Anamaya: Category: Yoga Styles

Raja Yoga means “the royal path” and focuses on the eight branches and steps to personal evolution.  This style of yoga incorporates pieces of Ashtanga and Hatha yoga into its practice. The higher levels of Raja Yoga work toward finding a state of oneness but to reach that moment you must first prepare yourself with

Raja Yoga means royal or kingly and is viewed as the royal path of meditation. Yoga teacher training shares the meaning behind this style. Raja Yoga meditation focuses on directing your life force to bring the mind and your emotions into a balance so that your attention may be more focused on your meditation. Some

The morning sickness is over, the restless legs and lower back ache gone, and you finally hold that beautiful new baby in your arms. Postnatal yoga will allow you to regain your strength and energy that your body lost while working on keeping you healthy through your pregnancy and childbirth. Yoga teacher training helps guide

Our children seem to be expected to learn at higher standards every year. They are involved in activities in and after school which makes them seem to always be on the go. Now experts are looking at ways to teach our children how to settle down from their active life routines and bring the focus

Inside each of us we have the ability to heal ourselves and find solutions to problems that we face in our lives. Phoenix Rising yoga therapy can aid this type of healing by giving you the tools you need to connect with your own ability to look inside and heal yourself. Using traditional yoga postures

So often we just feel that we have reached a dead end of sorts and so we look for some outside guidance to help us through, while we really know that the real help is being able to slow down and reconnect within ourselves and listen to that voice inside. Yoga teacher training is starting

Restorative yoga poses provide benefits to your mind and your body and many people use it as a form of relaxation. The main benefit that is taught and spoken about during yoga teacher training is the impact it has and the ability to help heal and rejuvenate your body. There are also some connections to

Restorative Yoga focuses on making sure that the muscles and mind can rest. Poses are practiced and held for minutes in one movement and for as long as up to 15 minutes when your body has warmed up enough. The poses can include Sun Salutations or some gentle vinyasas. During yoga teacher training and practicing

“Svaroopa” Yoga was created by Swami Nirmala Nanda Saraswati (formerly known as Rama Berch) and focuses on guiding each student to slowly and cautiously unfold every pose from within, with no force behind the pose. This style of yoga emphasizes transformation, healing, and the development of consciousness in each student. Yoga teacher training will guide

Yoga dates back to an ancient Indian art that is used to upgrade the condition of both your mind and body. To sum it up-it helps purify the body, heart and bring energy to the mind so that you are able to experience a spiritual vision. Anusara Yoga is a modified version of the traditional

For the experienced yogi sometimes there is just a moment where you need to expand your practice and find another route to enjoying yoga. Anusara Yoga is one that you should maybe look at or rediscover to throw a curve ball into your regular routine. Anusara Yoga practice is fun, lighthearted and positive. It is

It is that time to stop what you are doing, right now, and get yourself researching which yoga retreat to escape to and have a personal escape from the stresses of daily routine. Life is full of chaos that either finds us or we create in an effort to have a simpler life. Sometimes we

If you have not already realized it, yoga is IN. Everywhere you go you see people in their cute stretchy exercise attire carrying a yoga mat. Some people absolutely love it and cannot go a day without putting some form of yoga into their daily routine. Others however, the typical hard core sports minded exerciser

Bikram Yoga or what others referred to as Hot Yoga was created by the Indian Yoga master Bikram Choudhury. It is considered to be a type of Hatha Yoga except that those that practice it do so in a room heated to 105 degrees Fahrenheit with about 40% humidity in the air. This sauna like

Running away to a yoga retreat and looking for some extra time focusing on your fitness you may wander into an Iyengar yoga session. Iyengar yoga is a type of yoga that was created by B.K.S. Iyengar and is a type of Hatha Yoga but incorporates the use of props like blocks, blankets, belts which