What is the difference between Relaxation Yoga and Power Yoga?
Relaxation Yoga is meditative. It focuses on stress-reduction and self-knowledge. Power Yoga is vigorous. It is a work out. Some Power Yoga teachers focus on self-knowledge during their classes, other teachers do not. My classes are designed to help students develop self-knowledge. Much of the class can be done with closed eyes so that inner focus can be maintained. I encourage students to take other types of classes in order to broaden their experience. Also, a vigorous workout is good for the heart. 8) back to top What is the point of doing yoga? The purpose of yoga is to accept yourself completely, “as-is,” integrating all parts of the self. The word “Yoga” means “union.” One self: body, mind, spirit, happiness, sadness, humanness, successes, hip pain, bad hair days, everything. Every yoga technique is a tool for clearing inner pathways to that kind of wholesale self acceptance. Yoga techniques include the body movements (asanas) that are pictured in magazines, as well as paying att
