Trying Yin Yoga
Today was a good day of Yin Yoga, or what I like to call “stretch-y” yoga. My muscles have gotten a bit tired from physicality of doing yoga everyday, so this was an excellent way to loosen them up a bit.
If you’re not familiar with Yin Yoga (and I wasn’t until today), the premise is that you go into a pose only until you hit your edge, the point where your body is feeling the pose, then stay at that edge for 2-3 minutes. This gives a good, thorough stretch in your body without overstraining it. Paul Grilley is a respected instructor.
Unfortunately, I’m not so good at listening sometimes, and I over-strained my upper back a bit. It’s just that the poses felt so good, and I wanted to get into them a little deeper to have them feel better, which is exactly what you are not supposed to do. Oh, well.
Sometimes, you have to learn your lesson the hard way.
- Kyle
