Iyengar Yoga

Iyengar Yoga is the most fundamental of yoga exercises and stretches, with a twist. Iyengar Yoga uses props to assist beginners in performing the correct asana, which are the postures or forms that you bend your body into. This is an incredible way to enjoy many of the benefits of yoga, without having to practice for many years.

Iyengar Yoga focuses on correct body alignment and breath control. This allows the practitioner of Iyengar Yoga to prevent injury, increase circulation, and focus on each pose. With all three of these things working in unison, it allows new students of Iyengar Yoga to progress rapidly, and do so in a healthy and supportive way. By using props, such as blocks, ropes and mats everyone can essentially be a master yoga practitioner. The props allow everyone, young and old, to get the full range of motion from each form and slowly allow the body to adapt to the new, and sometimes unusual, positions.

Since Iyengar Yoga is a very posture perfect method of practicing yoga, its benefits are multiplied for those attempting to recover from injury. By correctly stretching and strengthening the muscles and tendons of the body, Iyengar Yoga gently pulls the soft tissue into correct alignment, and increases your awareness of your everyday posture in order to prevent future injury. Again, with Iyengar Yoga, the uses of props allow injured people to enjoy the benefits without the risk of causing additional harm.

If you are a beginner to yoga and would like to begin to experience the wonderful benefits, than Iyengar Yoga is the way to go. Blocks, ropes, straps, etc. will assist your every posture, and speed you on your way to becoming a healthier and stronger, you. The focus on breathing and the near meditative state of Iyengar Yoga allow your body and mind to reach their full potential.