Yin Yoga for Inner Thighs & Groin – DEEP STRETCH FLEXIBILITY

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Duration: 40-60
Style: Yin Yoga
Level: Intermediate
Focus: Yoga for Flexibility, Yoga for Tight Hips
Teacher: Kassandra Reinhardt

Overview

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me in this new 45 minute yin yoga class to improve flexibility through the inner thighs. This targets the groin, inner leg and adductors which is linked with the kidney meridian. This is a great class to do if you’re also working on middle splits.

We can hold a lot of tension in this part of our bodies and especially since I’ve started horseback riding I’ve noticed how stiff the inner thighs can get. I’m using a small bolster for this practice but you can easily substitute it with some blocks or pillows. This is an intermediate yin yoga class.

What is Yin Yoga? Yin yoga is often called the Yoga of the joints because unlike other styles of yoga, the emphasis is not on the muscles but on the deep connective tissue. Connective tissue is made up of fascia, ligaments and tendons which surround and form your joints. Yin yoga improves the range of motion in your joints and also strengthens them. The results and benefits are more flexibility and greater range of motion and also more stability within your joints.

There are 3 principles of Yin Yoga.
1. Find your edge
2. Be still
3. Hold the pose

Use as many props as needed in Yin Yoga! Blocks, bolsters and straps are all great ways to support your body to make sure you are respecting your edge and not going too far.

62 Comments

  1. Viktoria Dorosz

    Could you record this in the ‘minimal clues’ version, please…?

    • Kassandra Reinhardt

      Hey Viktoria, sorry im not sure what you mean exactly? Like add this video to the minimal cues playlist here in the app?

    • Viktoria Dorosz

      I meant ‘less talking’ but didn’t want to seem rude 🙂 I.e. the same set of exercises, but with minimal commentary/explanations etc.

  2. Marion Hawkinson

    Easing into this practice after a weekend of intense dancing and dance teaching, I felt all the stored sensations melt into my mat. Lovely deep practice…my adducters especially thank you 💛

    • Kassandra

      Oh yes!! Love to hear this

  3. Diane Wetzel

    Thanks, Kassandra! I really enjoyed this practice. This is an area I feel I neglect, especially the inner hip rotations and adductors. Great to have a practice devoted to address these areas. I feel much looser now.

    • Kassandra

      Inner rotation is very often neglected, not many poses do it

  4. Michelle Neumann

    Yin days are my fovorit days.

    • Kassandra

      Yay! Have a great rest of the day

  5. Alexandre Lefebvre

    Perfect ! It would be very nice to have the same sequence for the upper body. Thank you !

    • Kassandra

      I’m assuming what you meant to say was a yin sequence for the upper body as this sequence is low body focused – try using the filter function and select yin and upper body. There are 17 classes with those parameters.

  6. Simina Lungu

    Oh this was fantastic amd juat what I needed after a hard day’s work. Both demanding and soothing. Thank you so much, Kassandra!

    • Kassandra

      So glad you enjoyed it!

  7. Jennifer Houston

    That was just what I needed! My whole lower body is sore from other workouts and gardening. I had a massage earlier and plan to take a bath this evening. A perfect combination! Thank you for all you do. ❤

    • Mary Boyes

      Thanks! Got me ready for my hockey game tonight.

    • Kassandra

      Hope you had a good game

  8. Kim Drury

    Loved it! Completed it just before bed and it is perfect to relax me. Thank you!

    • Kassandra Reinhardt

      Thank you ❤️

  9. Miranda Burford

    Love this practice! Definitely a little more intense than usual but loved it. Will never like frog pose though. 🙂 Thanks so much!

    • Kassandra

      That is definitely a love or hate one

  10. Konstantia Tsoni

    Yin yoga for me after a long time! I really enjoyed it! Could we have some yin sequence for the upper body? Namaste 🙏🙏

    • Kassandra

      There is some in there, use the filter function and select yin and upper body to find them

  11. Jess Wilkie

    Love that internal rotation. Used blanket for the frog to pad knees which was helpful

    • Kassandra

      Yes! Internal rotation is so under done. And yes pad those knees

  12. Baerbel

    Wonderful yin yoga sequence, perfect after a long day running around. Thank you Kassandra🤗❤️

    • Kassandra

      So glad you enjoyed

  13. jessica peter

    Wonderfull, feel fantastic

  14. Noémie Sauvé

    This class felt so good, i am so relaxed!

    • Kassandra

      Awesome

  15. Beth Ann Mohr

    such needed releases

  16. Gabriela

    Thank you Kasandra ☺️. It was a beautiful session.🥰🥰🥰

    • Kassandra

      You’re welcome

  17. Lesley Watts

    Ah, what a perfectly yummy practice! I didn’t sleep well last night, but now I feel calm and refreshed. Thank you so much.

    • Kassandra

      Wonderful! Hope you got a better rest after

  18. Kim Drury

    Thank you. That was wonderful!

    • Kassandra

      Excellent

    • Kassandra

      Oh I’m so happy to hear that

  19. Sally

    So relaxing! Thank you 🙏🏻

  20. Nicole Lasas

    Just had some dental work done so can’t be moving around so much. This was the perfect class for that. Even though it’s lower body focused, my entire body feels relaxed. And I’m saying that after my tooth was pulled 5 hours ago. Also, Kassandra, your delivery is soothing and parsimonious. Your voice and its cadence are ideal for me.

    • Kassandra

      Oh thank you so much! Happy recovery

  21. Michelle

    Whoa and yet yummy! My inner thighs and groin were in need of this practice. Thank you.

  22. Claire

    Lovely grounding practice ❤️

  23. Andrea Cross

    I’ve always struggled with Yin classes – thinking I’d get bored in the poses etc. Today I decided I’d practice again, and allow myself to relax into the poses. With a different mindset today I completed this practice and can say i really enjoyed it! I shall do more – thank you

    • Kassandra

      Beautiful!

  24. angela

    I really needed that stretch for the hips and legs… always such lovely practices. Thank you 🌈 🙏

  25. Kim Drury

    This was a great stretch after a week of cross country skiing!

    • Kassandra

      Oh yes! No doubt it was needed

  26. Patrick Westcott

    Felt good! Thank you, Kassandra.

  27. Julia Hacker

    Lovely start to the weekend, thank you 🙂

  28. MARA

    Wonderful series for inner thighs – thank you. Good reminder that less is more. Will return to this again, most def.

  29. Elyse Drum

    I need one of these for hamstrings and calves!

  30. Stephanie Toft-Jones

    What a beautiful practice. I’ll be repeating this one!

    • Kassandra

      Yay!

  31. Lisa McMullen

    It’s always amazing how grounded I feel after yin, especially this class. Thank you!

    • Kassandra

      Wonderful

  32. Judith Bellamy

    Lovely practice, I will be doing it again. Thank you Kassandra namaste.

    • Kassandra

      You’re welcome

  33. Tania Roberts

    Wonderful. I feel really great!

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