The beauty of yoga is that there are different styles and forms to suit us all. The Bhagavad Gita, the historical yogic text, mentions eighteen different forms of yoga that include hatha yoga, kundalini yoga, karma yoga, tantra yoga, raja yoga and bhakti yoga.1 The last two types – raja yoga and bhakti yoga – are […]
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Beyond Image and Asanas: A Brief Definition of Yoga
What’s the first thought that pops into your mind when someone mentions yoga to you? For many it will be to do with lean, bendy bodies and a form of exercise. While this is not completely wrong, yoga is so much more than exercise and postures. In fact, the asanas – the postures – only […]