Ashtanga yoga is an ancient practice comprised of six different series of poses, which when followed in order allow each practitioner to progress in strength, flexibility and spiritually awareness at his own pace. Although based on the poses done in Ashtanga yoga, power yoga has been introduced to Western practitioners as a more vigorous and fitness-based program without a definite spiritual inclination. This article will explain some of the differences between these two types of yoga.
Practice Yoga for a Healthy Liver
Your liver filters toxins out of your body. It is located under the right side of your rib cage and shaped like a football. Deep breathing and twisting stimulate the liver, encouraging detoxification. Yoga poses like head to knee pose, half lord of the fishes pose, and Marichi's pose are three yoga positions that gently massage the liver. The poses can be done separately or strung together in a sequence. In vinyasa yoga, the student uses her breath to link positions together. Performing these poses can take as little as five minutes.
Do the Yoga Up Dog Pose
Yoga up dog pose is also called Chataronga. It requires a lot of upper body strength and is often used in Vinyasa or yoga flow classes to make the routine more challenging. It is a great pose to incorporate into your yoga routine, especially for women who can tend to have weak upper body strength. Using this pose can help you to strengthen and tone the arms and chest.
Use Yoga With Kids in the Classroom
It's been proven that yoga helps to calm children and help them to focus their minds. Integrating yoga into classrooms helps to engage students' hearts, minds and bodies through physical and social skills games that attempt to work with the whole child instead of just working with the child's raw intelligence. A 2003 study done by the Charter College of Education shows yoga improves children's behavior and health and improves their ability to perform well academically.
Practice Kundalini Yoga Postures
Kundalini Yoga is a form of Yoga in which breathing, meditation and chanting are combined with 'asanas', or yoga postures. Kundalini postures use continuous movement to allow the life force to circulate freely in the body to energize the chakras. The aim is 'mastery of self' through releasing body tension, silencing mental chatter and releasing energy. Here is how to practice some basic Kundalini postures. These postures should be combined with Kundalini breathing and chanting.