Yin Yoga · Energy · Beginner
Hatha, not Yin — a minute a shape, and you'll be warm by the end
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A morning sequence rather than a Yin class — and Katie says as much in the first ten seconds. This is Hatha, with each shape held about a minute, because a stiff early-morning body doesn’t want five-minute passive holds.
Child’s Pose to arrive, hands forward if you want the shoulders in it.
Then tabletop, a few rounds of Cat-Cow with the breath, and swaying the hips side to side to look over each shoulder — which loosens the side body more than it sounds like it should.
Downward Dog, heels reaching for the mat, knees soft, head down between the arms.
Then the main piece, each side: a low lunge with the back knee down, coming up into Crescent with the arms overhead, then cactus arms drawing the elbows back to open the chest, or fingers interlaced behind the back for more. Back through Downward Dog and repeat.
A few quiet breaths sitting, and that’s ten minutes.
If you want long, still Yin holds, this isn’t that one — but as something to do before the day starts, it does the job.
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No, and Katie says so at the start — it's in the style of Hatha, with each shape held about a minute. She picked that pace deliberately for the morning, when the body is stiff and long passive holds are the last thing it wants.
Because it's first thing. A minute is long enough to feel a shape and short enough to keep you moving and warming up, which is what a morning sequence is for. Yin's long holds suit a warm body and an unhurried evening better.
From the Crescent lunge, you bend both elbows to about ninety degrees and draw them back as though trying to touch them behind you. It opens the chest and the front of the shoulders. If you want more, interlace the fingers behind your back instead.
Only a little. The lunge keeps the back knee on the mat, so there's far less balance involved than a standing sequence. Padding under that knee is worth having.
Katie's own line at the end is that every little helps, and these practices add up. It's a reasonable thing to do on a day when the alternative is nothing at all.
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