{"id":11371,"date":"2020-01-27T14:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T08:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/?p=11371"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T05:59:31","slug":"balancing-yin-and-yang-embrace-these-yoga-practices-to-keep-your-energies-balanced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/balancing-yin-and-yang-embrace-these-yoga-practices-to-keep-your-energies-balanced\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Yin and Yang Embrace these Yoga Practices to Keep Your Energies Balanced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Chinese symbol of yin-yang is known as Piebald Taijitu that signifies the balancing fusion of opposites. The light half depicts yang, which is more dynamic, warming, upward, and external. The dark half depicts yin, which is more cooling, passive, downward, and internal. The balances of both energies are important to bring you into unity and harmony. So, now you will be reading about some of the yoga practices and breathing practices that will help in balancing both the energies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We live in a contemporary world that is\nvery fast-moving and stimulating. We are enclosed by yang activities such as\nplaying sports, working, always active and energetic, and constantly endeavoring\nfor success. From the start, we are taught to max out everything and rarely\ninformed us of the philosophy of relaxation. While being active and strong are\nimportant parts of life, but according to the universe, everything should be in\nbalance. Even Mother Nature regenerates and rests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you are active and on the go state\nof mind this is known as a yang element. Nonetheless, too much of this energy\ncan lead to fatigue. And here comes the yoga postures that are muscle\nstrengthening and heat building as in they need exertion of power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, yin is a downward\nenergy in which you are not creating, not moving, and not pushing. You are\nrather reflecting, observing, and in many forms clearing your thoughts to free\nyour mind. This yin energy in health and fitness allows the tissues to heal and\nallow the stress in them to be relieved. According to the study, people should\ninclude more yin yoga postures in their schedule to get them in touch with\ntheir sentiments and emotions. Yin yoga asanas are not about engaging the\nenergy to muscles but about loosening into a pose that is held for a longer\ntime to allow for an intense release within muscles and joints.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\nare simple and effective yoga poses that will give you a little of both.\nPractice them and experience if you feel more harmonious later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cow Pose (Yin)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\nis a simple yoga pose in which you body flows between two poses that bring\nflexibility to the spine and warms the body. To begin, start with your knees\nand hand in a tabletop setting. Keep your knees directly set below your hips\nand your elbows, wrists, and shoulders in perpendicular to the floor. Your head\nshould be in a neutral state, eyes focusing on the floor. On inhalation, raise\nyour chest and sitting bones toward the ceiling leaving your belly to expand\ntowards the ground. Raise your head to look forward. Stay in the pose for a few\nbreaths and then exhale while coming back. Repeat this asana 10-15 times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child’s Pose (Yin)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balasana\nis a relaxing pose which helps stretch your lower body and as well as the upper\nbody. This posture helps in stretching your lower back, shoulders, ankles,\nhips, and quads. It is a freshman posture that stretches and loosens the\nmuscles while increasing flexibility and betters flowing to the joints, back,\nand muscles. To start with the pose, sit on your knees, keep your toes together\nwhile retaining your knees apart. Sit with your spine straight, take a deep\nbreathing and on an exhalation, lean forward by laying your torso down between\nyour thighs and your arms on the floor beside your torso and free your shoulder\ntowards the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bridge Pose (Yin)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nSanskrit name of this posture is Setu Bandhasana, practiced with an unfilled\nstomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nasana stimulates the entire back, including the upper back, hamstrings, and\nglutes while releasing stress and tension from the joints. It has a lot more\nother well-being benefits such as it cures sleeplessness, reduces anxiety,\nimproves metabolism, and enhances blood circulation. To commence the exercise,\nlie flat on your mat with your feet extended on the floor. On a breath, push your\nbody off the floor with your palm pushing on the ground. Your head and neck\nshould lay flat on the mat while the rest of the body in the air. Maintain the\npose for a couple of breaths and practice at least 3 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downward Facing Dog (Yang)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nSanskrit name of this asana is Adho Mukha Svanasana. It appears to be a relaxed\npose but it is quite challenging. It tones your upper body, hamstrings, and\nshoulders all at once. This posture let your body releases the energy, helps\nrelieve stress, and strengthens every one of your muscles. Start on your hands\nand knees as you extend your elbow and rest your upper back. Widen your fingers\nsteadily through your knuckles and palms. Breathe as you tuck your toes and\nraise your knees off the ground while pushing the floor off from you as you\nlift through your pelvis. Hold the posture for 1 minute to get a proper result\nfrom the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Locust Pose (Yang)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nasana is a challenging one as it works on your whole body, including your core.\nIt strengthens the joints and muscles of the buttocks, spine, legs, and back of\nthe arms. Start by lying on your stomach with your arms beside your torso,\nforehead relaxing on the ground, and palms up. Inhale as you raise your upper\ntorso, head, and shoulder, off the floor by balancing on\nthe lower body. To make it more intense lift your toes upward along with your\nthighs, balancing on your stomach. Your entire body energy will be used to\nperform this asana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plank (Yang)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\nyoga asana concentrates on building the power in every muscle in our body. It\nis a full-body exercise that works on the complete core, shoulders, arms, spine\nand more. It helps in growing your chest, glute, thighs, and calf muscles. To\nbegin, you should pretend yourself in a push-up position, and then bend your\narms at your elbow and so your upper body weight rests on your forearms. To do\nit correctly, you need to squeeze your core and glute muscles and hold the pose\nfor as long as you can. Novices should try it for at least 30-40 seconds.\nPractice this pose daily and you will see the results in no time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chinese symbol of yin-yang is known as Piebald Taijitu that signifies the balancing fusion of opposites. The light half depicts yang, which is more dynamic, warming, upward, and external. The dark half depicts yin, which is more cooling, passive, downward, and internal. The balances of both energies are important to bring you into unity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[496,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15538,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11371\/revisions\/15538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rishikulyogshala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}