YOGA

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YOGA

• THE BENEFITS OF THE PRACTICE
• By
• Stephanie mckenna

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WHAT IS YOGA?

• Yoga is in general, a spiritual practice or
  discipline that unifies the body, mind and heart
• originates from india more than 5000 years ago

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YOGA STYLES

• Hatha
• Ashtanga-Vinyasa
• Sivananda
• Iyengar
• Bikram
• Kundalini
• Power
• Vinyasa

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HATHA

• Is the most popular form
• Gentle, classical style
• Is a union-body / mind

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Ashtanga - vinyasa

• Fast paced
• Serious workout
• Physically demanding
• Continual flow from one posture to the next

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sivananda

• gentle approach
• Twelve sun salutation postures
• Incorporates chanting, meditation, deep
  relaxation

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iyengar

• Focus is on symmetry / alignment
• Use of props- straps, blocks, blankets, chairs,
  balls
• Each pose is held longer

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bikram

• hot yoga practice
• Room temperatures 85-100 degrees
• 26 poses repeated in same order
• Cleanse body inside / outside

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kundakini

• Gentle practice -meditation
• Emphasis chanting / breathing
• Raise energy inside of the body
• Postures consisting of sitting / breathing

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power

• Form of ashtanga
• Use of sun salutation
• emphasis on poses than on meditation

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vinyasa

• Teaching style
• Incorporates ashtnaga, iyengar
• Breathe in synchronized movements

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Postures / asana

• Lying postures
• Sitting postures
• Standing postures
• Forward bends
• Twisting postures
• Back bending postures
• Inverted, or upside down postures

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Benefits

• Physical
• Increase flexibility / strength
• Improve circulation
• Improve functioning of organs / glands
• Strengthen immune system
• Redistribute body weight
• Firm the stomach
• Strengthen the back
• Stretch and tone muscles

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benefits

• Spiritual
• Mentally / emotionally centered
• Inner connections between individual and
  environment and others
• Creates balance in daily living
• Relieves tension / stress

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resources

• www.yogasite.com
  
• www.yogamovement.com
• www.lifepositive.com
• www.gofc.org
• www.yoga.net.au/yoga_styles2

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• Yoga is for everyone
• There is no
• Competition in
• Yoga,
• Everyone is
• different