What is Partner Yoga?

Series Summary

The word "yoga" comes from the Sanskrit root yuj meaning "to bind, or join." Yoga is centrally the practice of union, whether you are joining the mind to the body, the human to the divine, or the individual to the infinite. The various styles of yoga that have made it to the West all share a common core: positioning the body into a particular posture while focusing mind and breath leads to physical and spiritual well-being. These arts of positioning the body have been passed on for thousands of years, and encompass one of the oldest cultural traditions known to exist. To practice yoga, then, is also to join with the ancient sages, drawing human history up into yourself and connecting with the past.

In this series, expert Cindy Mastry leads you through over 120 poses for partner yoga! You will learn the warrior, table, eagle, mermaid, corpse, child, mountain, and dozens more. She shows you how to use couples or three or more people to optimize your yoga and draw the benefits of working together. For yoga postures, sequences, and transitions, this is the place.

Video Transcript

"Partner yoga is a really fun way to practice whether you've been practicing yoga for sometime or you're new to the practice. If you're new, your partner can really help you come into the poses more deeply so it?s a great way to learn and if you've been practicing yoga for a long time its just a great way to enhance your practice. You just need a partner, it can be anybody, it can be somebody you have barely knows, you can pull somebody off the street if you want or it can be someone you maybe go to gym class with, or any yoga class with, or possibly even your significant other, maybe your spouse. If it?s someone you don't know very well, not only it is a good way to know them better but you can come into the poses a lot deeper because with the help of a partner they assist you into the poses, so it helps with learning. You go to get to know them better. Also if it?s your spouse or significant other then, it allows you to become much more connected, come to a better means of understanding with your partner. If it?s with maybe a fellow yogi, you can bring your energetic vibrations up to a higher level. It?s really a fun way to practice. I hope you like it as much as we do."