Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, and described in his bestselling 1966 book Light on Yoga, is a form of yoga as exercise that... 19 KB (1,706 words) - 15:33, 24 April 2024 |
Asana (redirect from Yoga posture) extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. The Yoga Sutras... 90 KB (8,964 words) - 13:46, 3 February 2024 |
meditation. Yoga in this form has become familiar across the world, especially in the US and Europe. It is derived from medieval Haṭha yoga, which made... 101 KB (10,425 words) - 08:49, 14 April 2024 |
by the Yoga Alliance in America, by the British Wheel of Yoga in the United Kingdom, and by the European Union of Yoga across Europe. The Yoga Alliance... 9 KB (790 words) - 14:02, 7 August 2023 |
Naked yoga (Sanskrit nagna yoga or vivastra yoga) is the practice of yoga without clothes. It has existed since ancient times as a spiritual practice... 15 KB (1,575 words) - 12:16, 27 March 2024 |
The British Wheel of Yoga was set up in 1965 by Wilfred Clark as a co-ordinating body for yoga groups throughout Britain that welcomed all schools of thought... 4 KB (434 words) - 04:25, 22 September 2023 |
Yoga mats are specially fabricated mats used to prevent hands and feet slipping during asana practice in modern yoga as exercise. An early variety made... 20 KB (1,669 words) - 08:28, 4 May 2024 |
The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (IAST: Patañjali yoga-sūtras) is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga – 195 sutras... 73 KB (8,904 words) - 08:56, 6 May 2024 |
portmanteau of "Dog Yoga", and pronounced to rhyme with "yoga") is the practice of yoga as exercise with pet dogs. The yoga hybrid began in America around... 11 KB (1,168 words) - 18:19, 2 May 2024 |
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga is a style of yoga as exercise popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois during the twentieth century, often promoted as a dynamic form of... 34 KB (3,343 words) - 06:46, 27 February 2024 |
Downward Dog Pose (section In culture) of yoga's most widely recognized yoga poses" and the "quintessential yoga pose". As such it is often the asana of choice when yoga is depicted in film... 22 KB (2,281 words) - 07:50, 13 December 2023 |
Lotus position (redirect from Yoga Mudrasana) India, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh. It is an ancient asana in yoga, predating hatha yoga, and is widely used for meditation in Hindu... 22 KB (2,280 words) - 06:48, 4 February 2024 |
Bikram Choudhury (redirect from Yoga College of India) Indian-American yoga guru, and the founder of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga consisting of a fixed series of 26 postures practised in a hot environment... 22 KB (2,146 words) - 16:23, 10 October 2023 |
Sarvangasana (redirect from Upside-down posture in Hatha yoga) asana in modern yoga as exercise; similar poses were used in medieval hatha yoga as a mudra. Many named variations exist, including with legs in lotus... 10 KB (1,109 words) - 10:32, 22 March 2023 |
B. K. S. Iyengar (category Indian yoga gurus) of yoga and author. He is the founder of the style of yoga as exercise, known as "Iyengar Yoga", and was considered one of the foremost yoga gurus in the... 29 KB (2,933 words) - 19:17, 15 March 2024 |
Modern yoga is a wide range of yoga practices with differing purposes, encompassing in its various forms yoga philosophy derived from the Vedas, physical... 25 KB (2,561 words) - 10:05, 25 October 2023 |
Yoga in Britain: stretching spirituality and educating Yogis is a 2019 book by Suzanne Newcombe on the history of modern yoga as exercise in Britain in... 8 KB (978 words) - 19:34, 28 December 2023 |
Yoga ("French Yoga Institute"). Selvarajan Yesudian (in Switzerland) Yoga in Britain Yoga in Germany Yoga in Italy Yoga in Russia Yoga in Sweden Yoga... 6 KB (660 words) - 18:05, 10 September 2023 |
for yoga retreats. Yoga in Britain Yoga in France Yoga in Germany Yoga in Italy Yoga in Russia Yoga in the United States Singleton, Mark (2010). Yoga Body :... 8 KB (796 words) - 00:01, 1 May 2024 |
Kriya (disambiguation) (redirect from Kriya yoga) or Kriya Yoga may also refer to: Kriya Yoga in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Kriya Yoga school, a modern yoga school Kriya, a class of Tantra in Tibetan... 627 bytes (116 words) - 05:10, 11 November 2023 |
Mizulina stated that yoga could "turn people gay". Yoga in Britain Yoga in France Yoga in Germany Yoga in Italy Yoga in Sweden Yoga in the United States... 21 KB (2,033 words) - 19:15, 25 April 2024 |
Bhujangasana (category Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas) reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. It is commonly performed in a cycle of asanas in Surya Namaskar, Salute to the... 8 KB (818 words) - 18:10, 6 May 2024 |