Fitness Or Spirituality-know Which Yoga Style You Need
Traditional yoga styles like Ashtanga, Lyengar and Shivananda are already known to regular practitioners
. However, the newer styles like TriYoga or Viniyoga would still confuse many people as to which would serve fitness or spirituality needs. It would help to be acquainted with the various styles and discover which are physically challenging or relaxing.
Hatha Yoga is the basic style from which current styles evolved. Basically, its practice is an coordination of the asanas, the breathing exercises and purification rituals together with meditation and deep relaxation. Customarily, the postures are kept for long times and in a meditative atmosphere.
Anusara Yoga emphasizes an attitude that affirms life and grounded on the heart. This style is based on the principle of proper alignment and that a joyful and receptive performance enhance the positive outcomes of the asanas.
Ashtanga-Vinyasa is a dynamic and forceful style emphasizing breathing techniques, composed of six particular strings of poses with some elements of movement by which each pose progresses from the stationary traditional poses.
The Bikram Yoga style is made of a run of 24 postures and two breathing exercises designed to bolster power, agility and balance. This style differs from others with its requirement to be performed in a room heated as high as 40 degrees Celsius, in order to produce more sweat to rid the body of toxins. This created the common term of Hot Yoga for this style.
Integral Yoga is a mixture of asanas, breathing techniques, deep relaxation and meditation as a comprehensive practice with a spiritual orientation.
Iyengar Yoga is popular for its extensive utilization of props, among these are chairs, blocks, belts, with a lot of attention on details and centering on proper alignment. Newcomers are instructed in detail and also provided with basic information as to its health benefits.
The style of Jivamukti Yoga got its name from the Sanskrit translation of jivamukti, which is "liberation of the soul. This style has a spiritual inclination and is more traditional than others and is performed in particular progressions of asanas that are held for a long time, going on segue from one to the next in an energetic and flowing manner. It also encourages a vegetarian lifestyle and environmental consciousness.
Kripalu Yoga, or its alternative term, Amrit Yoga is a mutually healing and mystical style. A gentle practice, its goal is to calm the mind and develop an attitude of open acceptance of the self and ones performance.
Kundalini Yoga is a very active and intense style which goal is to rouse the power of the serpent Kundalini which is located at the base of the spinal column. This style also holds the asanas for long periods and emphasizes breathing techniques.
Power Yoga is an easy, vibrant and accurate adaptation of Ashtanga. Its objective is to cultivate stamina, vigour and health. It is described as 'about feeling good, not just looking good.
Sivananda Yoga brings together the principles of exercise (asana), breathing (pranayama), relaxation (savasana), vegetarian lifestyle and meditation.
TriYoga is a mixture of asanas, pranayama and mudras (sacred hand gestures) with fluid segues of strings of asanas.
One healing style is Viniyoga, focusing on breathing-movement harmony. The asanas are modified according to the practitioner's age and physical state and also done for long periods.
Vinyasa Flow style is made of instant asanas which progress from one to the next in certain easy movements harmonized with breathing techniques. These flows are designed for better vitality and flexibility, putting the mind at rest and creating spiritual awareness and healing. This style is an adaptation from the traditional Ashtanga-Vinyasa yoga styles.
by: Linda Adams
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