To some people, the word "yoga" evokes ritualistic chanting, long breaths and slow movement. To others, it means contorting ...

Jois was the grandson of yoga guru K Pattabhi Jois, who developed and popularised the ashtanga vinyasa yoga style and established the renowned K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore ...

"The Rocket," or Rocket Yoga, is a contemporary outlook of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. It was developed in the 1980s by Larry ...

The Hatha yoga (which focuses on breathing and calming down the mind), the Vinyasa yoga (which is faster paced and ... is done in a hot environment to mimic the climate of India), the Ashtanga yoga ...

The practice is ashtanga ... Yoga Institute in Chelsea, but her Brooklyn classes are smaller—four to sixteen students—with lots of neighborhood regulars. This mellow, friendly vinyasa ...

The pose is fundamental to Hatha, Vinyasa, and Ashtanga yoga styles, rooted in ancient Indian traditions. It's a basic backbend that serves as the starting point for many advanced asanas.

John Kim was a longtime martial arts practitioner when he discovered yoga two years ago — and quickly took 600 yoga classes. Realizing that "martial arts training and a yoga practice go hand in hand," ...

Craig David Watson is a yoga teacher from Bangor in County Down, Ireland, who views yoga not just as a physical practice, but as a philosophy and a way of life. The Asana practice he specialises in is ...