Yin Yoga

Trainer: Candy Ruitenburg Category: Level:

Monthly Yin Yoga class in Waldwick

A Yin Yoga class is the perfect way to end a week!
Yin Yoga is a gentle practice deeply rooted in the tradition of Classical Hatha Yoga. A yoga based class means each person works within their own limits. Candy will guide you through a series of yoga poses and show how to use props for your level of comfort. In each pose awareness is on passively releasing muscles and breathing so you can let go of restrictions in your tighter areas like low back, hips and shoulders.

The propped poses help one to go deeper into connective tissues and energies. Blankets, blocks and bolsters are used to make each pose accessible to everyone. The longer holds (3 minutes) brings the practitioner into a meditative state connecting mind and body to help release stress, tension and restore balance.

Monthly Yin Yoga class in Waldwick

I have been doing yoga for at least twenty years. In 2009 a teacher training with Yoga Synthesis perked my interest. There’s been no turning back. I was offered a class to teach at Yoga Synthesis and then a second class. Still teaching all these years later thanks to a start with Raji and Rose at Yoga Synthesis. Gentle and stretching yoga is what speaks to me most. I trained in Yin yoga and loved that too. I have been a nurse for forty years. My background in anatomy and physiology has helped me understand and cue the poses. When my children were in high school they knew when I needed a yoga class. They would say, “Mom you seem stressed, you need yoga.” I honestly have always felt better after every class.