YoGa EmPoWeReD OnLiNe: What is Viniyoga?
Think of Apples…. there are many types of apples. Green apples, red delicious apples, pink lady apples and more but they are all still apples right?! Yoga styles are like apples. Each style has a different texture, flavor, if you will but each style is still yoga. For example- Bikram yoga (often referred to as hot yoga) is done in a hot room, still yoga but with distinct “flavor”. Viniyoga has 4 distinct “flavors”. Viniyoga revolves around linking breath & movement, in a meditative way or a strengthening kick ass way. In some yoga styles- you focus on your inhale filling your belly then your chest. Here we aim to fill the from the collar bones first, then the chest & at the end of the inhale to soften the belly. Each exhale- you’ll be coached to strongly pull the navel to spine as you release your exhale. This facilitates each pose. As you breathe in- your rib cage will rise (encouraging backbends, coming up from a forward bend etc.) As you breathe out, pulling the belly in tight- yo
