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Bikram Yoga and Hot Yoga: Bikram yoga uses a set of 26 poses that are performed in the same sequence each class. Hot yoga is not as structured; but one thing both styles have in common is that they use heated rooms. You will sweat. A lot.


Iyengar Yoga: This style of yoga fo- cuses on bodily alignment and ensuring proper positioning in each of the poses. Iyengar poses are often held much lon- ger than in many other styles of yoga. This method is not meant for the casual practitioner.


Kripalu Yoga: This style of yoga places an emphasis on body and spiritual awareness and focuses inward. Kripalu yoga is very much about physical and mental consciousness and living in the present. This style complements all levels of experience.


Kundalini Yoga: This yoga style focuses on the marriage of breath with physical movement for the purpose of freeing energy. Movements can be very rapid. This is the yoga of awareness. You must like to energize your body


through movement and breathing.


Restorative Yoga: This form uses props to support the body so that you can hold poses for longer. By holding the poses longer you can open your body more. It is practiced by all yoga stu- dents as a counter balance to the more strenuous movements of other styles. Restorative yoga is nurturing and good for those with limited mobility such as former athletes, seniors and anyone working with or healing from serious or chronic illness.


Tibetan Yoga: It is comprised of the Five Tibetan Rites, each of which is repeated 21 times with resting breaks between each Rite. It is fast-paced, so you should be in good physical health before practicing this style.


Vinyasa Yoga: This breath-synchro- nized method is considered one of the more vigorous styles of yoga. For example, a Vinyasa yoga class sun salutation movement series looks some- thing like this: Breathe in while raising your arms over head. Breathe out and swan dive to a forward fold. Breathe in while raising half way up to a flat back. Beginners will catch on quickly to Vinyasa yoga.


Yin Yoga: Yin yoga focuses instead on stretching connective tissue such as ligaments and bones. It complements other (yang) styles of yoga where one is staying in one position for a long time, such as during a meditation.


Now you are ready to enjoy all that yoga can offer. Take what works for you on any given day and leave the rest for another time. You may want to ease into yoga by enrolling in an introduc- tory yoga class to learn the basics or perhaps jump right into a Kripalu class. Non-competitive and always friendly, yoga is yours for the taking.


Nancy Mahon is a Kripalu-trained yoga teacher and the founder of Sanctuary Yoga Studios, 132 Park Avenue, New City. She can be reached at 548-1090, SanctuaryYoga@optimum.net or by visiting SanctuaryYogaStudios.com.


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