A Beginner’s Guide To Yoga Plr Ebook V2

Table of Contents

1 ONCE UPON A YOGI 4
2 IT ALL STARTED IN INDIA 5
EARLY HISTORY 5
YOGA HISTORY UNTIL THE 1940S 6
MODERN YOGA HISTORY 7
YOGA PHILOSOPHY 7
CONCLUSION 8
3 WHY YOGA? WHY NOT 9
BENEFITS 9
AVOIDANCES 10
CONCLUSION 11
4 PATHS TO YOGA 12
TYPOLOGY – OVERVIEW 12
ANANDA YOGA 13
ANUSARA YOGA 13
ASHTANGA/ASTANGA) YOGA OR ASTANGA VINYASA YOGA 14
BHAKTI YOGA 15
BIKRAM YOGA 15
CHOCOLATE YOGA 16
FORREST YOGA 16
HATHA YOGA 17
INTEGRAL YOGA – SRI AUROBINDO 17
INTEGRAL YOGA 18
ISHTA 18
IYENGAR YOGA 19
JIVAMUKTI YOGA 19
JNANA YOGA 20
KARMA YOGA 20
KALI RAY TRIYOGA 21
KRIPALU YOGA 21
KUNDALINI 22
MANTRA YOGA 22
MOKSHA HOT YOGA 23
POWER YOGA 23
PURNA YOGA 24
RAJA-YOGA 24
RESTORATIVE YOGA 25
SIVANANDA YOGA 25
SVAROOPA YOGA 25
TRADITIONAL THAI YOGA 26
VINIYOGA 26
VINYASA YOGA 26
ZEN YOGA 27
CONCLUSION 27
5 THE BARE ESSENTIALS: YOGA WEAR AND OTHER NECESSITIES 28
APPAREL 28
tops 28
pants 28
PROPS 29
mats 29
Blankets and bolsters 29
straps 30
chairs 30
balls 30
CONCLUSION 30
6 BREATHE IN, BREATHE OUT YOGA BASICS 31
ASANAS 31
BHAKTI 31
DYHANA 32
MANTRA 32
MUDRA 32
NIYAMA 32
PRANAYAMA 33
VINYASA 33
CONCLUSION 33
7 A FINAL TWIST: CONCLUSION 34

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ONCE UPON A YOGI

Today’s world is full of options for keeping in shape. Fitness methods pass through various phases of interest. There is always some “new” form of keeping the body in shape or toned appearing on the marketplace. There are the older muscle- or bulk-building exercise involved in weight and strength training. There are also other forms appealing to women such as jazzercise, and NIA. However, one of the constants over the past 4 decades has been yoga.

People are turning to yoga for many reasons. These range from managing stress to preventing health issues. Yoga is used to help heal the body from addictions. There are also those who decide to do yoga simply because it is “trendy.” They attend yoga classes in yoga studios because a celebrity chooses to endorse it. There is also the lure of achieving a “yoga body.”

Yoga is about the physical – about improving and toning the body. Yet, yoga is also about the spiritual development of an individual. In truth, yoga is a combination of movements and positions designed to develop the link between the head and the consciousness. Depending upon which form of yoga you choose, and there are many different forms, the focus will be on the exercises or positions (asana) or the development of the consciousness. Yoga intentionally includes aspects of conscious development of both the physical and the spiritual. This is an integral part of an ancient tradition that cannot and does not separate the body form the spirit/mind/soul.