How to choose the right school of yoga for beginners?

Currently there are a variety of yoga studios and gyms inside a wide range of schools of thought, such as Ashtanga, Iyengar, Viniyoga, high temperature yoga, aerial yoga, flow yoga, yin yoga and so on, in the end to practice which kind of yoga is more suitable for you?

1 Hatha Yoga

It is the foundation of all yoga schools, all yoga is derived from Hatha Yoga, on the basis of Hatha Yoga asana to improve and then create a variety of schools, these schools of asana are mixed with Hatha Yoga asana, so learning yoga can be the first to start with Hatha Yoga, Hatha Yoga is the most suitable for beginners, the most suitable for beginners, Hatha Yoga is the most suitable for beginners. Hatha Yoga is best suited for beginners and is practiced through asanas, breathing and relaxation techniques. Hatha Yoga emphasizes the practice of breathing, breath control, meditation, and at the same time regulating one's life with moderate practice, correct breathing, positive thinking and meditation, regular rest and relaxation, and a reasonable diet. Many beginners practicing yoga often do not work with the breath, breathing is the soul of yoga, all schools of yoga should be done with the breath and with the nose, avoiding the mouth to inhale and exhale. When you are more skillful in Hatha Yoga, other styles of yoga will be a breeze for you.

2 Ashtanga Yoga

is a kind of energy-enhancing yoga, the exercise intensity is relatively large, the physical quality of the requirements of the higher in the asana tandem there will be some similar to the inverted difficult asana, and these asanas are flowing and fixed tandem, can not be changed at will, in addition to the Ashtanga's unique breathing method of breathing and throat breathing method and the energy of the lock bundle, so for beginners a little difficult, but also for those who have a little bit of a problem. So slightly more difficult for beginners, Ashtanga Yoga is a rigorous practice that was created and perfected by Pattabhi Joyce, a disciple of Krishnamacharya, the father of modern yoga, based on Krishnamacharya's teachings. Yogis who practice atonement are disciplined and begin their ashtanga practice every morning at 4:00 a.m. Levels are categorized into 3 levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced. The choreography for each level is fixed and unchanging, all beginning with 5 repetitions of Sun Prayer Poses A and B, with more difficult asana poses practiced in between, and ending with inversions and rest techniques. Ashtanga utilizes a variety of flowing, more intense asana practices to burn off a lot of heat from the body, to cleanse the interior of the body, and to flush out toxins. For students who have been studying yoga for a long time, to choose Ashtanga practice is a very good exercise to strengthen the body of the faction course, but for yoga beginners, it is more difficult, because the mobility is relatively large, and the asana difficulty is high, the beginner's stamina and endurance is not easy to keep up, so it is recommended that at least one year of practice students to practice will be better.

3 Iyengar Yoga

Iyengar Yoga

was founded by Iyengar masters, good use of a variety of aids to achieve the effect of yoga therapy, this system of yoga is very suitable for beginners, patients, the elderly to learn, the treatment of disease is very good. Master Iyengar was weak and sickly since childhood, through the practice of yoga to make his body become very strong, but then met with a very big car accident, resulting in Iyengar can not even complete a simple single asana, he used 9 years of time to practice yoga, and then stood up again, Iyengar according to his own experience, years of illness through the yoga gradually recovered from the miraculous recovery efficacy, and thus created a unique physical therapy effect of a variety of aids with the Iyengar Yoga system with a variety of unique therapeutic aids. To practice Iyengar Yoga, you need to pay special attention to the details of the alignment of various parts of the body, and make good use of various assistive devices to achieve the best therapeutic effect of the asanas. This class is set up slowly and in moderation. Is very suitable for beginners as well as post-surgery major illnesses need to recover from the crowd.

4 Yin Yoga

is an American yogi based on Chinese meridians and Taoist Zen created a school, in an asana stay longer, with steady breathing to let this static stretch to achieve the effect of physical therapy. Although Yin Yoga has some therapeutic effects on the body, it is not suitable for all groups of people to practice, especially for people with depression and autism, because Yin Yoga is a kind of energy recycling exercises, long time energy recycling will not be conducive to depression and other diseases. But for students who are impatient and cranky, practicing Yin Yoga is a very good process to regulate the mind, although initially you will feel too dull, if you can practice a little bit and accept this very quiet feeling, you can make a lot of changes in your mind. So for students who are learning yoga for the first time must be based on their own physical condition to choose the right yoga to practice.

5 high-temperature yoga

is practiced in a specific environment, the temperature should be maintained between 36-42 degrees, each time about 90 minutes, a fixed 26 asana, through the high temperature of the place and the intensity of the asana to carry out a large amount of sweating to promote blood circulation and lymphatic detoxification for the body's physical fitness and physical exercise intensity have certain requirements for yoga beginners and have a cardiovascular disease and other physical conditions. For yoga beginners and students with cardiovascular disease and other physical weakness is not suitable for practice.

6Flow Yoga

It is an innovative system, a synthesis of atonement and hatha yoga, where the breath is synchronized with the movement, and each time you inhale or exhale, you switch from one movement to another. This dynamic way of practicing in conjunction with breathing has a similar fluidity to dance, which is why it is called flow yoga. The style and difficulty of the practice is somewhere in between. It is a very good practice for beginners to try.

7 Aerial Yoga

Anti-gravity yoga on a sling, that is to say, from the ground to practice yoga transferred to the air above the sling, which has a certain requirement for physical fitness and the strength of the arms, a lot of beginners due to the lack of strength of the arms are very easy to fall off, and physical fitness is worse than the students will be dizziness, vomiting feeling. It is recommended that students who have practiced yoga for more than six months to practice, if there are students with cardiovascular disease is not recommended to practice.

8 Dance Yoga

It is an innovative yoga that combines dance and yoga postures, and it combines more yoga postures and dance elements. At the same time with professional music therapy, function and skill are combined and then created. It is not too difficult and suitable for beginners to practice, which can improve to enhance temperament, shape the body and cultivate sentiment.

9 Pilates

In the strict sense of the word can not be considered yoga, but inside the integration of the elements of yoga, and yoga breathing control method is different, is the nose inhale mouth exhale. Was founded and developed by the Germans to date, inside more than 500 positions are by the Pilates couple's own R & D and set up mainly to help dancers, athletes and other long-term excessive exercise caused by muscle strain and strain, exercise therapy. The program is designed to help dancers, athletes and other people with muscle strain and injury caused by long term over-exercise, to repair different muscles, and to help them to regain their health through a large number of aids. Suitable for beginners and patients, but some aids still need to be accompanied by professionals to practice together.

10 ball yoga and yoga wheel yoga office yoga are extended by Iyengar yoga some branches, the use of yoga balls and yoga wheel and yoga chairs and other aids to achieve therapeutic effects, beginners can try to achieve some shape and weight loss, or therapeutic effects.