Yin Yoga · Back · Nervous-system · Flexibility
Five-minute holds, a bell at the end, and almost no talking
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A silent hour for the back. Katie names the pose, tells you how long, and then leaves you alone with it.
Butterfly opens for five minutes, then Half Butterfly for four a side with a minute of windshield wipers between — the wipers are there deliberately, not as filler.
Caterpillar for five minutes down the whole back body, countered with Hammock — hands behind you, hips lifted, head dropping back.
Sphinx is the centre of it, and it’s done twice: five minutes, then a minute face down with the head turned one way and that knee drawn up, then five minutes again and the same rest looking the other way. Ten minutes of backbend, broken where it needs breaking.
Reclined Twist for a full five minutes each side.
Then Corpse for ten. A singing bowl sounds near the end so you don’t have to wonder.
Six shapes in an hour. If you’ve found guided classes chatty, this is the other thing.
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Katie says the name of each pose and how long you'll hold it, and then stops talking until the next one. Nothing is left for you to guess — you just don't have a voice in your ear for the five minutes in between.
Most of them. Butterfly, Caterpillar, each round of Sphinx and each side of the twist are five; Half Butterfly is four a side, with a minute of windshield wipers between the sides. Corpse is ten.
Because ten unbroken minutes in a backbend is a lot. It's split into two five-minute rounds with a minute face-down between them — turning the head one way with that knee drawn up, then the other way after the second round, which also gives each side of the lower back a gentle release.
She tells you the length before each hold, and in Corpse a singing bowl sounds near the end to signal it's nearly time. In between, you can watch the clock or simply trust it.
No — this one is built without them. Sitting up on a cushion or block helps in Butterfly, Half Butterfly and Caterpillar if your lower back rounds hard, and sliding the elbows forward is the adjustment for Sphinx.
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