Finding time to include yin yoga in your fitness regime is guaranteed to have lasting effects.  As an active person, I often find it very difficult to take time to slow down.  When I do have time for yoga or to workout I usually want to maximize the opportunity and build up a sweat, but I always try to work in at least one Yin yoga practice each week.  Even if I can only take 20 minutes to get onto my mat, it is always worth it.

Yin yoga forces you to practice patience, to observe what is physically going on in your body, and to sit with your thoughts.  Long yoga holds can revitalize your body and work to loosen the deep connective tissue of the body to allow for increased range of motion.

You can try the poses below on their own or work them into a longer yoga practice.  If there are areas of the body that you would like to work on, let me know in the comment section below.