What are the different types of yoga? | Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Bikram, Hot Yoga and Yin 

I hope you find this video helpful. If you're interested in learning more about the philosophy of yoga, check out my series 'Yoga off the mat' here: ru-vid.com/group/PLhgpokwx0kxEsS9OCvBgv9c-JPmpaOb-6

HATHA YOGA Most forms of yoga in the West can be classified as Hatha Yoga. Hatha simply refers to the practice of physical yoga postures, meaning your Ashtanga, vinyasa, Iyengar and Power Yoga classes are all Hatha Yoga. The word “hatha” can be translated two ways: as “willful” or “forceful,” or the yoga of activity, and as “sun” (ha) and “moon” (tha), the yoga of balance. Hatha practices are designed to align and calm your body, mind, and spirit in preparation for meditation. YOGA JOURNAL

Iyengar embraces yin yoga. As you correct your alignment, you stay, relax into the pose What you however observe is the level of resistance in each pose (level of tightness or stiffness), which reveals your emotional state.

wonderful comprehensive and to the point video!! great job cheers from NY!!!

Thank you for your video, it's very easy to understand. I will certainly check out your yoga flows!

Thank you so much for this! I am very new to yoga, and I just started to notice that there were indeed differences. I love to sit in my poses for awhile, because I have a back injury that I started using yoga to manage. The flows were way too fast for me, and I was getting frustrated with myself. Now that I watched your video I will look for Hatha, Iyengar, and Yin classes. Now, I can focus like I need to, relax, and accept my slower journey with yoga!

Hatha yoga is powerful AF, tried it 1st time 10 years ago & became overcome with emotion at the end.

Thank you so much ! I’m excited to see what you come up with next!

Love the way you explain this, thank you. Namaste

love ur clear explanation, I just start to learn yoga seriously and this helped me a lot

Bikram did not found this style : His guru from the Ghosh lineage had taught him, and these 26+2 set has been passed on from generations, he just made it famous in America

Thank you for taking the time to make and edit this video. I love finding no filler/bluff youtubers that go straight to teaching you. Thank you again Emily

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything. I am going to be beginning yoga and this helped a bunch 😅

the most most most informative video thank you a lot ill try ashtanga and yin yoga

When you got to Bikram yoga and mentioned there’s a documentary available I quickly went and watched the documentary first and then finished this video. So thank you for sharing, I learnt a lot heheh ♥️

I had no idea of the detailed differences of these yoga practises! Thank you for helping me understand better 🙏🏻

That is sooo useful! Thank you very much🙏🌼

Thank you! You have cited each yoga type very clearly and with some interesting facts. I hope someday there will be types of yoga named after good spirited yogi women :)

Thank you for all the informational videos you have up! I have chronic back pain and I’m having a bad flare up right now so I’m not able to do yoga at the moment. After being in this much pain, it’s inspired me to try yoga out to help manage my back pain. The only thing I can do right now is learn, so your channel has been SO helpful! Can’t wait until I feel better to start practicing Asana ☺️

Bdw it's good to see at last you have to follow us & our culture. Proud to be an Indian

Thank you very much Emily. That was extremely informative.

This video was quite informative! I'm on a quest to orient myself in all the different styles as I'm looking for what's best for me. Your video helped me understand the differences better.

Accurate explanation! Thanks a lot, you helped me understand better 💖

Thank you for such a comprehensive and detailed explaination! This really helped me out:)

Great explanation, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much.

Thanks you so much for the beautiful videos..🥰💜🤞

Thank you for this information I am studying yoga I never knew there were different types

I’d love to start Yoga. This was very informative. 😊

Good well explained ❤️❤️👍👍 luv from India

Thanks. Your explanation was very clear and useful. I am new to Yoga and I've been practising for one month only but, the results are incredible.

Very clear explanation, thank you very much!

Thanks for the information. Very clear and well explained.

Thank you great video, helped me to understand what s what :)

Enjoyed this very much - enlightening explanations - thank you 👍👍🙏🙏

Thanks I'm new in the yoga world, didn't find a propper explanation, thankfully you didi it

Thank you! This was so very helpful.

Thank you so much! Very clear!

Thank you for this!!❤️❤️❤️

I love Vinyasa and Yin yoga ♥️

Soooo helpful for this newbie! Thank you.

Thank you sm for this! ❤️

Hey! Awesome and really informative video! What about nauli yoga? I really try to find info but it’s more confusing rather than helpful. Many thanks! 🙏🏽

Nice video 🙌. In Hatha Yoga classical usually taking 8-10 Yogic breath

Simple and clean explanation

Thank you. This is so useful

Thank you 😍 it was very helpful

Hey, this is super helpful. I have some knowledge of each but good to hear it broken down in this way. To what degree does Iyengar have flow like Vinyasa?

Great explanation, love your clarity!

There's a whole Yoga world out there. Cheers!

Very well explained!

That was very helpful! Thanks a lot 🧘‍♀️💕🙌

Very clear and informatice explanation! Thank you

Thanks that was very helpful

This was so helpful! Thanks so much!

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Thank you so much! What about the Raja Yoga? I heard that Kings were doing Raja Yoga.

Ashtanga is great for beginners :-) Usually as a beginner you'll only learn the sun salutations and maybe a few standing poses in the first class. You'll gradually get more poses and each of them is being adapted to your body and its capabilities. It's pretty common that it takes around a year minimum to learn all the poses of the Primary Series. Led classes where the students are talked through the complete Primary Series are rather suitable for practitioners who have a lot of experience with Ashtanga already. Traditionally we practice in so called "Mysore Style", where everybody practices in his own tempo and to his own extent. That's what makes this style so suitable for people of all "levels".

I'm glad you exposed bikram for what he is. Blows my mind that most people don't know.

Thank you!❤

If I may say, yoga being the union of mind-body-soul. As far I understand the five branches of yoga are Dhyan, Raja, Bhakti, Ha-tha, and Karma yoga. Ha-tha is the umbrella under which Mr. Astanga, Mr. Iyengar Mr. Vinyasa Sri Shivanada, Paramahansa taught their own personal style. It's a 10,000-year-old tradition that until the 60s remained in India and other parts of the East. And was always taught, one yogi, one student, There are thousands of possible asanas because it all depends on each student and where their body is at. After the sixties we now have our western approach...I love ha-tha yoga..I also need to remember; bhakti yoga - devotion, Dhyan yoga - meditation, karma yoga- I have so much work to do on myself and Raja yoga, well I won't be doing that . n..not in this life time anyway

Hi! All of this is really interesting, specially all the Off the mat content, I was wondering, is there some book you'd recommend, where I can read all of this info a bit more in-depth? Thanks!

Thank you could you explain Kundalini yoga and restorative yoga? 😊

Thanks for the video

Thank you Emily. What about Isha Yoga?

Thank you so much!

This channel is so underrated with so many good, useful and objective information! Thanks for sharing Emily :) Also if you have time, wondering what's your thoughts on Anusara Yoga, and would it be a good mix to learn both Anusara and Ashtanga at the same time? Thanks heaps

Thnk u

Thank you so much

thank you😊

Thanks!

Sri Krisnamacharya was teacher of ashatangas Pattabhi Jois and Iyengars BVK Iyengar. Both were his student at young age and took with them shrishti krama and shakti krama of classical yoga taught by Sri Krisnamacharya. Shrishti krama is for formative young years and shakti is to build strength. They gave own names and exported to America. These schools r based on 2 of the many kramas taught by Krisnamacharya based on individual age and stage and need. Classically all movements r done along breath and minimum stay of 6 breaths as one gets readied towards it. Breath is prepared overtime as per rules of breath flow in accordance with yogasutras...dirgha and sukshama...thats is long and subtle with appropriate pause or hold or bandha. Krisnamacharya tradition recognizes uniqueness of each person, each body and each mind. What it brings to the table is totality of the various branches talked abt here. Bikram doesnt deserve name along with yoga. Sri Krisnamacharya refused to leave India or commercialise yoga. His teachings & mind science of yoga r learned by teachers getting trained by Yogavahini Chennai,Hyderabad. To see and treat yoga just as physical activity is disservice to the depth of understanding and healing it carries for human suffering. To look and understand and teach a student the totality as per him or her, takes an extraordinary training

Thank you!

Hi Emily, what about kundalini yoga?

M Your big fan from India I only follow and listen u

Thankyouu❤️❤️❤️

thank you! how about kundalini? is it more of a breath practice or is there also movement/poses? i appreciate it :)

Hi ,I hope you are doing well. There are only two types of yoga Ashtanga yoga and Hatha yoga. Moreover everyone is teaching different styles of asana classes. Its a misconception of saying Hatha yoga, vinyasa yoga. Everyone should learn to differntiate the styles of asana. I would suggest everyone shoud say Hatha yogaasana session, Vinyasa yogasana session, Ashtanga vinyasa yogasana session, Iyengar yogasana session. There is only different styles of asana classes. not many yoga.

Thank you :)

Thanks for watching everyone! What else would you like to learn about on my channel?

Ashtanga is really challenging

Thanks, FYI in Australia, every Hot yoga studio I’ve been to does the same 26+2 as bikram.

Actually I am very much interested to do yoga but I don't know where to start? & what type of yoga like Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Bikram, Hot Yoga and Yin to start as I am a beginner?

amazing video ❤️ thank you so much

What can you say on kumbhaka ?

Can we get different examples of each one to understand

Hatha first for foundation .. then move on to vinyasa next or ashtanga

What is power yoga

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How about ‘Gentle’ Yoga or ‘Ananda’ Yoga? I attended a gentle yoga class and I fell in love. Is this technically restorative yoga?

thanks for the informative video!

From where u learn yoga.

When you're a certain age, all yoga is hot!😁🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️🧘 I love all yoga styles 💜.

I have come across hatha flow, flow, gentle flow... After watching this video, i think all of these could refer to vinyasa flow.

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Just think of Njyana Karma Bakthi and Kriya yoga

Hi.please can you tell me which style too doo too help me sleep better..???

How many days a week can someone do Ashtanga primary series If Im lifting weights intensly 1 or 2 days a week. Thanks

Ashtanga yoga is totally different as per your information

How about Ariel yoga?

This is really informative. I have been doing yoga for a few months and I am totally unaware of the differences. I think vinyasa has a lot of downward dog and yin is very still😂