Trying Yoga? Know The Types
If you’re finally heading towards yoga, and that is a good thing indeed, you might find yourself confused by which yoga to do. For there are many different kinds of yoga, being taught by, and for, different kinds of people…
Yoga is more than a movement we see in class – it’s an entire lifestyle and philosophy. In fact, the yogic lifestyle is made up of eight limbs. The eight limbs of yoga act as a guideline to live a purposeful life by. They stem from the Yoga Sutras, compiled by Patanjali around 2000 years ago. The first limb includes yamas, which are ethical rules. One of the yamas, ahimsa, is often oversimplified.