Iyengar Yoga is a method developed in the 50s by BKS Iyengar, internationally recognized master. This type of yoga is distinguished by an extensive practice of asanas, yoga postures, aided by a system of supports (bricks, blankets, chairs, straps ...).

Iyengar Yoga was created by B.K.S. Iyengar in the course of the 50s. B.K.S. Iyengar was born in 1918 into a poor family in Bellur, India.

During his childhood, he will face many diseases. It conducts training with his master Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya in the purest tradition of Hatha Yoga. After a brilliant student, he decided to develop its own method to allow as many people can enjoy the benefits of yoga. This method based on yogic asanas and breathing will be fast followers. In 1975 the internationally respected yoga teacher decided to set up in Pune, south of India's school, Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (JIMI). This school is now considered by many followers of yoga as a must as the method taught is powerful. Today B.K.S. Iyengar is considered a living legend. His books including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama ... are classics.
A rigorous method

Iyengar Yoga is characterized by extensive practice of classical yoga postures, asanas and yogic breathing (pranayama). The education provided by B.K.S. Iyengar is precise and rigorous. The greatest attention is paid to the alignment of various body parts in space. This requirement is sometimes acrobatic aided by the use of supports (straps, blocks, blankets, chairs, ropes ...). Learning is progressive so that all can start without it hurting. According B.K.S. Iyengar, asanas performed in a thorough and meticulous allow everyone to develop both strength and flexibility. The rigor of postures also bring serenity to the mind and promoting the state of meditation. The organization of sequences of postures within each session is another hallmark of the Iyengar method.
The benefits of Iyengar Yoga

By aligning the body properly and rigorously sessions of Iyengar Yoga, people prone to back problems are being alleviated. Postures and yogic breathing can also help the smooth functioning of all organs. Digestion and blood circulation is improved thereby more easily eliminate the toxins. The pace of sessions is generally supported provocative and salutary perspiration. Postures provide a deep relaxation which helps relieve stress and eliminate fatigue. Relaxation is complete after a meeting conducted in good workmanlike. Breath control increases vitality and improves concentration which has the effect of rebalancing both body and mind.

Bikram Yoga is practiced by a series of 26 postures (asanas) and two breathing exercises (pranayama). This variant of yoga was developed by Bikram Choudury India.

Bikram Yoga is a contemporary variation of classical Yoga. This alternative was developed by Bikram Choudury India. This man has an amazing journey. He began practicing yoga at age 3. At 5 years, he was noticed by Bishu Ghosh and began studying more intensively Yoga. These studies quickly led him to become a champion of Yoga. At age 11, the young man is so good, he is the youngest holder of a first national award. At 14, Swami Shivananda, a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga, called "Yogi Raj", meaning "King of Yogis." This consecration is given wings to the young man.

Unfortunately, 20 years, he is injured and storage of heavy legacy knee. Far from being discouraged, Bikram Choudhury bounces off his handicap. It creates a series of 26 postures under the guidance of his spiritual master Bishnu Gosh. This work on himself allows him a full recovery from his disability. This propels the bullet immediately to a bright future. Bikram Choudhury then engages in a personal way landmark. He will join a research project sponsored by the United Nations University in Tokyo. The medical profession relies on its own case to try to prove all the benefits of yoga on the body. The healing of chronic ailments is at the heart of research. In 1973, Bikram Choudhury personally invited by President Nixon arrives in the United States. The following year he founded the California Yoga College of India. " Many celebrities and athletes diligently follow his teachings. Today, Bikram Choudhury is one of the most renowned master teachers in the world of Hatha Yoga.
Yoga for all ages and levels

Bikram Yoga is based on a combination of Eastern disciplines, and Western science. Bikram Yoga is practiced by a series of 26 postures (asanas) and 2 excercices breathing (pranayama). Each poses intended to revive his body. The muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints are stressed by specific stretching. The poses are done in a specific order because each pose prepares the body to the next. Stretching consecutive also act on the organs, glands and nerves. The freshly oxygenated blood circulation can bring to the whole body as a real benefit on the immune system as the nervous, digestive, cardiovascular, respiratory, hormonal ... The main feature of Bikram Yoga is that it is practiced in a heated room to better eliminate toxins and facilitate stretching without risk of injury. All age groups and levels can practice this method.
The benefits of Bikram Yoga

By regularly practicing Bikram Yoga, it is possible to maintain his health and to prevent diseases. The immune system is strengthened by stretching postures. The spine is aligned. The effects of aging are controlled because the postures relieve back pain and tone muscles. Painless, self-confidence back which reduces stress, increases stamina and improves resistance.

Ashtanga Yoga is one of the most dynamic disciplines of Yoga. It is the union of body and mind to achieve the universal Self. To achieve this, the Yogi must use 8 distinct but related including among other things, posture, breath control ...

Ashtanga Yoga that can be translated by the 8 limbs of yoga is a pure variant of Yoga. It was written by a sage Vamana Rishi, then passed down from generation to generation in the way to Grand Master Yogi Sri Krishnamacharya. This great master founded in 1930 in Mysore, India formed a school BKS Iyengar and Jois Pattabi who have driven all two own style, very dynamic. This is the version intended rather for young people in perfect health condition that is known in the West. Despite its sporty undeniable, Ashtanga Yoga respects the purest teaching Yoga.
8 Steps inseparable

Ashtanga Yoga is based on the 8 limbs of Raja Yoga of Patanjali dating from the second century BC These 8 members are inseparable and complementary. They are inner purification, the union of body and mind to achieve the universal Self. These 8 members are successively:

    * Yama: the moral code of yoga. It defines the rules of life in relation to other (non-violence, respect for life ...)
    * Niyama: the code of self-purification. It defines the rules for living in relationship with oneself.
    * Asana: These are the postures. To improve its understanding of the world, control its energy and better focus its fears and doubts.
    * Pranayama: it is the control of respiration. Like the previous posture, control of breathing can gain self-control.
    * Pratyahara: is control of the senses. External stimuli are gradually erased to make way for the concentration of the mind. Listening sensory turns inward.
    * Dharana: the concentration of the senses. The mind focuses on one point.
    * Dyana: that deep meditation. The mind does not form any more than a home. It is its own light.
    * Samadhi: the deep contemplation also known as ecstasy. This marks the state of union with the universal, the absorption in the Absolute.

Ashtanga Yoga practice

If the traditional Ashtanga Yoga leads to wisdom and ecstasy or bliss state, in practice in the West, the Ashtâga Yoga is limited to a much more simplified approach is summed up in most cases postures ( asana) and breathing exercises. Each session lasts an average of 1:30 ET consists of approximately 50 exposures combining and synchronizing the movement of breath (Vinyasa). The movement is continuous and synchronized breathing is done only by nose. Breathing exercises through the application of bandha (locks) which are all local muscle contractions. Each pose is also associated with a fixation point of gaze (Drishti) which allows a better concentration of mind.

Hatha Yoga is the most popular and classic Yoga. It aims to bridge the gap between the inside and outside for a deep harmony. Hatha Yoga uses postures associated with many, many sessions of meditation to achieve harmony.

Hatha yoga is the classical form of yoga. It has been practiced for some 2500 years BC in India.

In the West the practice is actually quite recent. If the overall Hatha Yoga is located at the convergence of intellectual and spiritual practice, in fact, the practice in the West is mainly based on physical exercise, gymnastics simple practice to gain flexibility and breath. The two are certainly not incompatible, as control of breath and exercise can alleviate the stress and reconnect with inner peace and harmony with our environment!
A postural

The practice of Hatha Yoga is mainly based on work posture. Postures called asanas in the thousands. Each has several variants which allows a gradual adjustment to the level of practice each posture according to the stage of learning. These postures are stretching the body but also the management of the breath through Pranayama are breathing exercises. In the enormous amount of postures of Hatha Yoga, 84 are really important. These postures are carried out standing, sitting, supine or prone, kneeling ... They all have names borrowed from the symbolic register the animal or plant:: lotus, cobra, locust, tree, camel posture ... The work is done on the instructions of a teacher. The teacher's breathing rhythm during his according to his voice. Relaxation between postures can eliminate all internal tensions. The benefit of a meeting of Hatha Yoga translates well being inside.
Beyond Postures

Hatha Yoga goes far beyond the simple postural discipline. The method allows to be positive and thus develop harmoniously the body and mind. Indeed, if one takes the origins of this discipline, including its purest form, the Sanskrit word yoga has its root "yug". This root has at least three senses: common, control, and integration (samadhi). In other words, Hatha Yoga defines both ends and means. And in fact, codified by Patanjali Hatha Yoga (Indian philosopher of the second century AD.) Consists of several steps further and inseparable. Each session implements postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), training in moral and social attitudes virtuous (Yama and Niyama) and periods of meditation where one forgets her body. These periods are named according to the degree of absorption of the mind prathyâhârâ, Dharan, dhyana and samadhi. The practice of Hatha Yoga is mainly testing of complementary opposites (female / male, movement / stillness, inspiration / expiration, resistance / letting go). These experiments allow a perfect control of his body to achieve inner harmony but also with its external environment.