Ashtanga Yoga

The objective of Ashtanga Yoga is the purification of the physical and mental states. Ashtanga yoga is a combination of intense yogic movements that focus on stabilizing your mind and body. The primary series is always challenging to learn and practice. This is the reason an experienced teacher or instructor is required who can understand the nature of student(s) and make modifications so that student(s) can practice at their own pace. Ashtanga Yoga builds core strength, and flexibility and calms the mind. It involves the synchronization of breath with a progressive series of postures. The methods are physically demanding but they will yield results quickly.

Overview of Ashtanga Yoga Programme

You will learn the highly structured vinyasa-style Ashtanga Yoga, which teaches you to master every post of the first series before moving onto the advanced series. The initial training starts with Surya Namaskar or Ten Sun Salutation followed by basic hatha yoga postures. The advanced series includes a set of inversions and seated postures, which are associated with the vinyasa sequence.

Ashtanga Yoga comes with benefits like strength building, flexibility and inner peace. The course is fully structured and demands discipline. It is also challenging and the practice is identical from day to day. The strong emphasis on the proper form, and gain significant improvement in the physical form of yoga.