What factions are there in Hatha Yoga?
After five thousand years of evolution and development, Hatha Yoga, coupled with the oral teaching method of traditional yoga rather than written teaching, the profoundness of yoga has led to uncertainty in its teaching. As a result, various sects of practice Hatha yoga have emerged, and various branches of yoga around the world have different names for yoga postures. Despite this, most branches of yoga follow established basic rules, with slight differences in teaching methods, priorities, and practices. But the "protagonist" being taught is still yoga. Because everyone's preferences, age, physique, and temperament are different, you should choose the faction that suits you best. Now let's briefly introduce the most popular and familiar Hatha yoga sects today to give everyone a general impression:
1. Ananda Yoga's school believes that physical and spiritual practice are equally important. You must first purify and elevate the energy to be fully prepared for meditation. With repeated reminders and affirmations in the mind, each yoga pose is ultimately used to broaden or enhance self-awareness. Another feature of Ananda Yoga is that it focuses on a series of "Energization Exercises" that require a certain part of the body to repeat? a href="http://hzpk.39.net/hz/xs/nanshi/a10f4.html" target="_blank" class=blue> To see the quality of the work, we must ensure that there is a rapid increase in the quality of the work./ P>
2. Ashtanga Yoga Ashtanga Yoga, also known as Power Yoga, is the most physically demanding yoga among Hata Yoga. It has a total of 240 yoga postures, which are connected in series with six sets of action units combined with breathing to increase the "heat" of the body and strengthen the body. Because it emphasizes that strength, flexibility and Stamina are equally important, it is popular among athletes or people who love strenuous exercise.
3. Integral Yoga combines all the steps of practicing yoga-yoga postures, pranayama, selfless dedication, prayer, singing, meditation and self-reflection. It particularly emphasizes that yoga takes meditation as the ultimate goal, rather than analysis of human body structure. Students are encouraged to practice "Easier in body","Peaceful in mind" and "Useful in life". Each yoga session lasts for 75 minutes, 45 minutes of which are spent on yoga postures, followed by relaxation, breathing exercises, and finally the meditation session. Although it is difficult, it is gentle and calm, and is followed by people who like to learn traditional yoga comprehensively.
4. Iyengar Yoga Iyengar Yoga can be said to be the most familiar Hatha yoga school in the West in recent years. It is composed of internationally renowned Indian yoga master B. K。S。Iyengar was founded to scientifically and medicalize yoga to improve various physical and psychological problems of individuals. This school of instructors places special emphasis on the coordination of body parts such as hands and feet, pelvis, and spine, the absolute correct position and the coordination of tightening and relaxing muscles when doing yoga postures. They pay great attention to the mastery of details, so they can lay a good foundation for yoga postures and improve some body postures. This school also attaches great importance to "standing" exercise, with breathing skills slightly secondary. In addition, Iyengar Yoga believes that practice must be based on the limitations of individual shapes, so students are particularly encouraged to use props to improve the accuracy of their postures, including felt, bricks, pillows, chairs, ropes, etc.
5. Kripalu Yoga Kripalu Yoga is often described as "dynamic meditation", which focuses less on the physical details of practicing yoga postures and more on the emotional and psychological feelings that yoga postures bring to people. Therefore, students are required to maintain gentleness, compassion and introspective attitude. This school believes that the body has its wisdom, and it sends messages that remind individuals how to practice yoga postures smoothly and naturally. Each yoga pose is maintained for a long time to discover or release suppressed emotions. This introspective Hatha yoga consists of three stages: continuous exercise (yoga posture), will and letting go (mind), and obedience to the wisdom of the body. In these three stages, yoga postures will have different difficulty depending on the situation: mild, medium, and intense.
6. Kundalini Yoga Kundalini Yoga has a long history. It firmly believes that the energy of life (Kundalini) is hidden in the tail vertebra. As long as we pass various practices (breathing, posture, singing and meditation), this energy will be inspired and guided to the various "Chakras" on the spine; and when the "Crown" is opened up, people can understand enlightenment. This school focuses particularly on several breathing techniques: Alternate Nostril Breathing, slow, diaphragmatic breathing, and a breathing method called "Breath of Fire."
Sivananda Yoga Sivananda Yoga combines five specific exercise methods: appropriate exercise, breathing, deep relaxation, vegetarian diet, and positive thinking and meditation. Each lesson has a specific process, including breathing exercises, sun salutes, 12 traditional yoga postures, and relaxation exercises. At the beginning and end of the class, there will be short singing and prayer ceremonies.
8. Viniyoga also emphasizes the details of yoga postures, as well as physical strength and endurance. To learn yoga, you must follow the principle of "Vinyasa Krama", which means "an organized course of Yoga study", combining yoga postures, pranayama, meditation, textbook research, tutoring, mental imagery, prayers, singing and rituals. It will teach yoga postures according to students 'individual psychological conditions, physical limitations, and cultural differences; spine health and breathing are more important than how to complete the yoga postures, and exhalation and inhalation will be consciously performed at different times and lengths to complement the yoga postures.
9. Bikram Yoga, nicknamed "High Temperature Yoga", was founded by yoga master Bikram Choudhury. It is a new favorite in the fitness industry in recent years. It features that classes are held in a room with a higher temperature (38 to 42 degrees Celsius), which allows the body temperature to increase rapidly, accelerating sweating and detoxification functions. Each class combines 26 yoga poses to help improve flexibility, strengthen muscles, joints and ligaments, and ultimately achieve relaxation. (Internship Editor: Zhang Xing)