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Friday, November 2, 2007

Everything About Vinyasa Yoga

Author: Ambrosio Thompson

The common person's life is a crazy journey. No one can avoid the unexpected things that confront you last minute. Through the power of yoga

you are able to gain experience at bending out own bodies, wills, and minds to any task at hand. Likely one of the most useful gifts that you get from practicing yoga is true flexibility. 

 

True flexibility means that you are able to adapt to the change of every moment, while still maintaining a spirit of calm, devotion, and love. Once we are given the time and attention we are able to create our own sources for comfort. Through the practice of yoga you are able to draw flexibility and strength no matter what the current circumstances are. We are able to tap into a powerful source of our own energy that is made up of physical resiliency, emotional maturity, as well as spiritual optimism. 

 

There was a great yoga master named Krishnamacharya who emphasized Vinyasa as an artful approach to living and central to the transformative

process of yoga. The true meaning of Vinyasa is linking a movement to the breath, which refers to the progressive sequences that are led by the flow of one's breath pattern. 

 

Vinyasa sequences are thought of as the sacred dance of the yogis and are referring to the natural deep rhythm of the breath acting as the sacred beat. For Krishnamacharya, and his famous students B.K.S. Iyengar, Bikram Choudry, and P. Jois, Vinyasa yoga is focused on progressive sequences that unfold with an inherent harmony and intelligence.

 

The flow of the breath, and life itself, as well as the vinyasa practice is well described by a sailing metaphor. These three will all require you to synchronize natural forces and requires skill and intuition. We must take into consideration the boat, tides, and waves which will constantly change as do our physical, emotional, and spiritual states.

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