Yoga Philosophy
So much of the practice of yoga is an inward journey. The great yoga masters teach that everything you could ever want already exists within you. All of the health, joy. Love, wisdom, knowledge, creativity and abundance are inside, and you just have to tap into them. Ultimately, then, this book was created to connect you to the greatest teacher who ever existed: the teacher within you!
Yoga Story
There’s a beautiful story about a remote village high in the mountains of northern Thailand. The village’s prized possession was a luminous Buddha statue made of solid gold. One day. The villagers faced the imminent threat of an invading army. In an act of desperation, they gathered together to bury and cover the statue with mud, dirt, rock and stone. When the army came, the statue went undiscovered, but the invaders took the entire village.
After many, many years had passed, and a new group had settled in the same area, a young girl playing by herself noticed a shaft of light out of the corner of her eye. She went to investigate the source of this golden light and started to peel away at the hardened dirt. As she clawed away at the mud, more light began to spill out. In a state of wonder and excitement, she called out to the rest of the villagers, Quickly, everyone began to help excavate the statue from the rubble, and eventually. The statue was restored to its original glory. The moral of the story is that in our yoga practice, we are not trying to obtain something that doesn’t already exist within.
Yoga Class
Vinyasa
Vinyasa Yoga is also known as Flow yoga. Where one is moving all the time. Linking breathe to movement. One moves on every inhale and exhale. While focusing on transitions and moving into the next pose.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is where you move through a sequence and hold every pose of a minimum of five breaths. Where we challenge the mind and body focusing on the breath.
Bikram Yoga
Bikram yoga is based on Hatha yoga where you hold the poses. It consists of 26 poses and 2 breathing techniques. This for of yoga is great for beginners. As it’s always the same poses in the same order. So you can get a sense of your progression.
Holistic Power
This can be incorporated to all styles of yoga. As it brings the understanding that everyone is different and everyone’s body. Motivating everyone no matter their experience to enjoy the class and do their best. Bringing yoga into the 20th century.
