Beginners have to prepare the mind first. As a beginner we may have lots of misconception. So, as soon as possible find the good yoga teacher is the best advice.

Do not worry about your body flexibility and strength. Just holding the body by hands or touching floors backwardly is not everything about yoga. It is something different. Everyone can do all the poses with the proper guidance and good practise. Do not think like it is not for me. It is for you. Yes for you and for everyone. Yoga is not strengthening the body; it gives the positive thinking and calms the mind, thus increases the productivity in work and improves the happiness in life.

If you are above 50? Do not worry.

If you cannot stretch or flexible? Do not worry.

If you have any illness? Do not worry.

Yoga is for all. Anyone can practise all the poses and get mastered it.

Lets see few simple yoga poses for beginners:

1. Mountain Pose (Tadasana)
2. Upward Facing Dog (Urdhvamukhasvanasana)
3. Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)
4. Crow Pose (Bakasana)
5. Child’s Pose (Balasana)
6. Pigeon Pose (Ekapadarajakapotasana)
7. Triangle Pose (Trikonasana)
8. Downward Facing Dog (Adhomukhasvanasana)
9. Warrior Pose (Virabhadrasana)
10. Seated Twist (Ardhamatsyendrasana)
11. Tree Pose (Vriksasana)
12. Bridge Pose (Setubhanda)

Note: Never forget that Sun Salutation (Surya Namskar) is the Best solution for beginners. It is simple yet gives lots of benefits. And It gives a good stretch and flexibility to your body, before you start your yoga practise. Another important thing Sun Salutation is, It calms the mind. Thus it prepares and aligns the body and mind for the yoga practise. SO, it is highly recommended to beginners to start with Sun Salutation.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR YOGA POSES FOR BEGINNERS

First and foremost, find a professionally certified good yoga teacher.

Do not rush.

Try to maintain Yogic Diet

Do not drink or eat during the yoga practise.

Do not talk with others.

Be focus, do not distract while practising the yoga.

Wear a comfortable yoga dress

Please be regular and consistent (many beginners give up in a few days. Please do not do this. Please be consistent, you will get the value for it)

Practise yoga daily, will yield the better results.

It’s good to do pose in the morning with empty stomach.

Always listen to your body, and know your limits. While practise, if you find any pain or discomfort, please exit the pose and ask for the expert’s guidance and doctor’s advice.

Yogic diet encourages the sattvic diet (sattvic means ahimsa (non-harming)). It strongly believes that avoiding foods which involves the harming or killing of animals. At the same time Sattvic diets encourages eating foods that are ripened and grown naturally and foods grown harmoniously with nature.

Yogic diet gives all the proteins, minerals and vitamins from the sattvic diet. Yogic diet mainly includes the followings: Vegetables, Legumes, Grains, Nuts, Fruits and Dairy products (except eggs).

Top 10 Foods to Eat in a Yogic Diet

1. You can consume maple, natural, raw sugar and molasses
2. It is good to often drink water with lemon and Herbal teas.
3. It’s good to eat Whole grains. (Particularly wheat, rice and oats)
4. All the Fruits (Particularly naturally sweet fruits)
5. You can take any sweet spices( basil, turmeric, cardamom, mint, cumin, fennel, ginger and cinnamon)
6. Any type of Plant-based oils (sunflower oil, olive oil and sesame)
7. You can replace your snacks with Nuts and seeds ( But make sure that not overly roasted or salted)
8. All the vegetables (garlic and onions are exception)
9. You can eat mung, aduki and Beans

Top 10 Foods to Reduce or Avoid in a Yogic Diet

1. Should not take tobacco, stimulants and Alcohol
2. Avoid Hybrid Foods that are genetically engineered
3. It’s good to avoid the usage of white sugar and White flour.
4. Avoid these kind of foods artificial foods, soda, Processed food, junk food and artificial sweeteners
5. Try to eat sattvic meals and avoid margarine and animal fats
6. Fried foods and Microwaved foods
7. Like I said, please avoid onions, Garlic and any spicy foods
8. Avoid all kind of Canned foods
9. Again, Try to eat sattvic meals and avoid fish and Meat( and eggs also)
10. Avoid overly cooked or salted foods

BENEFITS OF YOGIC DIET

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Focuses on renewal.
• Helps to practise the poses effortlessly.
• Increases the balance.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR YOGIC DIET

Do not eat in a rush.Do not eat in a disturbed environment.The foods should be prepared with positive intention and love

You have to know when to drink more water and when to drink less water.

Yoga is originated from India around 5,000 years ago. (Some research says 10,000 years ago.)The word yoga mentioned in Rig Veda.(Rig Veda is a oldest sacred texts).

The classical yoga pose is defined by the Rishi Patanjali (Father of Yoga). He wrote about Yoga, in his text called “Yoga Sutra” around 2000 years ago.

He organised the yoga practise by the Asthanga (“The Eight Limbs”) to obtain Samathi. Lately, Hatha yoga was introduced. And the modern yoga began from 1880s. Indian Yoga masters travelled all over the world and disseminated the yoga.

In 1983 Swami Vivekananda attracted the attendees with his amazing lectures on the universality and Yoga at Parliament of Religions in Chicago. After this conference world realised the power of yoga.From1920 Hatha Yoga was strongly promoted.

The first Hatha Yoga School opened by T. Krishnamacharya in Mysore in 1924.Sivananda founded the Divine Life Society in 1936.

T.K.V. Desikachar, Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar are the famous Students of Krishnamacharya. Today, yoga has spreaded all over the world with 1000s of schools, franchises and studios.

What is Yoga?

Yoga Is derived from the a Sankrit word Yuj(to unite or to yok).Yoga practise helps to unite the universal consciousness and the individual consciousness.

Yoga Mainly relay on the below Asthanga Practises:

1. Yamas
2. Niyamas
3. Asanas
4. Pranayama
5. Pratyahara
6. Dharana
7. Dhyana
8. Samadhi

In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras yoga is defined as “the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind”.

What is NOT Yoga?

Yoga is not just standing on your hand or standing on your head. It is not just an exercise for the body.But The Term ‘yoga’ has a much wider.In America and most of the western countries yoga is understood as a diverse array of stretching, bending, lifting exercises that originated in India.

Today we can see lots of yoga studios and yoga franchises across the country. Here, Yoga is treating like a money making businesses. Here, anyone can be a professional certified teacher with a 250 hour class. Yoga gives the flexibility, But not limitless.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR YOGA

Practise yoga daily, will yield the better results.

It’s good to do Yoga in the morning with empty stomach.

Always listen to your body, and know your limits. While practise, if you find any pain or discomfort, please exit the pose and ask for the expert’s guidance and doctor’s advice.

Famous Quotes:

Paramahansa Yogananda

“Samadhi reminds the soul of its omnipresence. Experience the state of Samadhi through meditation is thus the way to overcome the ego consciousness”.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“Just a few sittings of Transcendental Meditation will reveal to you what a wealth of bliss, what a wealth of happiness, what a wealth of being you are. So begin to live your inner reality and that is invincibility that is immortality thatis human life.”

Sri Swami Satchidananda

“Calming the mind is Yoga! Not just standing on your head”

Dalai Lama

“If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.”

Deepak Chopra

“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of enteringinto the quiet that’s already there buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.”

James Van Praagh

“The more in tune with your Higher Self, the more you become aware of the light being that you are. When you meditate, you are spending precious time with your Higher Self”

Swami Vivekananda

“May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea”

Mahatma Gandhi

“The mantra becomes one’s staff of life, and carries one through every ordeal. It is no empty repetition. For each repetition has a new meaning, carrying you nearer and nearer to God.”

Ayurveda, Is a combined with 2 Sanskrit word, Ayur (Life) and Veda (Science). It literally means the science of life. Ayurveda is noted in the Ayurveda Veda (One of the 4 Ancient Vedas, five thousand years old) In India, until the recent few decades people fully relayed on the Ayurveda. Ayurveda has instructions to how to maintain health as well as fighting against the illness.

Ayurveda has more than 5000 years of history (Some people believe that, it is passed on to humans from the Gods themselves).Ayurveda is the oldest health system in the world. It consists of philosophy and medicine. Ayurveda is a complete naturalistic system in the branch of medicine.It diagnosis of your body’s humours, by the balance of Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

Ayurveda described in the oldest known texts are,

• CharakaSamhita
• SushrutaSamhita
• AshtangaHrudaya.

All these text states the five elements of the cosmic system such as:

• Earth
• Water
• Air
• Fire
• Space

Influence our individual system, and we have to keeping these elements balanced for a healthy and happy life.Ayurveda states that each person will be influenced by certain elements more than others. This is because of their natural constitution (prakriti).

Ayurveda categorizes into three different doshas:

1. Vatadosha, (air and space elements dominate)
2. Pitta dosha, (fire element dominates)
3. Kaphadosha, (earth and water elements dominate)

The dosha affects bodily tendencies, temperament of emotions and shape.

Ayurvedic Treatment is divided into 2 main categories.

• Shodhana(purificatory therapy)
• Shamana (palliative therapy)

BENEFITS OF AYURVEDA

• It Helps to reduce the stress, depression and anxiety
• Regulates the hormonal balance
• Lowers the Inflammation in an effective way.
• It also good for hormonal, digestive and autoimmune conditions and inflammatory.
• Reduces the body fat. Gives the good shape.
• Detoxifies the body.
• Recovers from Illnesses and the injuries.
• A recent report(published by University of Maryland Medical Center) states that Ayurvedic medicine can help to treat Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia, Herpes, Parkinson’s disease, Anxiety or depression, Asthma, Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and cramps, Cancer, Dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation) Premenopausal problems and High blood pressure or cholesterol.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR AYURVEDA

Do not skip the breakfast. Opt for healthy food like vegetables and fruits. Improve your eating habits. Do not experiment all by your own. Know your digestive power and limits. It is always good to get help of an expert in Auyrveda.

Restorative yoga is mainly developed by the great legend B.K.S. Iyengar (Pune in India). He is known as the father of the modern yoga. It typically involves only 5 to 6 poses, supported by the props. Those props will allow you to rest and relax completely. Mostly, restorative pose includes gentle backbends, light twists and seated forward folds. Duration for restorative practice is five or more minutes.

It is a therapeutic style of yoga. It helps the body to practise some poses easily with the help of props. The props help to get more relaxation in the poses. So, in Restorative yoga you can practise the pose with no effort and no movement thus quiets the brain. We can practise the poses for longer time in Restorative yoga.

In this modern fast lifestyle, we push and over stimulate ourselves the nervous system. This Restorative yoga helps to balance our body and mind from this fast racing mind-set. Today most of the yoga classes teach this Restorative yoga practises.

Few Restorative Yoga Poses:

1. Reclining Hero Pose (SuptaVirasana)
2. Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose (Supta Padangusthasana)
3. Corpse Pose (Savasana)
4. Reclining Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana)
5. Child’s Pose (Balasana)
6. Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose (Viparita Karani)

BENEFITS OF SIVANANDA YOGA

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Focuses on renewal.
• Helps to practise the poses effortlessly.
• Increases the balance.
• Restorative pose soothes the nervous system.
• Quiets stills and calms the mind.
• helps to release the tension
• Reduces the depression.
• It encourages the mindfulness.
• Helps to increase the attention.
• It helps to keep focus on your breath.
• Releases the tension by using the breath as a tool.
• Cures many stress related diseases.
• Helps to pay fewer attentions to body and more attention to the mind.
• Helps to deepen the self-awareness
• Great pose to recover from chronically illness.
• Increases the immune system.
• Helps to enhance the mood states.
• Helps to create the deliberateness of action
• Connects you to the spiritual world.
• Gives the deep relaxation.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR SIVANANDA YOGA

Practise this yoga daily, will yield the better results.

It’s good to do this pose in the morning with empty stomach.

Always listen to your body, and know your limits. While practise, if you find any pain or discomfort, please exit the pose and ask for the expert’s guidance and doctor’s advice.

What Is Integrative Yoga Therapy?

According to Le Page Integrative Yoga Therapy is: “The skill set is muchmore extensive, not only as far as the communication [with the client] but also the ability to make modifications and the understanding of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and yoga philosophy as it relates to health and healing and to the nervous system. We give students the principles and the tools, the foundation and the direction, so they can develop their own treatment protocols for each unique individual.”

Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) it is the yoga-based therapeutic system. It was recently acquired by Kripalu Centre. It creates strong commitment to the field of health care.

Joseph Le developed this Integrative yoga therapy in 1993. For the past 20 years Kripalu has hosted the many IYT programs. Integrative yoga therapy is an emerging field in the western countries. In India, They are using this as a preventative medicine for more than thousand years.

The new Yoga Alliance policy limited the use of the terms “yoga therapist” and “yoga therapy” by its registered schools and teachers. It highlights the importance of the accreditation work being done by the IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists).

His goal is to keep expanding and improving the program, to take it to new levels of professionalism, Le Page says. He is also developing the “comprehensive yoga hospital” at Enchanted Mountain Yoga Centre in Brazil.

Yoga Therapy has seven modules that take 800 hours professional yoga therapist certification. So far 3,000 IYT graduates are working in mental health settings, wellness centres and hospitals and many places.

Note:

Integrative Yoga Therapy offers the 4 training sites and the basic tuition fee starts at $4,500 approximately.

List of Accredited Yoga Therapy Training Programs by IAYT(3 years period).

1. Program: Ajna Yoga Therapy (CAN)
2. Program: Viniyoga Therapist Training Program (USA)
3. Program: AnandaYogaTM Therapy Program (USA)
4. Program: Clinical Yoga Therapy (USA)
5. Program: Essential Yoga Therapy’s Therapist Training Program (USA)
6. Program: Functional Synergy Yoga Therapy (CAN)
7. Program: International Kundalini Yoga Therapeutic Practitioner Training (USA)
8. Program: Yoga Therapist Training Program (CAN)
9. Program: Inner Peace Yoga Therapy Certification Program (USA)
10. Program: Integrative Yoga Therapy   (BRA and USA)
11. Program: Kula Kamala Yoga Professional Yoga Therapist Certification Program (USA)
12. Program: Master of Science in Yoga Therapy (USA)
13. Program: Niroga Institute Yoga Therapy Training Program (USA)
14. Program: Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Training Program (USA)
15. Program: Sattva Therapy® Yoga Therapy Diploma Program (USA)
16. Program: Soul of Yoga Institute Yoga Therapy Program (USA)
17. Program: Spanda Yoga Movement Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training   (USA)
18. Program: Stress Management Center Yoga Therapy Program   (USA)
19. Program: Diploma of Yoga Therapy (NZL)
20. Program: Long Island Institute for Yoga Therapy’s Yoga Therapy Training Program   (USA)
21. Program: YATNA (Yoga as Therapy North America)   (USA)
22. Program: Comprehensive Yoga Therapy at YogaLife Institute (USA)
23. Program: Yoga North Yoga Therapy Certification Program (USA)
24. Program: Certified Yoga Therapist 1000 Hour Diploma Program (CAN)
25. Program: Yoga Therapy RX Levels I, II, III, IV, Intro to Ayurveda, Yoga, & Social Ecology (USA)

Program: Yoga Vaidya Post Graduate Diploma in Yoga Therapy (IND)

BENEFITS OF INTEGRATIVE YOGA THERAPY (IYT)

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Helps to cure any addiction.
• Cures the Hypertension
• Emphasizes the self-acceptance and self-love.
• Quiets stills and calms the mind.
• helps to release the tension
• Reduces the depression.
• It encourages the mindfulness.
• Helps to increase the attention.
• Cures many stress related diseases.
• Helps to deepen the self-awareness.
• Improves the digestive disorders
• Great pose to recover from chronically illness.
• Increases the immune system.
• Helps to enhance the mood states.
• Helps to create the deliberateness of action
• Connects you to the spiritual world.
• Gives the deep relaxation.
• Cures the low-back pain.
• Removes the stress and anxiety.

Sivananda yoga was developed by Swami Sivananda. It is a non-proprietary form of hatha yoga. It focuses on preserving the wellness and health of the practitioner. Sivananda training emphasizes the full yogic breathing and frequent relaxation.

The Method followed in Sivananda training system is, decrease chance of disease and retain the vitality of your body.Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre is located in Chennai. It offers workshops, daily classes and courses with the very reasonable price, 3000 INR per person for the beginning level yoga classes. It works with the five principles described below.

Practise starts with the demonstrations and explanations of asanas, then breathing techniques (pranayama), then proper relaxation, proper diet (healthy and vegetarian) and meditation and positive thinking. And then the 12 basic postures lastly sunsalutation (suryanamaskar).

Five main principles:

Proper exercise: Asanas

Proper breathing: Pranayama

Proper relaxation: Savasana

Proper diet: Vegetarian. (Limited to sattvic foods)

Positive thinking and meditation: Dhyana and Vedanta

Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar):

The Sun Salutation has 12 sequences of poses. It helps to stretching the body and expanding the chest to regulate the breathing. Regular practise will bring great flexibility to your joints and spine. It prepares the whole body and the mind for the Asanas.

12 Basic Asanas (Yogic Postures):

1. Sirshasana (Headstand Pose)
2. Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Pose)
3. Halasana (Plough Pose)
4. Matsyasana( Fish Pose)
5. Paschimothanasana (Sitting Forward bend Pose)
6. Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
7. Shalabhasana (Locust Pose)
8. Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
9. ArdhaMatsyendrasana (Spinal twist Pose)
10. Kakasana (Crow Pose) or Mayurasana (Peacock Pose)
11. PadaHasthasana (Standing forward bend Pose)
12. Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)

These asanas help to increase the flexibility and gives the good stretching throughout the body.

BENEFITS OF SIVANANDA YOGA

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Quiets stills and calms the mind.
• helps to release the tension
• Reduces the depression.
• Improves the digestive disorders
• Increases the immune system.
• Gives the deep relaxation.
• Cures the low-back pain.
• Removes the stress and anxiety.
• Stretches the entire body.
• Strengthens the major parts of the body.
• Stimulates the abdominal organs. Thus improves the digestion system.
• Increases the oxygen intake.
• Opens the chest, shoulders and hips.
• Increases the flexibility.

Anusara yoga is founded by John Friend in 1997. This style was derived from Iyengar style by John Friend. It is a modern-day Hatha yoga system. The basic philosophy for Anusara yoga is that life is a gift that we are invited to celebrate and remember in the yoga practice and the life.Anusara means “flowing with grace,” “going with the flow,” “following your heart.”

It is a fast-growing and popular style. Anusara yoga emphasises on the Tantric philosophy with universal principles of alignment.

It helps to focus to experience the joy and bliss in the daily life and the yoga practice.

Philosophy & Principles

It gives you guidelines on how to align the mind, heart and the body.It draws from Shiva-Shakti tantra,the Bhagavad Gita and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and from some other classic Indian texts.In a way that provides bothintegration and safe opening so circulation is optimal and strength,good health and wellbeing are fostered.Yoga is about finding our canter. These principles are tools to guide you into balance.

The Practice of Anusara Yoga:

Due to the Universal principles of Alignment, Anusara yoga is designed for students of any level or ability. In Anusara Yoga there are over 250 poses. Most yoga classes ends with the meditation.

In Anusara yoga, teachers instruct the proper usage of the principles of alignment will generally not “fix” student poses, in terms of alignment.

The Three A’s:

• Attitude
• Alignment
• Action

These are the Three A’s.Anusara Yoga practise categorized into 3 parts, known as the Three A’s

Focal Points:

1. Pelvic Focal Point (located in the core of the pelvis).
2. Heart Focal Point (situated at the bottom of the heart).
3. Upper Palate Focal Point (found at the roof of the mouth).

Anusara’salignment highlights 3 Focal Points in our body. In any given pose, only one Focal Point is active (nearest the most weight-bearing part of the pose).

7 Energy Loops:

1. Ankle Loop
2. Shin Loop
3. Thigh Loop
4. Pelvic Loop
5. Kidney Loop
6. Shoulder Loop
7. Skull Loop

These are the 7 energy loops noticed by John Friend.

BENEFITS OF ANUSARA YOGA

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Improves the flexibility.
• Focuses on renewal.
• Increases the balance.
• Calms the mind.
• helps to release the tension
• Reduces the depression.
• Cures many stress related diseases.
• Increases the immune system.
• Connects you to the spiritual world.
• Gives the deep relaxation.
• Increases the blood flow.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR ANUSARA YOGA

Practise this yoga daily, will yield the better results.

It’s good to do this pose in the morning with empty stomach.

Always listen to your body, and know your limits. While practise, if you find any pain or discomfort, please exit the pose and ask for the expert’s guidance and doctor’s advice.

The Jivamukti Yoga method created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984. It is a proprietary style of yoga. Jivamukti is a spiritual, ethical and physical practice. And it combines with vigorous hatha yoga and vinyasa-based physical styles with adherence to the following five central tenets:

1. shastra (scripture)
2. bhakti (devotion)
3. ahimsa (nonviolence, non-harming)
4. nāda (music)
5. dhyana (meditation).

It emphasizes the environmentalism, Animal rights, social activism and veganism. Jivamukti Yoga is very popular in the celebrity circles.

Jivamukti is the combination of the Sanskrit words Jiva (individual living soul) and mukti (moksa or liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth).So, Jivamukti is defined as “liberation while living”.

Jivamukti yoga class has the following sections:

1. Open Classes
2. Magic Ten
3. Basic Classes
4. Beginner Vinyasa
5. Spiritual Warrior
6. In-Classes Private (ICP)

Open Classes: It is open to any level of students, from the beginners to expert level students. That why it is called as Open classes. It is advisable to attend Basic Vinyasa classes first, before attending this class.

Magic Ten: It is a series of simple 10 exercises. We can practise this in 10 minutes. It helps to warm-up the body, before enter into the asana class.

Basic classes: It is a fundamental course. It needs 4 weeks.

• 1st week: standing Poses(asanas)
• 2nd week: forward bending Poses(asanas)
• 3rd week: backward bending Poses(asanas)
• 4th week: inversions, meditation and “putting it all together.”

Beginner Vinyasa: The design of this class in jivamukti yoga is to provide the basics of how Vinyasa works. Vinyasa method is involving the practise of physical poses (Asana).

Spiritual Warrior: The purpose of this class in jivamukti is to give a solution for the busy people, who can spend only an hour to practise. It is a fast paced class. It helps to get inshape. It includes,

• asana warm-up
• chanting
• setting of intention
• suryanamaskar
• standing poses
• backbends
• forward bends
• twists
• inversions
• meditation
• relaxation

In-Classes Private (ICP): It is a one to one training for the student. There will be one teacher for one student.

BENEFITS OF JIVAMUKTI YOGA

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Increases the balance.
• Improves the flexibility
• Calms the mind.
• Helps to release the tension.
• Stimulates the inner organs.
• Reduces the depression.
• It encourages the mindfulness.
• Helps to increase the attention.
• Increases the immune system.
• Connects you to the spiritual world.
• Gives the deep relaxation.
• Increases the blood flow.
• Improves the working of digestion system
• Strengthens and stretches the muscles.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR JIVAMUKTI YOGA

Practise this yoga daily, will yield the better results.

It’s good to do this pose in the morning with empty stomach.

Always listen to your body, and know your limits. While practise, if you find any pain or discomfort, please exit the pose and ask for the expert’s guidance and doctor’s advice.

Two American yoga teachers created the Power Yoga Bryan Kest (Los Angeles) and Beryl Bender Birch(New York). Unlike other yoga types, Power Yoga does not have any specific sequence. Power yoga style is designed for the experienced students. It is a full body workout. It helps to move continuously and dynamically with your breath for heating. It could be challenging for the beginners.It is a fitness-based and vigorous approach to the vinyasa style yoga. It is also called as Gym Yoga. Power Yoga is closely modelled on the Ashtangayoga style.

Power Yoga has the flexibility to teach any poses in any order and It making the every class in a different order. It takes the athleticism of Ashtanga yoga style, including the lots of vinyasa yoga style. Power yoga focuses on the flexibility and strength. So, in the western peoples brought power yoga into the gyms of America and other countries. Then people start to see yoga as another way to work out.

Power Yoga is like an aerobic workout and normal exercise; here yoga postures practise will be fast and continuous.

BENEFITS OF POWER YOGA

• Relaxes the body and mind.
• Increases the balance.
• Detoxifies the body.
• Power yoga can heal problems like acidity.
• Great yoga method to lose weight.
• It helps to burn more calories.
• Regulates the menstrual problems.
• Best yoga style to get fit.
• Eliminates the toxins through sweat.
• Helps to reduce the hypertension.
• Strengthens the body.
• Increases the body flexibility.
• Helps to increases the stamina and strength.
• Regulates the blood circulation.
• Improves the concentration.
• Calms the mind.
• Reduces the depression.
• It encourages the mindfulness.
• Helps to increase the attention.
• Cures many stress related diseases.
• Increases the immune system.
• Connects you to the spiritual world.
• Gives the deep relaxation.

DO’S, DONT’S & TIPS FOR POWER YOGA

Practise this power yoga style daily, will yield the better results.

It’s must to do this pose in the morning with empty stomach.

Always listen to your body, and know your limits. While practise, if you find any pain or discomfort, please exit the pose and ask for the expert’s guidance and doctor’s advice.

Pregnant ladies please practise under the expert’s guidance.

Before start this powerful practise, consult with your doctor, and know your limitation. Do not rush; practise with in your limits.