A Journey Into Yin Yoga

Modi cations and Other Options

• If you have lower-back pain, tight hips, or sciatica, sit on a block
  or a folded blanket in order to raise the hips higher than the
  knees for support.


• Fold the torso over and down for a stretch into the hips (1). This
  is a modi cation for  re log pose (page 126).


• While maintaining easy seated pose, you can stretch the upper-
  body tissues using the lateral neck stretch (page 154), forward
  neck stretch (page 153), cow face arms (page 156), reverse
  prayer (page 157), and eagle arms (page 160).

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MODIFICATION 1