September 20th, 2009 Peaceful, serene, strong, relaxed, pure — this is how you will feel after participating in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. This ancient method is based around the idea of “flow” and connected movements. Like most forms of this type of therapy, it’s not just a series of “stretches” or exercises — but rather, a combination of philosophy, [...]
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September 16th, 2009 What's the difference between Hatha yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga please? Hatha yoga, pronounced, also known as Hatha vidya, is a particular system of Yoga introduced by Yogi Swatmarama, a sage of 15th century India, and compiler of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. In this treatise Swatmarama introduces Hatha Yoga as 'a stairway to the heights [...]
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September 12th, 2009 The term Ashtanga historically refers to the ‘eight limbs’ of yoga, a system derived from the writings of the mystic Patanjali. The yoga known in the West as Ashtanga, however, refers to something else – and that is the active, flowing style of yoga popularized by Pattabhi Jois. Jois’ yoga is often referred to as [...]
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September 8th, 2009 Ashtanga Yoga For Beginners The Basics of Ashtanga Yoga The word yoga has become synonymous with stretching exercises and the image of a person deep in though while posing with both legs kept together and the yes close. This may be basically true but this is not the whole truth of yoga. In fact, there [...]
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September 6th, 2009 The Three Categories Of Ashtanga Yoga Sanskrit by nature, Ashtanga means “eight limbs”. So in yoga practice, Ashtanga refers primarily to the eight limbs of yoga that is detailed in one of the greatest books of India, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. This relaxation technique was first introduced in the public centuries ago in India, [...]
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September 4th, 2009 Tips To Learn Yoga Online Like many other things, you can learn yoga online too. With the advent of the Internet, online learning has picked up pace and most of us are interested to learn any art whenever we can spare the time for it and also without spending a cent. Keeping the need of [...]
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September 1st, 2009 I hope you’ve been enjoying my posts lately. I thought I might do something different today and rustle up a few bits of info from around the WWW. These are some of the news items and blog posts that have been popular over the last few weeks. Leave me your thoughts. Yoga 101: what kinds [...]
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