WHICH YOGA STYLE SUITS YOU BEST?


1. Ashtanga Yoga

Ashtanga

If you are a methodic, analytical person who loves to learn new things. Also, you want a workout to sweat it out on your yoga mat. In Sanskrit Ashtanga is translated as “Eight Limb path.” Ashtanga yoga involves a physically demanding sequence of postures.
Ashtanga starts with five sun salutation A’s and five sun salutation B’s and then moves into a series of standing and floor postures. In Mysore, India, people gather to practice this form of yoga together at their own pace—if you see Mysore-led Ashtanga, it’s expected of you to know the series.


2. Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini

If you’re an artsy person (interested in chanting), spiritually inclined, and not very focused on anatomy. Kundalini yoga practice is equal parts spiritual and physical. This style is all about releasing the kundalini energy in your body said to be trapped, or coiled, in the lower spine.
These classes really work your core and breathing with fast-moving, invigorating postures and breath exercises. These classes are pretty intense and can involve chanting, mantra, and meditation.


3. Vinyasa Yoga

Vinyasa

If you are wanting to get your heart rate up and sweat a little bit, let go of your thoughts and just move in different ways. Vinyasa means “to place in a special way” and in this case yoga postures. Vinyasa is the most athletic yoga style. Vinyasa was adapted from Ashtanga yoga in the 1980s. In Vinyasa classes, the movement is coordinated with your breath and movement to flow from one pose to another.
Many types of yoga can also be considered Vinyasa flows such as Ashtanga, power yoga, and prana. Vinyasa styles can vary depending on the teacher, and there can be many different types of poses in different sequences. I personally teach an alignment-based style of vinyasa and choreograph new flows every time, but I also like to hold some of the poses a bit longer after warming up.

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