How to Teach Yin Yang Yoga Classes

What I have witnessed many times when I attend other people's yin-yang classes, is that the class starts with some kind of grounding and centering. Then quickly move into sun salutations. Then there's a dead stop in the practice into child's pose, which is their transition into yin. And then they throw in some Yin poses. That's not very skillful. And here's why our nervous system is going to have a lot of trouble adjusting to move, move, move, move, move, hot, sweaty, hot, sweaty, hot, sweaty, peak pose, bam, yin pose. It's too jarring to go right from one to the other. I would argue that a yin-yang class is more circular in nature. It's more of a circular experience and the transitions are slower and they have more ease in them. There's a little bit more kind of moving from one to the other instead of this start-stop. And although that might be an okay Yang to Yin class, I know dear yoga teacher listening that you don't just want to teach okay classes. I know that you want to teach exceptional classes. Part of my mission with this podcast is to give you some tools tips and techniques to help you guide exceptional classes. Okay, so we'll talk about all of this and more in this episode Also mentioned in this episode: What is Yin Yang Are you teaching your Yin Yoga with your Yang attitude Honoring the Rebound Yoga Teachers: Join The Waitlist for my Therapeutic Yin Yoga Training at the bottom and top of the Page To Join my Yin Yoga Classes on Zoom To subscribe to my On-Demand Video Library: Anatomy for Yoga with Paul Grilley Hang Drum Music by Fred Westra 

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Welcome to A Yin Yoga Podcast with your host Nyk Danu - Certified Yoga Therapist, Mentor of Yoga Teachers, Yin Yoga Teacher trainer and total Yin Yoga Geek. If you have a crush on Yin Yoga and are ready to dive deep you are in the right place. My guests and I will discuss all things Yin Yoga including anatomy, philosophy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Meditation, Taoism, teaching tips and so much more. You can expect these conversations to be long format, informal, lo-fi and delightfully imperfect. Welcome to the Yinside!