Yin Yoga · Runners · Flexibility · Hips · Nervous-system
35 minutes of rest-day Yin, with three-minute holds
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This is the Yin one — and Katie opens it with a piece of guidance worth reading before you press play.
“Yin yoga is a practice that we do on cold muscles. So if you have just gotten back from a run and your muscles are still warm, then this practice is not the best for you right now… This video is more designed for a rest day, or for a couple of hours after a run.”
That’s the traditional Yin position: warm, elastic muscle absorbs the stretch, so a long hold on cool tissue is what reaches the deeper connective tissue underneath. If you’ve just walked in the door, the 10-minute cool-down is the better fit. Save this one for a rest day, an evening, or a few hours later.
Yin usually asks for three to five minutes; here it’s around three, which is long enough to be interesting and short enough to be doable. Have a cushion or a block nearby — Katie offers them under the hips and under the knees throughout, and using one is what lets you stay.
Butterfly to open, soles together, letting gravity take the knees rather than pushing them — with folded Butterfly as the deeper option. Then down one side: Dragon for the front of the hip, Sleeping Swan for the glute and outer hip, Half Shoelace, and Shoelace stacking the knees. The whole chain repeats on the second side, then Dangling — a standing fold, knees soft — before a seated close.
Five shapes, both sides, thirty-five minutes. Nothing forced, and the further your feet sit from you in Butterfly, the gentler it stays.
If a thirty-five-minute rest-day practice is more than you’ll realistically do, my free 15-Minute Post-Run Reset covers the same chain in a quarter of an hour, with a hold timer and written cues so you can practise screen-free once you know the shapes. Yours to keep.
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It runs about 35 min. Yin is slow and floor-based, so you can settle in — and pause any time you need to.
It helps to have cushion, block nearby, but you can always improvise with cushions, blankets or books, or simply take the option that needs no props.
Yes. It's an all-levels class — every pose has a gentler option, so work at about 80% of your edge and ease off whenever you need to.
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