Yoga is Yoga, isn't it? - Exploring different yoga styles

'I am off to my yoga class' = I am going to a place where I will roll out a mat and do some weird shapes.

But technically speaking if we are talking about the postures we perform in a yoga class, we should be calling it Asana class rather than Yoga class. But that's like pointing out that a hoover should be called a vacuum cleaner and ping pong is the name of the brand of a table for table tennis...pointing that out would be pedantic, wouldn't it?

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Be Better. Be Faster. Be More… WHY?

Yoga is so much easier in the bath. All those poses where I have to lift my entire body weight just using my hands - piece of cake. The poses where I have to put a leg behind my head- easy. (Well... perhaps 'close' to my head.) Forward folds - easy peasy- you can't go too far or you'll drown.

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