Sunday, July 27, 2014

Hitchhiker's guide to yoga


Hitchhiker's guide to yogaThe basis on which created dozens of different schools of yoga is Hatha yoga. Its Creator sage Patanjali, a few thousand years ago was a serious philosophical system of interaction between body and mind, and called his work "Yoga-Sutra". On the basis of the "Yoga sutras of Patanjali subsequently appeared in many systems, and most of them, having essentially the same basis, the details often contradict each other. This does not prevent all schools to coexist and to attract adherents and followers. In the Sanskrit word "yoga" means "connection", and despite the current confusion in interpretations of the basics of yoga, the majority of schools, which survived to our days, the same benefit millions of newcomers who have decided to build a new life around the rubber Mat.


Almost every school of yoga develops classes for persons with special needs.




So, in yoga there is a special section of yoga therapy, aimed at solving health problems in women as well as men. It is no secret that yoga helps to restore hormonal background, works wonders with the spine, results in normal functional operation of all bodies and is a proven tool for preserving youth.




When you pass the first lessons and try different styles, you most likely are wondering, what school to stay and what teachers can choose. The debate about whether to stick one direction and teachers, or to alternate classes in different schools depending on the mood, is ongoing. It is important to remember that yoga is the path of liberation: if you want to follow one teacher and interested to try the unknown, you will certainly find your school and favorite Studio.




Well, if you are driven by the desire to change and learn something new in front of you, always open the doors of all schools. In Russia, yoga is not yet as popular as the rest of the world: many styles of yoga appeared twenty years ago, and in our country is only beginning to come to school on the basis of which all over the world have already created a lot of new schools. No rug here will not understand. So feel free to go in search of your way to harmony and don't be afraid to try.




Yoga Iyengar




In this school emphasize alignment in the pose and accuracy: you understand how to work in asana, not to hurt yourself and learn to feel your body.





What will you do?


Forget about unreal twisting asanas and "like the picture". Even after a year of daily training your Posture Triangle will still be imperfect, and to Stand on your head you will still cook, how to fly in space. But you will receive clear instructions on how to perform the asanas, learn how to use assistive devices, will all make more conscientious. You will cease to slip away important details, and attention to detail will impress your friends-nerds.




On yoga Iyengar't sing mantras instead of music give instructions to perform the poses, and to work with the breath begin only after long practice of asanas. The Creator of the method Sri B. K. S. Iyengar firmly believe that is not yet prepared the body, the soul and the breath not even worth thinking.





What to fear?


Is that just what your life path may not be enough to master Eka Pada-Rajakapotasana all the rules.





Kundalini yoga


In this school there is no hard discipline or hard work on the building of the body. In practice these important things seemingly come by themselves, but by and large for the masters of Kundalini yoga domestic discipline is not the most important thing. Here you learn to feel your energy potential and open emotionally. Yakov Marshak uses Kundalini yoga in his clinic for treatment of drug addiction - it is able to deliver even from the area, and helps to understand what actually your life is beautiful and without stimulants.




If you think that you have from birth little energy, on classes of Kundalini yoga you will forget this stupid idea could come to your light head.





What will you do?


To practice Hatha yoga, singing mantras, to work with the breath of Fire, you know, what is chakra, castles, mudras, yantras, Kriya and try to raise your Kundalini. According to the legends of the Kundalini energy, is at the very bottom of the spine, it is often depicted in the form of a sleeping snake, coiled in two and a half rings. When meeting with this teacher or in the process of practice, Kundalini must be awakened and go straight for pozvonochnyh to the seventh chakra to open the path to enlightenment.





What to fear?


Practice will give you a very powerful energy, what to do with that, of course, not everyone. The main thing - do not put the main purpose of the trips Kundalini yoga classes pursuit conditions.





Ashtanga Vinyasa


Ashtanga yoga is ideal for energetic people who are not afraid of physical exertion, and who are not afraid of repetition in the fast pace of identical sequences. In the opinion of an inexperienced observer it looks like the "fell-push-UPS", but actually nobody falls: just in one smooth flow are intense movement from one pose to another. Practicing the Ashtanga - people with nice contours of the muscles, flexible body, hardy and persistent, indomitable willpower. If you want to join in their circle have to make the effort. But the result is worth it.




What will you do?




First, to pine away fatigue. Under clear instructions, one-two-three-four you will perform the same sequence. Neither the time nor the energy to think about the monotony of what is happening, you will not stay. Because you either run away, not accomplished 98-th Surya Namaskar, or become part of the beautiful flow of movements and breaths.





What to fear?


If you are not well developed physically, be wary vivinity knees locked nerves, loose joints and sprains.





Yoga 23


The founder of the school with the most original name Kiev Andrey Sidersky invented a system that suddenly came to mind mysterious Russian yogas. Sidersky divided asanas on plus - useful for at least one person on earth, minus - effective externally, but wrong from the point of view of the anatomical structure of the body and zero - perfect for yoga therapy, but do not give any psychological effect.





What will you do?


Are you going to do Hatha yoga. But to perform asanas under the musical metronome, which exhibit a certain pace, and group classes, he always is 52 beats per minute. You will breathe on account of the pendulum, and a lot to think about information flows. Don't peruserstub.





What to fear?


Yoga quite safe, especially when strict observance of all instructions and understand all information flows that occur during the execution of transitions from one pose to another.




A great way to learn the basics of yoga is to go on retreat. For the standard 10 days of any seminar you will learn how every day should start with a Greeting the sun and greet the morning with a smile and love to the world. In any yoga Studio you will find a schedule of seminars and information about the teachers. Choosing the seminar and teachers, remember that the teacher can be anyone in your life, the main thing is the openness to the world and a desire to learn.





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