Yin yoga and Yang yoga explained.

YIN YOGA  postures below may not look very easy to everyone but they are a way more gentle than the yang yoga .

 YIN YOGA >less effort ~cooling to nervous system  ~ lowers blood pressure nurturing~easy~healing  ~recuperative and restful

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YANG YOGA postures below require good strength and  chi.

Yang yoga requires a lot of effort ~heats up nervous system ~ raises blood pressure ~hard work

great exercise.

TO understand the idea if of YIN  yoga we  must first understand the idea of its opposite YANG.

The following info is from personaltao.com with thanks.

Yin  ~Yang is perhaps the most known and documented concept used within Taoism.

Yin ~ Yang= Two halves that together complete wholeness.

Yin and yang are also the starting point for change.

Nothing is completely Yin or completely Yang.

Each aspect contains the beginning point for the other aspect.

For example, day becomes night and then night becomes day.

Yin and Yang are interdependent upon each other so that the definition of one requires the definition for the other to be co