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45 min Upper Body Yin Yoga - (BACK AND SHOULDERS STRETCH)
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Күн бұрынJoin me in this upper body yin yoga class to stretch your back and shoulders.
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Hi everyone, welcome to my channel! Thank you for joining me in this 45 minute yin yoga class which will focus on your upper body, specifically your back, chest and shoulders. If you have tightness, tension or knots in your back, this will be a great sequence for you to do. This class is suitable for all access levels and you'll want to have two blocks close by.
I'll take you through a breathing exercise in the beginning to help you open up your shoulders and then we'll do poses like reclined twist, forward fold, child's pose, puppy pose, sphinx and supported fish. Remember that in yin yoga we usually hold poses for 3-5 minutes.
What is Yin Yoga? Yin yoga is often called the Yoga of the joints because unlike other styles of yoga, the emphasis is not on the muscles but on the deep connective tissue. Connective tissue is made up of fascia, ligaments and tendons which surround and form your joints. Yin yoga improves the range of motion in your joints and also strengthens them. The results and benefits are more flexibility and greater range of motion and also more stability within your joints.
There are 3 principles of Yin Yoga.
1. Find your edge
2. Be still
3. Hold the pose
Find your edge means respecting your body's limits and not pushing too far and risking injury. Pull back a little bit and as you hold the pose you will be able to go deeper into it without pushing too far or hurting yourself.
Being still means that once you are in the pose it is important to completely relax your muscles so the benefits can get into the connective tissues and joints. Try not to fidget or move or distract yourself, this is a meditative practice. Breathe deeply in and out through the nose.
Holding the pose means that in Yin Yoga a pose can be held for 1-10 minutes depending on the pose performed and on the comfort level of the student.
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@rinnittt 4 ай бұрын
im 19 with chronic back/neck/shoulder pain due to minor scoliosis as well as pursuing a creative career which involves lots of hunching over draft papers i was really beginning to believe i would simply live out the majority of my life constantly in pain. i’ve been doing yin daily (this video is one of the favorites i come back to a lot) and have been THANKFULLY proven wrong. my pain has decreased SO much- thank you thank you for providing these free lessons you’re literally changing lives!!!
@andreadimmick8105 9 ай бұрын
While I find Yin challenging, keeping still and trying to relax into the poses, it is becoming my favourite practice.
@corvuscorax142 10 ай бұрын
You are too kind..I have scoliosis and going through a rough patch in terms of back pain. I thank you immensely for posting this today. Namaste. 🙏
@ZenWithDebby 10 ай бұрын
The timing of this release was absolutely perfect! I’ve been craving a slow practice today with the focus on releasing tension from my upper body after an intense cleaning session 😅. These poses felt really great and I loved the length of this Yin class. Thank you ❤ May you have a beautiful week! ✨
@helene1342 10 ай бұрын
Wonderful 🥰 I felt myself coming back home to myself and my upper back felt more open and breathing was much easier 🙏
@marthaledesma4695 9 күн бұрын
Thank you! It helps me with the stiffness of the neck and shoulders. Love your classes Kassandra. ❤
@katelynde1537 6 күн бұрын
I loved this class! I need these poses for my back and ribs! Much gratitude! 🙏🫶
@Artspeaketh 10 ай бұрын
Never realized that my upper back needed this release till I completed this practice. My back feels so grateful tonight. Thank you Kassandra.
@Artspeaketh 5 ай бұрын
Used the practice video again today and loved it like the first time! Namaste!
@LakeOfDreams1 9 күн бұрын
I came back, two days later, to say how crazy (in a good way) this yin class impacted my back. It feels like some muscles where worked on that held tension for a long time and now I am feeling a subtle effect of opening through my entire body! Hurray 🎉 Thank you Kasandra 😊❤
@sinamarleenpetersen9996 12 күн бұрын
This was a wonderful class for a Sunday Morning, thank you! ✨ I really appreciate the gentle guidance
@nicolevanvonderen87 12 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! What a wonderful yin yoga flow 💖
@alexneaverson8406 10 ай бұрын
This class arrived with such good timing! I started a new job today and have been stressed and anxious. Plus, yesterday I did an upper body session at the gym and I forgot to stretch afterwards. So I really, really needed this.❤
@DianeChen-xf9mx Ай бұрын
I love this practice! so calming and healing, thank you !!!!
@cherahsBroll 3 ай бұрын
Kassandra this did wonders for my posture! Afterwards, I found myself effortlessly sitting upright and straight.
@heidihartman5777 6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this video! It was just what this solo mama needed to get her chest to start to open up again. Thank you for sharing your talent and gifts with all of us, so that when we find that brief moment for self care, I know exactly where to go. Your Yin videos are simply wonderful ❤
@lourdesguerrero2930 18 күн бұрын
This was wonderful. I usually have lower back/sciatica pains. But today I woke up with upper back pain. I have scoliosis so I know the reasons. This yin practice was just right this morning. Thank you Kassandra
@llamatastic 3 ай бұрын
Probably my favourite video from you ever, and that is really saying something, since I love your videos. This was an absolutely amazing and so much needed shoulder stretch after 2 days journey traveling. I feel immensely better! And the music was absolutely amazing too! Beautiful and zen, I would just listen to it by itself! Thanks so much for this very yummy stretch.
@nicolatagliaferri 5 ай бұрын
This one is the best. Since menopause a lot of stiffness left side upper back and shoulder , with accompanying nerve pain, all stress related apparently....this practice releases it completely. Feeling so relaxed and loose in the upper back now. Thank you Kassandra 🙏
@devashreemarathe8351 13 күн бұрын
Awesome 🎉🎉🎉 complete relaxation to the thoracic spine. All T1 through T12. Vertebra have got massage. Great!!! Thanks dear. God bless you.
@christinazechmanbrown-zp7vg 12 күн бұрын
Loved this yin session. Would also like some neck stretches added.
@user-cc2gq5nj1y Ай бұрын
Another wonderful practice! Thank you so much!
@daaaandi001 6 күн бұрын
Thank you for another wonderful Yin-class
@serafinariegel8258 6 ай бұрын
This was AMAZING. I needed this sequence so badly. 🙏🏼
@nicoleboutiette9591 4 ай бұрын
Amazing! You and your practice are amazing. Thank you so much! ❤
@mikelaycock1469 Ай бұрын
Beautiful 45 minutes. Such a soft lovely voice and clear unrushed instructions with perfect background music. Thank you 📿
@karinlarsson982 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for a realy nice yoga strech and a long rest at the end. ❤
@Sisa61 10 ай бұрын
The timing is uncanny! Just finished an intensive resistance routine, only to find your fresh stretch upload. Thank you kindly ❤
@diamoo8021 10 ай бұрын
That breathing made a big difference in my ability to do the first twist. Thank you!
@stinajoon6708 10 ай бұрын
Perfect! Loved it. Usually I have a hard time finding *the right spot* in stretches for the mid/upper back but with the blocks today it really targeted all the tricky parts. 💚
@doneladiomarina3676 10 ай бұрын
yeah, right? for me the thing with the chin was great also (although i took a block to help with that)!
@KirstineDamgaard 10 ай бұрын
im still very new to yoga but that supported fish pose in the end hit a serious spot in my right shoulder. i needed this so much today.
@RadAlarm 10 ай бұрын
Just a suggestion for neck tension. I suffer from frequent tension headaches as well and I came across a video on “nerve flossing” from a different teacher (not sure if Kassandra has a similar one) but I gotta say it really cleared up one of my headaches. Just something else to try when you’re looking for pain relief. I believe the channel with the video that helped me was called Our Echo yoga or something similar. Kassandra is my favorite all around tho! Consistently great classes. This one was just what I needed today.
@princessbargamento2899 10 ай бұрын
Feel so grateful and emotional with this practice 😢 Been experiencing a lot of upper back pain lately. This practice gave me the release that I needed. Will do again tomorrow. Namaste Kassandra ❤
@sophiastevens6222 10 ай бұрын
Recovering from a shoulder injury. This is perfect! Thank you!
@lindaf6025 10 ай бұрын
Thanks again for a wonderful class.❤
@jasminarnold8777 10 ай бұрын
Amazing Kassandra. That was one of my favorite. ❤
@justinej263 23 күн бұрын
Great stretch! Thank you!
@lizzieholden5889 2 ай бұрын
perfect start to my day. thank you
@Nea_B 10 ай бұрын
After waking up with a stiff neck, this was simply wonderful! Thank you Kassandra❤
@w_ww111 Ай бұрын
Beautiful practice ❤ really stretched my shoulders and upper back good!
@donnafletcher5348 7 ай бұрын
So happy I stumbled onto your channel! I am 66 years young and have suffered for over 30 years with shoulder pain and this routine has helped me so much. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
@Jo_spice_blackwood 10 ай бұрын
"Transitions are just as important as the pose" is something I experienced this week..travelling from one city to home...using a walk by the river whilst witnessing a local festival on the outskirts of the crowd... that Transition before home enabling me to better nights rest...and soyour words helped to nail 💅 in the point! 🎉
@luciehsuen8981 10 ай бұрын
Thanks Kassandra indeed a much needed mid back stretch for me. Others might find the stretch in other parts of their shoulders. Gratitude for your guidance. ❤
@sallyhatchet 10 ай бұрын
Another wonderful practice, this one is definitely going on the “favorites” list. Thank you! 💜💚
@charlenemarcoux565 7 ай бұрын
Merci beaucoup Kassandra pour cette belle séance. J'ai été très émue à la fin car le mot "pardon" m'est venu ainsi que la belle couleur mauve lorsque j'avais les yeux fermés, lors de la dernière pose. Mes larmes ont coulés doucement. Merci pour tout ton contenu gratuit!
@fernandolspptagr7463 10 ай бұрын
Really nice class to feel good in our upper body where we hold a lot of tension. Namaste.
@VeraChiuchannel Ай бұрын
Thanks! I really love your yin yoga videos, I feel that it's easy to follow and very beneficial!
@saracanu1428 10 ай бұрын
After 1 hour of inversions followed by another of power yoga, this practice was all my body was longing for! thank you so much Kassandra!
@ThePollaton 9 ай бұрын
That was the quickest 45 mins ever….I. Could have done another hour of lovely yin poses. Thanks Kassandra as always ❤
@SummerBreeze5028 10 ай бұрын
Yay! So happy to have another Yin class! Thank you :) Also, Kassandra... not sure what you are doing but your skin is looking AMAZING!
@jeanyvesbenoist2085 4 ай бұрын
Really pretty good for my rotator joints hurt recently, thanks you so much Kassandra.
@user-nc4je8gs5o Ай бұрын
This was dope! 🔥🔥🔥
@user-hc4wn4uz1s 3 ай бұрын
Wow! This is a miracle in just 45 minutes 😍🙏✨
@jayneclaire3495 12 күн бұрын
Thank you dear!
@camilladulac8458 10 ай бұрын
You are amazing. This is perfect ❤
@carolpridgeon8200 7 ай бұрын
Dear Kassandra, this was a powerful practice. Thanks very much for providing high quality yin yoga classes to youtube. Namaste'
@Hanna-xj4hs 8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for all your classes -you are helping so many people with your good instructions and your peaceful, gentle voice.❤
@HollyBynoe 2 ай бұрын
thank you, Kassandra
@shannonmcafee443 10 ай бұрын
So GOOD!!! Thank you for taking time to explain things that make such a difference!
@kellypantaleoni5166 Ай бұрын
Thank you for helping me to reset❤
@SB-iz8sz Ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I just came home from work and this was just what I needed❤
@sherides4341 8 ай бұрын
Beautiful music, ultra relaxing practice. I thought 45 minutes would be too long but it went fast! Thank you.
@jennifermilleron3484 7 ай бұрын
I enjoyed so much your yin classes. I feel so relaxed now. Thanks for sharing this video with us. So grateful 🙏🙏🙏
@jodiweinstein5683 10 ай бұрын
❤Love your programs. I'm really hoping for a 45-60 minute power Vinyasa sometime soon.
@user-ws2gr9ts2w 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this practice, I really enjoyed it. Everytime I am practicing with you I think I should do this more often! During the child's pose when you have your chin on the mat I put down my forehead on a block. This helps to melt down without streching my neck to far. Hope this comment helps for those with less mobility in their neck.
@Sunshineboy4eva 24 күн бұрын
I have done this one several times ❤
@iheartbgart 10 ай бұрын
thankyou Kassandra. I've been practicing almost every day thanks to you and your videos for longer than I've stuck with any other practice and I am so grateful.
@evelynhaughton4131 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for these stretches Kassandra. After some dry brushing, warm shower, this practice was the icing on the cake for the upper back tightness I was experiencing. More blessings to you 🙏🏽.
@berlettgonzalez2030 9 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤ you’re and angel! Thank you, thank you, thank you it feels soooo good!!!!
@Mashmans 6 ай бұрын
Very relaxing practice, good for a rest Saturday. My back is feeling much better afterwards.
@urskavidensek2000 Ай бұрын
Woah.. This is amazing.. I feel so much release.. Some tears came up too..
@user-tt8sh2zk9j 9 ай бұрын
I lobe your videos and the way you incentive people to respect their boundaries and really enjoy the practice ❤❤❤
@poonamsriram3474 10 ай бұрын
Thank you very much Kassandra for this. I have had a sore and stiff upper back for the last 2 days. I truly appreciate this class.
@bodhimaitri143 10 ай бұрын
That was super intense in my shoulders. I had to ease off a few times. Thank you, Kassandra, as always. Wonderful!
@MaatTehuti_Dr_Clark_PsyD 10 ай бұрын
Kassandra 🙏🏾❤ Thank you so much, this Ian routine is a lifesaver!!
@jvcfilm1 8 ай бұрын
Thank you Kassandra for another really enjoyable class. I thoroughly enjoyed the shoulder release especially in fish pose.
@ForeverFriends28 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Kassandra! I've been suffering from back and shoulder pain for quite some time now, and classes like this just help so much ❤
@manuelalopezcaberlotto662 5 ай бұрын
Thank you Kassandra for this routine, it´s amazing how my neck feels better when releasing the upper back!
@nataliezacher5039 7 ай бұрын
I loved this yin practice- how slow and relaxing it was. Thank you.
@nosetallboy 10 ай бұрын
Namaste Kassandra and to all Yin Yoga stretch was wonderful can have a lower body and hip opener deep stretch. 🕉🕉😘
@user-zy6ek2qe5i 10 ай бұрын
Such a relief. This worked for my back and neck tension!! Thank you!
@joerogan3703 10 ай бұрын
I love the method yogi Kassandra does by producing 45 mins to 1 hour yoga video. I don’t think we need so-called “10 mins neck yoga” “15 mins yoga for the back”, which might be better for collecting views but never be able to match the experience of 45-60 mins real-world yoga class kinda experience video.
@jasmine7555 9 ай бұрын
I like both. The shorter videos allow me to do some yoga before work and add some bliss to my busy days. The longer ones are great for once or twice on top of a daily 15 for me.
@dp2404 9 ай бұрын
So not true. 10 min yoga saved by back. Of course during the week ends i'll do the longer ones. But honestly I get the most benefits from doing 10 kin every single day
@home_kithenry-gg9bu 9 ай бұрын
the 10 mins videos are lifesaving when there's an urgent need for yoga and not much time. But the bliss of a full length class is a different level altogether!
@hannaandrichardjanzen1072 8 ай бұрын
I disagree that we don’t need the shorter videos - it is great Kassandra does both
@rebeccaan4015 8 ай бұрын
I completely disagree both are good and it is a life changing to be able to do 10/15/20 minutes every blessing day especially when we have toddlers. 45/60 minutes is great that is true but when we can afford the time. Thank you Kassandra for your videos ❤
@coenvanpoelje5498 10 ай бұрын
I had a great time and feel very serene after this session with you. Thank you, namaste😌
@jacqueline6303 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this calming and therapeutic practice.
@ladorned_cave32 10 ай бұрын
my spine feels beautifully long after this practice. thank you
@user-yd8uz1ch8w 10 ай бұрын
Just what I needed today. Now I am able too make this day to a good day! Namaste
@HappyYogaWales 10 ай бұрын
I hold tension in my upper back and neck. I especially like sphinx on the blocks. That was new to me. Thank you! X
@marsch8977 6 ай бұрын
Thank you Kassandra! I am so happy I found this class in which you do tsome of the well-known poses a bit different. It is very important from time to time to shift the trigger points in the asanas a bit to improve flexibility and relieve the stress in the muscles and joints. I really loved this practice.😊
@inzichte 10 ай бұрын
Lovely to do after work.
@peterdavis3125 9 ай бұрын
Perfect for a Friday night. Definitely one I'll be doing again.🙏
@judolivingspree4220 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the Yin videos. They're helping me get through this rough time of year. I seem to get panic attacks and inner ear dehiscence around this time - three years running now. The yin stuff has been great. Doing them nightly. . .
@saranaughton89 10 ай бұрын
Thank you! I started doing your yoga and your words made me realize I was causing myself health issues and pain that I have now greatly over came I continue to do your videos your doing great work. Thank you!
@jenniferbogartz4924 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ameiramohammed7553 18 күн бұрын
thank you 🙏🏽😊
@lidiya2406 10 ай бұрын
Loved this one! Thank you 🧘🏻
@lidiya2406 10 ай бұрын
The heart opening got me crying on the mat today.
@jenb7756 10 ай бұрын
Holy heck! That was amazing. I need to revisit this practice soon. I honor my body by listening to it. What am I carrying that I don't need to?
@jacobmcdavid64 10 ай бұрын
THANK YOUUUU
@angelirodriguez8689 10 ай бұрын
Loved this so much i did it twice in one day! I feel great!
@BraveInRibbons 10 ай бұрын
Heaven 💞 Thank you, Kassandra! 🙏
@PetraMiklos 10 ай бұрын
The notification of this video popped up while I was in class, and from that moment on I couldn't wait to get finally home and do this practice with you. I had a very long day, and this was the perfect ending, thank you💗
@Noychooz 10 ай бұрын
ohhh its been a while since I saw you upload a longer class. this is so exciting! thank you so so much.
@kevinhulse3419 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Kassandra. I've been enjoying the workouts with you over the last year. I've raised a smile towards the end of the workout. 😊 I felt so revived and refreshed after that yoga workout. My thighs felt heavy when in child's pose position but the workout filled and felt me up with lightness 🌞 and manned without the blocks. I've done many of the workouts with you over the last two years and subscribed to your channel and created a playlist on my channel and saved the workouts I've been doing with enjoyment to the playlist and completed with pleasuement and indulgence. I've have been commenting on some of your workouts of the last two years saying thank you and how good your yoga classes are and powerful.💪I'm participating in a yoga class every week for one hour in my local area that I started last year in August a few times over.I've been thinking of one word intentions during the workouts RELAX, CONFIDENT, REFRESH and CALM!! Thank you so much once again Kassandra! Breath easy!! NAMASTE!!!💨🧘☺️
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