Getting To Know The Different Styles Of Yoga
                     GETTING TO 
KNOW THE 
DIFFERENT 
STYLES OF YOGA
GETTING TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF 
YOGA
There are so many different types of yoga exist and it can be 
difficult to figure out which particular style is right for you and your 
yoga practice, whether you want a more physically demanding class 
or an easy, relaxing, meditative class.
By practicing yoga on a regular basis, you may be surprised to find 
that you're building much more than a strong, flexible body.
5 MOST POPULAR STYLES OF YOGA
 Here are the five most popular Yoga styles.
1. HATHA
2. VINYASA
3. YIN
4. KUNDALINI
5. BIKRAM
HATHA
 Hatha classes are usually a good place to start a yoga practice because it 
tends to be more low key, and slower paced. It focuses on basic postures, 
such as downward-facing dog or the warrior poses and breathing tends to be 
rhythmic. Hatha is also a good practice for anyone looking for a good stretch 
or to work on their alignment.
VINYASA
 Vinyasa tends to be a more vigorous practice, incorporating a series of poses 
called sun salutations. Each movement of the sun salutation is matched to the 
breath. A typical class would see an instructor taking you through a number of 
sun salutations to warm up the body before moving to intense stretching.
YIN
 A meditative practice that lets your body get comfortable, focusing on 
lengthening the connective tissues in the body. It’s meant to compliment 
muscle-forming yoga practices, letting the tired muscles relax with gravity 
and rest. Yin is usually performed with the assistance of props with little or no 
music in class. While it’s restorative, you need to exercise patience to stay in 
postures for longer periods of time.
KUNDALINI
 Kundalini yoga is a combination of breath, movement and sound. Deriving 
from the Sanskirt term ‘kundal’ which translates to coiled energy, the idea of 
Kundalini stems from the belief that we all have energy gathered at the base 
of our spine, and through the practice, we bring it up and through the seven 
chakras. You tend to hold each posture for an extended period, sometimes up 
to five minutes and you’ll also be taken through chanting, and meditation.
BIKRAM
 Bikram Yoga is a system of hot yoga. Pioneered by Bikram Choudhury who’s 
more than just a little bit infamous in the yoga world, Bikram yoga is 
practiced in a heated room. The heat loosens up tight muses and facilitates 
profuse sweating, which is thought to be cleansing. The Bikram method is a 
set of 26 poses, although not all classes practice this.
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