Yoga school classification, what are the schools of yoga?

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What are the schools of yoga?

What are the schools of yoga?

The ancient books record the four major yoga schools: Bong'ai Yoga, Zhi Yoga, Karma Yoga and King Yoga. The fifth largest school of yoga should be Hada Yoga, which is what we often call pose-based yoga. After that, many modern yoga schools have been derived from Hada Yoga, such as Flow flow Yoga, Astanga Ashtanga, Hot High temperature Yoga, Anusara Anusala, Kundalini Kundalini Yoga, Javamukti, Chan Yoga Zen Yoga.

There are also some yoga divided by efficacy, such as decompression yoga, shaping yoga, beauty yoga. There are yoga divided by practice groups, such as men's yoga, maternity yoga, children's yoga … None of these belong to the yoga genre.

There are probably only a few of the most common schools of yoga in our daily life.

I. traditional yoga (HathaYoga)

High temperature Yoga (HotYoga)

Energy Yoga (PowerYoga)

Fourth, meditation yoga (YinYoga)

Another is "positive Yoga", which is very popular in recent years.

The traditional yoga schools include Hatha (basic introduction), Ashtanga, flow Yoga, Yin Yoga and Iyengar. In recent years, there have also been many small schools, such as Ball Yoga, Air Yoga, Dance Yoga and so on. These are actually Hatha, just borrowing some tools.

The purpose of yoga is to control the mind and improve the mind. It is a spiritual practice of the mind, senses and body.

The four major schools of ancient yoga

From the perspective of spiritual practice, yoga is basically divided into four schools, which represent four different spiritual ideas, all of which focus on spiritual and ideological or behavioral practice, while less emphasis on asana.

1. Wisdom Yoga

Specializing in the study of advanced theories similar to philosophy, hoping to improve the public's knowledge and ideas, let people free from ignorance, in order to achieve the state of the unity of the Vatican and the self. Only by turning the perspective from the outside to the inside, through the appearance of all external things, to experience and learn, can we understand yoga and obtain the true meaning of divine. Wisdom Yoga is a typical yoga that emphasizes thinking practice rather than asana.

2. Karma yoga

Yoga that emphasizes spiritual practice."Karma" means all the behavior of a person. Regardless of whether it is good or evil, this kind of behavior will leave its own track, which will bring corresponding retribution according to the different nature of the behavior. Practitioners of karma yoga aim to serve the society, regardless of the results, and hope to get their own happiness from serving the public.

3. Beloved Yoga

Knowledge is the source of life, action is the performance of life, if a person does not have knowledge, he will fall into great blindness, and action will lose its support. Pursue "love with benevolence, worship God with piety". Most of the practitioners haunt the mountains or live in busy cities, and their lifelong goal is to place their spirit in the Vatican.

4. Wang Yoga

Authentic classical yoga pays more attention to ideas and pranayama, abandoning most of the strict asana. Advocate the eight-branch method of yoga, that is, prohibition, respect, sitting, pranayama, sensation, internal awakening, meditation, samadhi. The most popular and familiar yoga practice today is HATHAYOGA, a simplified yoga genre of Wang Yoga, focusing on postures and breathing.

In the process of modern yoga practice and reproduction, the following factions have been developed in hatha yoga to meet the usual practice requirements of ordinary people.

1.Ashtanga Yoga

Also known as Power Yoga (Power Yoga), it is the most physical part of hatha yoga. A total of 240 yoga postures are connected by six action units combined with breathing to enhance the body's "heat energy" and thus strengthen the body. Because of its emphasis on strength, flexibility and vitality, it is loved by athletes or people who love strenuous sports.

2.Iyengar Yoga

Hatha Yoga is the most familiar school in the West in recent years. Combine yoga with medical science to improve people's physical and psychological problems. Special emphasis is placed on the cooperation of all parts of the body, the absolutely correct position and the control of muscle tightening and relaxation when doing yoga postures, which is suitable for beginners, can help them establish a good yoga posture foundation, and is also suitable for people who need to improve their body posture.

3.Kundalini Yoga

With a long history, I am convinced that the energy of life is hidden in the caudal vertebrae. Emphasize several breathing techniques: alternating nostril breathing, slow breathing, diaphragm breathing, and a breathing method called "flame". After practice, you will feel extremely relaxed physically and breathe clearly, which can also bring you complete relaxation, quietness and concentration both physically and mentally.

4.Sivananda Yoga

It combines five specific exercise methods: proper exercise, breathing, deep relaxation, vegetarian diet, and positive thinking and meditation.

5.Vini yoga

The detailed requirements of yoga postures and the persistence of physical strength and endurance are the focus of this school of yoga. The emphasis on healthy breathing is more important than how to complete the yoga asana. Exhale and inhale will be controlled by consciousness so that it can be carried out in different time and space to match the exercise of yoga posture.

All yoga schools are derived from Hada yoga, which in Sanskrit (Ha) is the sun and (Ta) is the moon.

The sun represents the energy of the "sun", while the moon is the energy of the "moon". Through these two kinds of energy, the body and mind can be balanced.