Hey guys! We’re trying something new at our Saturday Yoga. Sarah is going to be teaching a bit different to cater to special needs. I’ll let her tell you all about it:
I am very excited to be launching something new at CFW this Saturday. Yes, we will still meet for yoga at 8:30, but instead of our usual dynamic yoga flow we will engage in a more passive form of yoga called yin yoga. In yin yoga we will hold a specific set of poses for an amount of time and each set of poses is designed to bring therapeutic benefits to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons—as well as the mental benefits that come from all types of yoga.
I know the last thing most CrossFitters want to do on their day off is a sun salutation A (or, as my friends Ben & Shandra Sessions like to call them, “hidden burpees”) or hold chair pose for anytime at all, though, the benefit to you guys for those things is HUGE and I could not recommend it more, I am giving my public what it wants and rolling out yin yoga. This summer I worked closely with the CFW competition teams making sure they maintained peak mobility and performance while training for the Texas Throwdown with yin yoga and bringing the concentrated mobility work back right before the CrossFit open could not be better timing. Most of the work will be done seated or lying down with props to facilitate the lengthier holds that allow your muscles, joints, and fascia to relax open. Yin yoga is true rehabilitation therapy and exactly what your body needs after a week of working hard in the box.
Do you want to speed your recovery and shorten your soreness time?
Do you want to perform better no matter what the WOD holds?
Do you want to keep your joints, muscles and organs healthy and working at optimal performance well in to your 90s?
Do you want stress relief and breathing improvement that benefits you in every aspect of life?
The answer to all of these questions is yoga.
Yin yoga, recover, rehabilitate, renew.
THIS Saturday, February, 23, 8:30am CFW. Your body will thank you.