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The Yin Yoga app offers users the convenience to practice Yin Yoga anywhere with their iPhone. This form of yoga focuses on targeting the body’s connective tissues, including ligaments, bones, and joints, which often receive less attention in other practices.

In Yin Yoga, each asana is held for an extended period, promoting increased circulation and improving the flow of qi. This method serves as a valuable complement to more dynamic forms of yoga and exercise, fostering balance in one’s fitness routine.

Yin Yoga provides an opportunity for practitioners to cultivate kindness and respect towards their bodies while experiencing peace and tranquility throughout each sequence.

The app presents a range of beneficial features that enhance the learning experience:

• Detailed descriptions of various Yin Yoga poses along with their specific benefits
• High-resolution photographs for visual guidance
• Multiple images for each pose to ensure clarity
• Slideshow auto-play functionality paired with an audio track, allowing users to practice seamlessly without needing to constantly check their device
• A video introduction by Simon Low
• Additional bonus content, including a video interview and meditation session

Within the app, users can explore three guided sequences:

1. Restorative Yin with Pranayama: This sequence emphasizes improved breathing and sustained concentration.
2. Classic Yin Yoga Sequence: Designed to enhance flexibility and stimulate myofascia around the hip joints and spine.
3. Restorative Deep Relaxation: A calming practice that promotes stillness and heightened meditative awareness.

Simon Low, a seasoned educator certified by BWY and Yoga Alliance (E-RYT 500), serves as the Principal of The Yoga Academy. He is dedicated to providing foundational and advanced education to yoga teachers and students both in the UK and internationally. Over his extensive teaching career, Simon has cultivated a unique style that blends Yin and Yang yoga harmoniously.

After many years of instruction in the UK, Simon co-founded Triyoga in London, where he held the role of Director of Yoga until 2003. Since then, he has focused on teacher training at The Yoga Academy while also leading study intensives, workshops, and rejuvenating retreats worldwide. As an ongoing student of A.H. Almaas’ Ridhwan School, he emphasizes the importance of an inner teacher cultivated through personal practice and relationships with current mentors. His mission is to inspire others to develop a similar introspective approach within their own yoga journeys.

Together with Eija Tervonen from The Yoga Academy, Simon has meticulously selected postures and guidance for the app, catering to students from absolute beginners to experienced practitioners.