a yoga newbie in need of help

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody.

My name is Melanie and I am interested in starting yoga but I don't

know a lot about it. I was wondering if anybody could tell me what

separates ashtanga yoga from the other types and its specific benefits?

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I'm sure that there are other people who can answer this more elegantly and thoroughly than I can, but I'll just give you a bit. I went through many different styles of yoga before finding Ashtanga, and once I had found it, I knew I was home. Ashtanga is based on a specific series of postures, and in Ashtanga, attention to breath, gazing point, and body locks are particularly important. In terms of benefits, the "vinyasas" help the blood to circulate and that, in conjunction with sweating, lets all of the toxins out of your body.

 

Yoga Journal is great for general yoga information, and this article attempts to describe different types of yoga, but I tend to disagree with how it portrays Ashtanga (http://www.yogajournal.com/newtoyoga/165_1.cfm). Good luck & let me know if you have any questions!

 

 

ashtangayogaFrom: mandreazza20 .auDate: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:59:02 +0000ashtanga yoga a yoga newbie in need of helpHi everybody. My name is Melanie and I am interested in starting yoga but I don't know a lot about it. I was wondering if anybody could tell me what separates ashtanga yoga from the other types and its specific benefits?Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

For me Ashtanga is far easier to concentrate in.Having practised

Iyengar where you sometimes take minutes with props to get into a

posture and hatha which is slow. I really like the way ashtanga

generates the heat in Surya Namaskar to start, and the postures flow

from one to the next and in the seated postures with the vinyasa

inbetween to keep the heat.I find that once I get going I am so

absorbed by my practice, the posture, breath, bandhas etc that

nothing else comes into my head. At the end of my first ashtanga

class I was physically shattered, it is hard going, but it was the

sense of calm, balance and happy untroubledness as I walked up the

street that had me thinking why cant I feel like this more often and

is what drew me back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Try it for a year and see how you feel.

 

Peace,

 

Bob

 

ashtanga yoga, "mandreazza20" <mandreazza20 wrote:

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> Hi everybody.

> My name is Melanie and I am interested in starting yoga but I don't

> know a lot about it. I was wondering if anybody could tell me what

> separates ashtanga yoga from the other types and its specific benefits?

> Thanks!

>