There are
so many yoga styles in all over the world, how about a little review for some
of them which I practice by myself?
I’ll start
with first yoga class in my life - Iyengar yoga style - I’m still into it for
more than 4 years by now.
So, who is
he – Iyengar? Why his method is so popular all over the world?
Sri BKS
Iyengar was born in 1918 in India, he was 11th child in the family. Iyengar’s childhood is covered
with all possible illnesses and diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and
etc., what shows us wick health and wick immunity.
At the age
of 15, his brother-in-law Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya invited Iyengar to
Mysore for health improving through yoga practice. Step by step Iyengar learned
asana practice, what took a positive influence for his health stability.
Three years
later Iyengar moved to Puna and started his own teaching practice, by mixing
different methods he offers to his students a very interesting approach…
“Yoga is
for everyone” – you can hear this in every yoga class, but in fact in dynamic
classes you rarely will see somebody, who is retired or somebody, who has just
recovered from the injury or other health issue. In Iyengar class you will
practice yoga next to all possible types of students, because Iyengar method
use a lot of props to help students to build a correct posture and you will
hear a lot of details about every pose.
Usually
Iyengar class starts with Sukhasana posture, where you are organizing yourself
for a practice. After that you will be offered to make 10-15 postures (some of
them couple of times with different environment) and to finish your class you
will take some pranayama in Savasana.
Teacher of
Iyengar yoga usually builds their lesson according to the month plan:
First week (1-7
days of every month) – Standing postures
Second week
(8-14 days of every month) – Forward bends and twists
Third week
(15-21 days of every month) – Surya Namaskara and backbends
Fourth week
(22-28 days of every month) – Rehabilitation postures, pranayama
29-31 days
of every month – program under teacher’s consideration
