Yin Yoga

Yin yoga is a slow, quiet style of yoga in which you hold seated or lying poses for several minutes. It aims to gently stretch the deeper tissues, such as fascia, ligaments and joints, rather than working the muscles hard. It draws on ideas from traditional Chinese medicine and leaves space to turn inwards. Yin yoga itself has hardly been studied, but studies of yoga in general give some evidence it may ease stress and back pain a little: see “Yin yoga: what the research says”.