you fold as much as it feels comfortable in your spine. You can also be upright if that feels better. Grab props, Blocks, Bolsters, Anything you need to find sustainability in this posture. And this isn't about stretching deeply, It's about softening deeply. To allow yourself to soften wherever feels comfortable and sustainable. Notice if the mind wants to judge or. . . Compare or analyze. Just simply observe whatever's showing up. And then return to the feeling. Feeling of breathing. Imagining each exhale is like a wave washing back out to sea. Carrying tension with it. Carry an effort with it. Carrying anything you no longer need. One more breath here. And just slowly begin to rise. Take your time. Let's come on to our backs for a little mini Shavasana. Just noticing how your body feels after those two long homes. When you're ready, Both knees into the chest. Roll over to your favorite side and let's meet in a tabletop pose. We're coming into shoelace, Everyone. So a couple options here. Straighten your left leg out nice and long, And then bend your right knee, Bring it on top of your left leg. This is half shoelace. If you want to fold here and stay here, Be my guest. This is also going to get into your hamstrings and IT band. If you want to get both IT bands, No hamstrings, You're going to bend that left knee so you're in this shoelace position with your legs. You determine the form. You can stay upright. You can walk the hands forward. Take a couple moments to get into it and remember. Gravity is going to do the work. So I want you to notice how little is required of you here. There's nothing to fix, Achieve, Or force. Instead, I want you to feel the pose holding you and receiving you. The ocean teaches us that not every wave requires a response. Some waves can just simply pass. So as you let yourself just melt into this posture, What if you didn't have to solve everything today? What if you could just simply let some things be? Allow the breath. Body and the mind to soften. You got this. Let's slowly start to make our way out of this one, Everybody. Lengthen the legs out nice and long for me. A couple of breaths here to just feel and sense the body. What do you feel? All right, We have our other side. Right leg extends out nice and long, Bend that left knee on top of the right. Big inhale breath. Remember you can bend both knees if you'd like. As you exhale, You're going to fold. You know to soften the outer thighs. You know to just be with anything that arises like the ocean waves coming in and out. I'll see you at the end of this one. And slowly start to make our way out of this. Extend the legs out nice and long, Couple breaths here to just feel. And then final rest, Shavasana. Lie down onto your back, Allow the arms to rest by your side. Close the eyes if that's comfortable. And take one final moment to simply be. Notice the body. We'll rest the breath. Notice the quiet that may have emerged. And the waves may still be there. But perhaps you're a little less caught up in them. A little more connected to the depths beneath them. I'll let you know when we're coming out of this. Take a slow, Deep breath in and a long, Deep breath out. Start to add some movement into the body, Maybe a little wiggling of the fingers and the toes. And when you're ready, Gently begin to move. You can always end practice on your back. Otherwise, I'm going to invite you to bring both knees into the chest, Roll over to your favorite side, And come into a posture that's comfortable to end practice. When you make it to your final spot, Eyes opened or closed, Hands can rest forever, But I invite you to gently bow in towards yourself. And just remember this sense of ease. Gently bow in towards yourself as a symbol of gratitude. Gratitude for this beautiful practice of yoga. Gratitude for you sharing the practice, And gratitude for the stillness that we created here today. Thank you so much for coming to class. This is your teacher, Jax, And I hope to see you soon. Anytime you need a moment to breathe, Pause, Come back to this video. Check out my other ones here on Insight Timer. I have so much content, Meditations, Yoga nidras, Courses, Videos, So please check it out, And I'll see you at the next one.