🩵 Relax and stretch with me at Yin Hour on Tuesday April 7th.

🌀 Time: 9am California | 12pm New York | 5pm London

🦋 Details and Zoom link:
https://devidalyyoga.com/programs/20260407-live-yin-yoga-class

💙 Watch the recording: https://devidalyyoga.com/categories/live

I have exciting news about a project I've been quietly working on for the past year. My first "book"—the Chair Yoga Deck—is finally available to order.

This deck is your key to healthy movement – wherever you are, and whatever your level of ability.

This deck makes a perfect addition to your home wellness toolkit, and  it also makes a great gift item.

It can help build confidence in your body while supporting you in establishing an easy self-care habit. Chair yoga is great for older adults, desk workers, and anyone looking to bring a healthy habit into everyday life.

The deck has big, beautifully illustrated cards for diverse users. It includes a booklet to guide you through the basics, plus 30 suggested sequences categorized into 5 difficulty levels, from beginner-friendly to more experienced.

How We Made It

For this project, I teamed up with illustrator Kate Francis whose skillful hand brought out the details of the poses, making them clear and instructional while also representing the diversity of people who will benefit from this practice.

We were incredibly lucky to team up with Penguin Random House, who published the deck because they saw that I have 25 years of experience teaching yoga with an emphasis on making yoga accessible to all ages and ability levels.

Why Ordering TODAY Matters 

With this being my first-ever publication, I'm told that your early orders and reviews will make a HUGE difference to the success of the deck. They determine so many things, including whether large retailers will stock the deck in-store, how many copies bookstores will order, and whether mainstream media outlets will decide to cover a book about chair yoga.

Order Your Copy Here

You can order NOW from Amazon or any of the bookstores on the Penguin Random House page, or you can call your local bookstore and ask to order there.

Thank you! 

I so appreciate the support I receive from this community every day. Thank you for watching my YouTube videos, subscribing to my app, leaving comments, and sharing the videos with family and friends... this stuff matters so much and it's the reason I keep doing it.  

What’s one pose you avoid (or feel resistant to), and what do you think is underneath that?
Could be physical sensation, skeletal limitations, boredom, emotions, or not knowing if you’re doing it “right.”

I received some valuable feedback on today's calendar video – a faster-paced, more dynamic class. It's a bit of an outlier on this site because of how challenging it is, and it was an unpleasant surprise for at least one person.

As you may know, the classes on the yoga calendar are generally quite accessible and easy to follow. However, for variety I try to include at least one dynamic/challenging practice each week. If you ever want to check, scan the video page for the class level, where you'll see "Beginners & All Levels" or "Intermediate/Experienced." 

I recorded this particular video five years ago as an "Intermediate" practice during my first year in building this membership site. At the time, the site included a broader mix of styles. Since then, it's become more yin-focused, and I've tried to keep those older, more athletic classes off the daily calendar. 

Today's video still made its way into the calendar – possibly because I'd given it a misleading title: "Yin Yang Yoga Flow." To fix that, I've just changed the name to Yang Yoga Flow, I've changed the thumbnail, and I've recategorized it in the Yang Yoga category. Even though there are some yin poses at the end, this class shouldn't have had the word "Yin" in the title. 

With over 300 classes in the catalog now, I sometimes lose track! Which is why this kind of feedback from members is really helpful. If you ever think any other class has a misleading title, level, or thumbnail, don't hesitate to let me know.

Thank you Marc Elmlund for giving your helpful and honest feedback. 🙏

By popular request, I've made a 20 minute version of the DAILY FASCIA STRETCH video, with the same routine as last month's 15-Min Daily Fascia Stretch, but with 1-minute holds for each pose instead of 43 seconds. Both are evidence-based routines for full-body flexibility: Do the 15-min version every day, or do the 20-min version five days a week. Enjoy, and let me know which you prefer!

Join me for Yin Hour this week ✨ 

This Tuesday and every first Tuesday of the month, we gather on Zoom for our live community practice. Get ready for a slow full body stretch followed by meditation and discussion. Join us live or watch the recording –
https://devidalyyoga.com/programs/20260203-yin-hour

It's a wrap! The complete Yin Yoga Foundations program is now available in the membership.

I know some of you are still making your way through it, which is totally fine since it's a self-paced program. Wherever you are in the journey, I appreciate your participation in this member-exclusive launch. It's been really exciting for me to present this system of archetypes to you, since it really  dives into the core philosophy behind the magic of Yin.

I'm especially pleased about the final Day 9 video: Yin Extravaganza. The videos for days 1-8 involved much more talking than we normally expect in a Yinin class—but Day 9 makes up for it. It's a 40-minute video that brings it all together. This is a video you can return to anytime you want a purely functional Yin practice with minimal cues. It's a full body session where every pose is yogi's choice, incorporating what you learn in days 1-8.

There's so much more to Yin than being able to achieve specific poses, and this program is essential for anyone who wants to truly learn. It's now an evergreen program in the membership for those who are ready to practice with more intelligence, intuition, and creativity.

I've received a number of questions over these nine days, and I'm beginning to round them up to make a supplemental Q&A video. Feel free to share any additional thoughts, suggestions or questions below. ✨