Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

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19 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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In this one‑minute instructional segment, Angelica explains the fundamental differences between yin yoga and restorative yoga for yoga teachers. Yin yoga is described as a practice that applies mild stress to the body, targeting connective tissue and requiring challenging, longer holds; practitioners may not feel relaxed and should deepen or extend poses if they feel easy. Restorative yoga, by contrast, is presented as a gentle, slow practice aimed at injury recovery, where the practitioner should always feel relaxed. Angelica offers practical guidance on adjusting pose difficulty—by holding longer or deepening the posture—when the yin experience feels insufficient. The video ends with a call to follow for more yoga teacher tips.

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This is the simple difference between yin yoga and restorative yoga. Yin yoga is meant to stress the body a little bit. Yin yoga will work on your connective tissue. Restorative yoga is meant to help people recover from injury. Restorative yoga is a slow type of yoga. You should always feel relaxed when you're doing restorative yoga, whereas in yin yoga you might not feel relaxed. You should feel a little bit of stress. It should be difficult to hold the postures. If it doesn't feel difficult, then maybe you need to hold the postures longer or come deeper into the pose. Light up the follow button for more yoga teacher tips. This is your 1-Minute Yoga Teacher Training. I'm Angelica.