Yoga Styles
Bikram yoga is done in a room heated to 40°C for 90 minutes and consists of a 26-asana series, where each posture is repeated twice, designed to scientifically warm and stretch muscles, ligaments and tendons in a set order…
Ashtanga means the “eight limbed path” – the eight limbs which guide us toward the ultimate experience of samadhi or oneness with the divine. Laid down by Patanjali, the great yogi philosopher, it includes the Yamas, Niyamas, Asanas, Pranayama, Pratihara, Dharama, Dhyana and Samadhi. Ashtanga yoga uses a prescribed sequence of asanas that are linked with the breath…
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Satyananda Yoga is a term given to the teachings of Swami Satyananda who received the mission to teach yoga “from shore to shore and door to door” from his Guru Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh…
Kundalini yoga classes are a dynamic experience of postures, pranayama, mantra, music and meditation, teaching you the art of relaxation, self-healing and elevation. Through the practice of Kundalini yoga and meditation, the creative potential is heightened. Inner vitality replaces the adverse effects of stress…
Kriya yoga is “union (yoga) with the infinite through a certain action or rite”. A yogi who faithfully follows this technique is gradually freed from the universal chain of causation, it is believed. Kriya yoga mentally directs life energy (prana) to revolve, upward and downward, and around the six spinal centres. A half minute of revolution of energy around the sensitive spinal cord equals one year of natural spiritual development…
ISHTA is an acronym for the “Integrated Science of Hatha Tantra and Ayurveda” and is a physical and spiritual form of yoga that addresses the individual needs of each student who practices it.
Iyengar’s teachings are deeply grounded in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that deal with the physical, moral, mental and spiritual wellbeing of man – often referred to as Raja Yoga…
At the Sivananda School of Yoga every practice in yoga sadhana (spiritual curriculum) is considered to be a function in support of yoga’s only purpose – mokshya, that is, liberation from reincarnation and other effects of nascence via God realisation…
Yoga might have originated in India over five thousand years ago, but over time its vast language and diverse nature has been fashioned and interpreted in many different ways. According to Kavi Yogiraj Mani Finger, the word “yoga” itself means “union”, “one”, and “to yoke”. He further enlightens that “out of this very same one, came the many – all kinds of yoga – and finally, the many, becomes that one that you find works for you.”
