What is Yin Pilates?
Yin Pilates emphasizes stillness, stretching, introspection and relaxation. Yang style Pilates emphasizes movement, muscle, sweat, and energy. We need both, of course. However, high-powered Yang style Pilates, has come to be more dominant. The need for stillness, self-knowledge, kindness to the self and body, and to the environment is equally, if not more, important in today’s world. Yin Pilates has an expanded view of health and wellbeing. Its emphasis is on body and mind. It is beyond the workout model of frenetic classes, to the notion of mind/body/spirit for total wellbeing. Yin teaches deep, safe and effective stretching along with relaxation techniques. Such techniques are ....
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