Understand the mode that helps improve posture and brings more mood
if you are not used to sporting activities, has physical limitations such as trauma and postural problems or is a sedentary person, then you must know about Iyengar Yoga. Summed up in one sentence, it is “Yoga for everyone”.
The Iyengar Master modality helps to develop a firm body and a stable and focused mind, as well as awaken a collaborative spirit, desirable skills in all areas of life.
So, come and find out all about the practice and its benefits! But if you want know all types of Yoga and find out which one is best for you, click here.
What am Iyengar yoga?
Iyengar Yoga is one of several modalities of Yoga based on the teachings of Master BKS Iyengar.
It is a modality whose main objective is to bring Yoga closer to anyone, regardless of the difficulties with physical exercises.
In this practice, the asanas they are taught with great technical rigor and focus on alignment.
Here becausethe beginning student quickly gains vitality by bringing the flow of prana (bital force) to his cells, awakening the awareness of the body and improving his overall health.
And if you are a beginner or want to start doing yoga, see these tips here and try some exercises.
Differences from Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga also differs from other modalities by encouraging the use of external materials during the practice of asanas, allowing to overcome some obstacles.
With the use of scene objects (one of the supporting materials of Yoga)the Iyengar method increases the possibility of permanence in the asana, which increases student confidence.
You scene objects (as pictured below) work as “assistant teachers”. They are blocks, cushions, belts, planks and chairs that help entry into the postures while respecting individual limits by extracting the necessary alignment and balance from the practitioners.
But there are other benefits to using the scene objects:
- ensure a better understanding by students of their alignment
- increase the possibility of movement in posture
- secure the more complex ones.
Added to the focus on physical alignment, technical rigor and the use of scene objects do Iyengar Yoga a Mode largely safe and therapeutic which can also be practiced by people suffering from physical problems.
Benefits of practicing Iyengar Yoga
In short, the practitioner will get the following physical benefitsmental and emotional.
Benefits for the body
- Force: the postures tone the whole body (isometry);
- Resistence: increases physical performance;
- Flexibility: healthy body cultivation through proper stretching;
- Posture: achieving an upright posture without effort;
- Power: improvement of the functioning of the glands, daily renewing the disposition;
- Health: a state of permanent well-being through a stable body and mind.
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Emotional and mental benefits
- Concentration: “entrance” into each position extends and increases concentration;
- Emotional Stability: direct contact with the body develops positive emotions, a sense of security and calm;
- Peace: the stability of the body, the disciplined mind and the fluid breathing generate a sense of security and peace;
- Freedom: constancy of practice leads to freedom from negative behaviors and emotions.
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Analu Matsubara (analu@iyengaryogasaopaulo.com.br)
– Internationally Certified Senior Teacher by the Brazilian Iyengar Yoga Association attached to the Ramamani Iyengar Yoga Institute, Puna, India. She organizes national and international Yoga workshops and is the founder of two studios: “ESYSP- Estudio de Yoga São Paulo” and “Casa Azul Yoga”. She is also a somatic experience therapist.
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