Yoga at YogaSuzy » hatha yoga http://yogasuzy.com Relax your body and mind with the powers of yoga Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:11:49 +0000 en hourly 1 Choosing Your Style of Yoga http://yogasuzy.com/styles-of-yoga/ http://yogasuzy.com/styles-of-yoga/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:23:36 +0000 Suzy http://yogasuzy.com/?p=27 Yoga isn’t just yoga anymore. There are many different types of yoga with odd names like Kundalini or Iyengar. For the new beginner, the different styles can be daunting to choose from. Since yoga classes can be a little pricey you want to make sure you will enjoy and like the class you choose. So, how do you choose which yoga style suits you?
Once you know the different types you can easily make a decision.

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Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga is most common style of yoga. It sort of comprises many types of yoga. Hatha is great start for beginner yoga people. The class is usually done in a slow manner and builds on core poses.

Iyengar Yoga
This style of yoga concentrates on aligning the body during poses. You achieve maximum benefit when you can align your body the right way for precise yoga poses. Iyengar style of yoga has a slow flow so when you do achieve a pose you stay in that pose for some time. This style makes use of yoga blocks and straps as a means to help you achieve perfect alignment.

Vinyasa Yoga
Vinyasa incorporates synchroning your breathing to your poses. This style is more vigorous than Hatha yoga and is best suitable for advanced yoga people.

Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga yoga is a fast-paced, vigorous type of yoga. It incorporates going in and out of yoga poses quickly and can be quite demanding on the body. Power Yoga is similar to Ashtanga in that it is fast-paced and demanding.

Hot Yoga
Hot yoga is practiced in a a 95 to 100 F room. This allows you to loosen your muscles and sweat which is said to eliminate toxins from your body.

There are other yoga styles but these seem to be the most popular. Depending on your level of fitness and flexibility you should start with Hatha and work you way up on how physically demanding it is.

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