Yin Yoga has the power to repair and heal old damage and pain in the physical body . We hold the poses longer to create space, and become more flexible while we heal deep down in the connective tissues. Holding poses for a longer time brings new energy in places that we forgot or never knew about, in the joints, cartilages, muscles, tissues, at the cellular level and this is when the healing process starts inside.
Because the yin practice opens the physical and energetic channels, the healing energy of reiki enters the 3 channels Ida, Shushumna and Pingala activating all chakras.
Holding a pose longer helps with mediation as we focus on the sensations in the body.