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Flow Yoga is the term generally used to describe hatha yoga methods which draw inspiration from the traditional Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga system taught by Sri Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. It is also called Vinyasa Yoga in the West.
While the traditional method prescribes an established series of postures linked together by movements and breaths, Flow Yoga allows more freedom and creativity in one's asana practice. The effect is a challenging and yet fulfilling practice for both beginners and advanced practitioners.
Flow Yoga offers an opportunity to connect to one's roots and in effect discover one's true nature. By providing freedom in one's asana practice, Flow Yoga empowers the individual to move freely to the rhythm of the breath, to draw energy from the source of all creativity, and to harness the power of the mind.
Just like the traditional method, Flow Yoga employs the use of ujjayi breathing, bandhas and linking movements. It utilizes the heat created by these techniques to cleanse and purify the body. The approach may be intensely physical but the effect goes beyond it.
Ashtanga Yoga is a dynamic form of hatha yoga that involves deep breathing, energy locks, focal points, flowing movements and a set series of postures which all help to create heat in the body. It is both strengthening and purifying to the body and mind.
Please visit the Official Website of the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute to know more about this traditional method.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce