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2. Yin Yoga - Wikipedia

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   Yin Yoga employs specific sequences of poses to stimulate particular meridians, or subtle channels, as understood in Traditional Chinese Medicine; these are the equivalent of the nadi channels in hatha yoga. [31] In keeping with its roots in Taoist Yoga, Zink says that Yin Yoga has a deeper purpose: to "open the heart and invoke the primal self."

3. Which style of yoga is right for me? Here’s a primer, with a ...

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   The hatha/yin yoga styles. ... meditation and lifestyle. Hatha, meaning “force,” technically is any kind of yoga class involving asanas. ... for instance, that is a foundational sequence of 12 ...

4. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   An asana (Sanskrit: आसन, IAST: āsana) is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. [1] The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for meditation , asanas may be standing , seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends ...

5. Restorative Yoga - Wikipedia

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   Restorative Yoga is the practice of asanas, each held for longer than in conventional yoga as exercise classes, often with the support of props such as folded blankets, to relax the body, reduce stress, and often to prepare for pranayama.

6. Yoga as therapy - Wikipedia

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   Yoga as therapy is the use of yoga as exercise, consisting mainly of postures called asanas, as a gentle form of exercise and relaxation applied specifically with the intention of improving health. This form of yoga is widely practised in classes, and may involve meditation , imagery, breath work (pranayama) and calming music as well as ...

7. Iyengar Yoga - Wikipedia

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   Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, and described in his bestselling [1] 1966 book Light on Yoga, is a form of yoga as exercise that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of yoga postures .

8. Yoga - Wikipedia

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   Yoga is practiced worldwide, [16] but "yoga" in the Western world often entails a modern form of Hatha yoga and a posture-based physical fitness, stress-relief and relaxation technique, [17] consisting largely of asanas; [18] this differs from traditional yoga, which focuses on meditation and release from worldly attachments.

9. Yes, You Can Actually Do Yoga with Live Snakes - AOL

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   Snake Yoga class can “help individuals overcome the fear of snakes through breath,” Tess Cao tells PEOPLE via email. She and her husband Huy Cao own and operate the yoga studio with a twist ...