Did you know that yin yoga can be even more nourishing? This yin yoga practice with affirmations takes your experience deeper by inviting you to absorb confidence-boosting affirmations while you linger in hip and heart-opening poses. In just 20 minutes, you’ll have the space to truly settle, let the affirmations sink in, and explore what confidence feels like in your body.
Practice Affirmations in Yin Yoga Poses for Extra ✨
This yin yoga practice is an invitation to soften into stillness, open your heart, and trust your path—both on and off the mat.
Reclined Butterfly – I Am Open to Possibilities
Settle into reclined butterfly by bringing the soles of your feet together and letting your knees fall wide toward the edges of your mat. You can place blocks under your thighs for support or let gravity do the work. If you’d like to create a heart-opening variation, lay back over a bolster or rolled blanket along the length of the spine to lift the chest.
Make yourself as cozy as possible. Drape a blanket over your body, soften your gaze, and let your breath slow.
As you rest, repeat the affirmation: I am open to possibilities.
Be open to the unexpected, to ideas you haven’t yet considered, and to the endless possibilities that are available to you. Stay here for 3-5 minutes, soaking in this awareness.
When you’re ready, draw your hands to the outside of your thighs and gently guide your legs back together. If you were using a prop under your back, roll to one side and remove it before coming back to lay flat on your back.
Supported Bridge – I Am Supported in My Decisions
Bend your knees and bring your feet to the mat. Lift your hips just enough to slide a block, bolster, or cushion under your sacrum, the space between your lower spine and tailbone. Let your body fully relax into this supported bridge pose.
Your arms can rest wide by your sides, on your torso, or anywhere that feels comfortable and grounding.
As you settle, focus on the affirmation: I am supported in my decisions.
Imagine that you could never make a wrong decision—how would that change how you move through life? Let this knowing settle deep into your being, like a truth you are integrating from the inside out.
Stay for 3-4 minutes, then slowly remove the prop and lower your spine gently back down to the mat.
Sphinx Pose – I Recognize My Potential
Roll onto your belly and prop yourself up onto your forearms in sphinx pose, with elbows beneath or slightly forward of your shoulders. Let your belly and hips melt into the mat, relaxing completely. Widen your legs if needed to ease any tension in the lower back.
Breathe deeply as you repeat: I recognize my potential.
You are capable, worthy, and full of potential—just as you are. If you often see the potential in others, can you take a moment to turn that light toward yourself?
Hold for 3-4 minutes, then lower down, stacking your hands under your forehead. Let your hips softly sway side to side or draw your heels towards your bum windshield wiper your legs to release tension.
Hero Pose – I Surrender to My Divine Timeline
Press up to a kneeling position. If sitting on your heels is uncomfortable, place a block between your feet to sit on. For knee comfort, fold a blanket or your mat under your knees for support.
Stay here or add intensity by leaning back and bringing your hands behind you. Lift your hips slightly and roll your tailbone forward. If it feels good, you can lower onto elbows or even fully recline, using props under your hands, elbows, or the length of your spine.
Wherever you land, breathe into the affirmation: I surrender to my divine timeline.
It’s easy to feel frustrated when things don’t happen as quickly as we want. But just like in this pose, where intensity can arise, see if you can soften into it instead.
Do your best to stay for 3-4 minutes, allowing yourself to release resistance and trust in the unfolding of your path.
When you’re ready, slowly press yourself back up, sitting tall and pausing to notice the shift in your energy.
Rabbit Pose – Counter Pose
From kneeling, bring your hands to your heels, ankles, or calves, wherever it feels comfortable to reach to. Tuck your chin and round your spine forward, lifting your hips slightly as the top of your head lightly touches the mat.
Release slowly, sitting back onto your heels before shifting into a seated position.
Savasana – I Am
Extend your legs long, letting your body fully expand in savasana. If you’d like, place blocks or a bolster under your knees for extra support, or drape a blanket over your body to stay warm.
As you settle, let the final affirmation wash over you: I am.
I am here. I am at peace. I am who I am.
Breathe in the fullness of your existence, just as you are in this moment.
What’s next?
- What affirmation did you love? Or which one resonated the most? How can you remind yourself of this affirmation more often? I share my favorite tips for using affirmations plus additional confidence affirmations here.
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