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Yin Yoga for Burnout

With the ever-increasing external stimuli from the busy-ness of life and distracting mobile phones it’s no wonder that many people are experiencing levels of stress and burn out and in this blog, I will be suggesting why certain yin yoga for burnout is a great tool. 

Our sympathetic nervous system is designed to respond when we feel under threat to fight or flight. It releases the adrenalin and cortisol we need to act fast, but really it was only designed to do this when needed if an actual threat like a tiger was running after us. However nowadays we are under a low level of stress most of the time which means our system is pumping out so much cortisol and adrenaline that if not careful we can burn out. The body is under constant stress and we end up running on empty and our body slips out of balance.

“Yin is an opportunity to dive inside and stay for a while” – Yin Yoga for Burnout

There are numerous ways in which yin yoga poses help burnout. Yin yoga gives us an opportunity to close our eyes, soften our body, slow down our breath and connect with ourselves. In doing this we slowly start to shift from our active sympathetic state to our parasympathetic state, which helps us rest and digest. That isn’t just digesting of food but also processing all that is happening in our life.

Yin yoga poses help burnout as muscles are encouraged to relax. From here, we can access the deeper connective tissues, helping to stimulate the meridian lines and encourage Qi to flow through our body. To aid self-healing and bringing ourselves back to balance.

Kidney and Urinary Bladder Meridian to boost energy

If you are feeling like you are running on empty then the Kidney and Urinary Bladder meridian pairing are the ones to work on. The Chinese believe the Kidney stores our “Jing” which is the essence energy that we are born with. As life goes on we deplete this energy and once it’s run out, so are we! We can, however, nourish this energy with practices like Qi Gong, Yin Yoga and Meditation.

The Kidney lines start in our foot and run up the inside of our legs, through the groin and into the body around the kidneys. The Urinary Bladder runs all the way down the back of the body, legs down to the feet. So forward bends, backbends and stretches for the inner thighs and groin help to stimulate this line.

Here is a Yin flow to nourish the Kidneys – Yin yoga poses for burnout

Butterfly pose
(can be nice to rest head on a block) 4 min

Caterpillar
(can be done with legs over a bolster) 5 min

Slow cat cows  – Yin Yoga for Burnout

Dragon (with a knee forward so you get an ankle stretch/ or flying high – body upright hands-on leg) 3 min each side

Sphinx/ Seal 4 min – Yin Yoga for Burnout

Childs Pose over a bolster  – 5 – 10 mins -Yin Yoga for Burnout

Legs up the wall – 10 – 20 mins – Yin Yoga for Burnout

Savasana – 10 minutes -Yin Yoga for Burnout

 Recommendation after yin practice – Yoga Nidra

Find a healing Yoga Nidra online and listen to it. I recommend James Jewel

Have early nights
Avoid being on a computer in the evening
Avoid punishing exercise routines and stimulants
Be kind to your self and allow yourself permission to slow down
Being out in nature is incredibly healing and walking barefoot on the earth