Tory Schafer

which is funny because there's not much yang energy in restorative, so I'm not sure why I said that.

But yin practice can look very similar to a restorative practice, but it's working a different part of the body.

It's not gonna have as many props and it's gonna stimulate the connective tissue, the fascia of the body, which instead of me taking a nap on 13 pillows, I'm gonna sit there and I'm gonna go, oh my goodness, this is tight, this is tight, this is tight, and I hold it for like three to five minutes.

And it's that idea of pressure over time is stimulating the fascia to allow it to become more absorbent.

And fascia is one of those things I think gets neglected in our lives a lot.

It's where moisture in your body gets robbed from the gray matter most quickly than anything else.

And if we're not taking care of it, it doesn't rehydrate as quickly as it could.

And as we age, it becomes more brittle.

Then on the physical side, vinyasa, hands down, probably the most popular yoga in the West today.

I'll say West because you go to India and you go, oh, I'm going to take a yoga class and they'll probably sit there and meditate for two hours.

So vinyasa is very physical.

It's often one breath per movement.

You might hear some rock and roll music in there.

It's very popular for them to heat it.

Now, the heat in yoga classes is meant to do a couple of things.

It's meant to warm up the muscles so that you can get into poses a little bit more easily.

Now, each individual needs to know their body before you do that and understand how do I still keep function within my joints as I'm moving with this freedom of my blood vessels dilating and absorbing oxygen a little bit more quickly.

Secondly, when you practice in a heated environment, it's going to take you to stress respond places more quickly.

It's going to elevate your heart rate more quickly.

And so it's designed to get you to a reactive place where hopefully you can learn to breathe and move beyond the reaction.