: the feminine passive principle in nature that in Chinese cosmology is exhibited in darkness, cold, or wetness and that combines with yang to produce all that comes to be
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Pick between five styles—vinyasa, hatha, gentle, restorative, and yin—and curate a flow based on your experience level.
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Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025
Stay after class or double up for a couple of classes (a flow followed by a yin, for example).
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
Its lavish tasting menu, a parade of intricate small plates, is a fine-dining yin to Chez Noir's bistro-esque yang.
—Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2024
The guard and the center, pick-and-roll partners, also balanced each other perfectly emotionally, with Conley’s steady calm the yin to Gasol’s yang.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 7 Apr. 2024
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Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2025
Stay after class or double up for a couple of classes (a flow followed by a yin, for example).
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
Its lavish tasting menu, a parade of intricate small plates, is a fine-dining yin to Chez Noir's bistro-esque yang.
—Lizbeth Scordo, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2024
The guard and the center, pick-and-roll partners, also balanced each other perfectly emotionally, with Conley’s steady calm the yin to Gasol’s yang.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Yin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yin. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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