5 Yoga styles you didn't know about yet

Parayoga

What to expect: Combining tantric philosophy with dynamic practice, classes include challenging asanas with an emphasis on pranayama practices, meditation, mudras, and bandhas (locks).

What it is: This practice, based on ancient texts and modern life, shows how asana affects and transforms energy. Its goal is to manifest spiritual and worldly success through increased Self-awareness and purification of prana.

Teachers and Centers: Reed Stryker, a student of Kavi Yogiraj Mani Finger and Pandit Rajmani Thigunait, founded ParaYoga in 1995.

Yoga Prana Flow

What to expect: The words “challenge” and “empowerment” are the defining words for this active, flowing form of vinyasa yoga. Once the class opens, it’s in almost constant motion. The sequences are creative, often incorporating elements of dance and moving meditation, and are accompanied by music.

What it's about: Practice is a means of communication with laundry.

Teachers and Centers: Shiva Re, specializing in dance, yoga, Ayurveda, and Indian martial arts, founded Prana Flow Yoga in 2005.

Purna Yoga

What to expect: Classes are asana-focused, following the alignment principles of Iyengar yoga and incorporating yoga philosophy. Brief meditations begin and end the class to connect students with their heart center.

What it's about: Emphasis is placed on uniting the body and mind with the spirit. Purna Yoga consists of four parts: meditation, asana and pranayama, applied philosophy,
nutrition, and lifestyle.

Teachers and Centers: Inspired by the work of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Purna Yoga was officially founded by Adil and Mirra Palhiwala in 2003. The main center is in Bellevue, Washington.

Sivananda Yoga

What to expect: Based on the teachings of Swami Sivananda, this style of yoga is more of a spiritual practice than a simple exercise. Each 90-minute class focuses on 12 basic poses and Sanskrit chanting, pranayama practice, meditation, and relaxation.
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What it is: Sivananda Yoga, designed to transform and elevate human consciousness, focuses on the five main points of yoga: correct exercises, correct breathing, correct relaxation (corpse pose), proper nutrition (vegetarianism), positive thinking, and meditation.

Teachers and Centers: Sivananda Yoga was founded in 1957 by Swami Vishnu-Devananda (1927-1993), a disciple of Swami Sivananda (1887-1963). Major teaching centers can be found in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montreal, and Toronto.

Svaropa Yoga

What to expect: Classes include lots of floor asanas and prop work (mostly blankets and yoga blocks). Classes begin and end in Shavasana (Corpse Pose) and focus on releasing tension.

What it's about: Svaropa means "bliss of your own being." It's part of the tantric view of the body as a form of consciousness. The goal is to remove energetic obstacles to inner transformation.

Teachers and Centers: Svaroopa was founded in 1992 by Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati, a longtime disciple of Swami Muktananda (1908-1982), who was ordained in the Saraswati Order of Monks. Svaroopa's headquarters, the Master Yoga Foundation, is in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

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Pub: 06 Jan 2025 14:13 UTC
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