Through this Beginning Yoga class, my knowledge of the yogic tradition has been deepened. Yin Yoga and Resistance Stretching are the two primary types of yoga that we have been taught and experienced. During this class, we have developed strength, flexibility, endurance; and learned how to balance through correct or appropriate relative body positions. The two styles are very different, but both of them increase my flexibility of stretching. Although both of them coordinate with the 12 Meridian lines from Chinese theory; however, Yin Yoga is very passive, and the Resistance Stretching is very active — which is the major difference between them. I personally prefer the Yin Yoga more than Resistance Stretching because Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga, and I like it in the way that we hold the poses or asanas…show more content… Clasp my elbows with the opposite hands and move the elbows just ahead of my shoulders, at the same time prop myself up. Should pay attention to the feeling in my lower back. If the sensations are too strong, I can move my elbows further ahead, lowering my chest closer to the floor. I can also place my palms flat on the floor in front of me like a sphinx. To further stimulate the lung and large intestine meridian, I can press down through my thumb (lung) and my index finger (large intestine). This pose opens and stimulates the Lung and Large Intestine organs as well as related meridians. It also nourishes the Spleen (in Chinese medicine, the Spleen supports the Lungs) and stimulates the intestines by massaging the abdomen. Its large intestine meridian starts at the index finger, journeys up to the shoulder, and then goes through the face to end at the side of the nose, while another branch descends through the lungs and large intestine. The large intestine meridian (Yang) runs more superficial and more to the outside of the body and the lung meridian (Yin) flows into deeper places within the
