At Tranquil Yoga Studio, Our Teaching Style Reflects Our Wish To Make Fitness Inclusive And Accessible, to all age groups. We don’t take ourselves anywhere near as seriously as we take our yoga. We are all still, and always will be, students of yoga.
We keep our classes smaller, offering a more intimate space in which you will receive attention to detail and individual focus. While we promise you a high standard of teaching, we also promise laughs, chats and approachability.
Meaning
The common meaning of the word hatha is to be stubborn or tenacious — to persist in something with effort. The commentaries on Hatha Yoga Pradipika explain hatha as “with strength.” Here, the strength needed is not only mental, in the form of willpower or persistence, but physical too.
History
Hatha Yoga traces its origins especially to Gorakhnath, the legendary 11th-century founder of the Kanphata Yogis, but it grew out of yogic traditions dating back at least as far as Patanjali (2nd century bce or 5th century ce), author of the Hindu classics the Yoga-sutras and the Mahabhasya (“Great Commentary”).
What Should You Expect
Your teacher will guide you with poses and breath.
Benefits
Relax/Sleep/Mindfulness/Strength
How many times a week should you practice?
3-4 times
Meaning
Yin Yoga is slow-paced style of yoga as exercise, incorporating principles of traditional Chinese medicine, with asanas (postures) that are held for longer periods of time than in other styles. Advanced practitioners may stay in one asana for five minutes or more. The sequences of postures are meant to stimulate the channels of the subtle body known as meridians in Chinese medicine and as nadis in Hatha yoga.
History
The practice of a series of long-held floor poses was introduced in North America in the late 1970s by the martial arts champion Paulie Zink. In the late 1970s, Zink began to teach a synthesis of hatha yoga with Taoist yoga, as well as postures, movements and insights that he had developed himself. He later called this synthesis "Yin and Yang yoga," or "Yin Yoga" for short.
What Should You Expect
You will be expected to hold the pose for a period of 3-5 minutes. Some Props like bolsters & blankets will also be provided.
Benefits
Stretch connective tissue, relax, strength, balanced emotions.
How many times a week should you practice?
Everyday
Meaning
The word 'vinyasa' comes from the Sanskrit term 'nyasa', meaning 'to place' and the prefix vi, meaning 'in a special way'. In vinyasa yoga, the body moves in sync with the breath, creating fluid and smooth movements, so it's also known as “flow” yoga.
History
These newer styles of vinyasa yoga are a less structured offshoot of the Ashtanga Yoga system. Ashtanga Yoga has a strict structure and precise set of rules and was developed in by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. His teacher, Krishnamacharya, is attributed with being the originator of the Vinyasa concept in yoga
What Should You Expect
Synchronizing your breath with movement establishing a rhythm
Benefits
Boost metabolism, respiratory health, improved heart health, increased focus and awareness
How many times a week should you practice?
3-4 times
Meaning
Restorative Yoga is the practice of asanas, each held for longer than in conventional yoga as exercise classes, often with the support of props such as folded blankets, to relax the body, reduce stress, and often to prepare for pranayama.
History
An early disciple of B.K.S. Iyengar, the yoga teacher and Yoga Journal editor Judith Lasater helped to popularize restorative yoga, based on Iyengar Yoga's asanas and use of props.Lasater proposes twelve asanas and their variants, for a total of twenty poses, with detailed instructions that occupy much of her 2017 book Restore and Rebalance.Restorative Yoga is mainly for practitioners suffering from injuries, stress, or illness, who therefore require a yoga practice that can bring them back to a better quality of life; classes are necessarily small so that each person can receive detailed attention to ensure they are safe and properly supported. Yin Yoga uses props in a similar way, and holds poses for similarly long periods, but is aimed mainly at healthy practitioners, and is taught in larger classes.
What Should You Expect
You will be expected to hold the pose for a period of 3-5 minutes. It should be a one to one class or a very small class based, aiming to target your specific problem. You will be provided props as required
Benefits
Improves sleep, reduces stress, improves body's circulation, increases focus, prevents injury, strengthens immune system and can have a healing effect.
How many times a week should you practice?
Everyday
Meaning
Prenatal yoga is, simply put, a yoga practice specifically designed for pregnant people. Unlike a yoga class that merely modifies a “regular”* practice to be safe for pregnant women, prenatal yoga actually addresses concerns that pregnant women would have.
History
In the 1960s, Krishnamacharya identified asanas suitable for pregnant women.
Benefits
Improves sleep, Reduces stress and anxiety, increase Strength flexibility and endurance of muscles needed for childbirth, Decreases lower back pain, nausea, headache and shortness of breath.
How many times a week should you practice?
Min 5 days for 30 minutes
Meaning
Kundalini yoga derives from kundalini, defined in tantra as energy that lies within the body, frequently at the navel or the base of the spine. In normative tantric systems kundalini is considered to be dormant until it is activated and channeled upward through the central channel in a process of spiritual perfection.
History
Kundalini yoga was coined, created and popularized in 1968 by Yogi Bhajan. He described the intent of his teaching to be a “healthy, happy, holy” (3HO) way of life. He taught his American students how to awaken their inner spiritual energy through mantra chanting, breath work, and yoga poses.
What Should You Expect
Kundalini yoga is unlike any other type of yoga that you might practice. Where hatha yoga and vinyasa flow might focus on the physical exercises (asana) that yoga has to offer, Kundalini focuses on the spiritual practice of yoga.
Benefits
Ease stress and anxiety, improve cognitive functioning, boost self perception and self appreciation.
How many times a week should you practice?
Everyday
Meaning
Liternal meaning of Ashtanga in sanskrit is - 8 limbed/ having eight members. A type of yoga based on eight principles and consisting of a series of poses executed in swift succession, combined with deep, controlled breathing.
History
Ashtanga yoga finds its origins in an ancient book known as the "Yoga Korunta," written by a man named Vamana Rishi. The "Yoga Korunta" was compiled by Patanjali (who also compiled The Yoga Sutras) sometime between 200 B.C.E. and 250 C.E. The famed yogi, and also Jois’ teacher, T. Krishnamacharya (1888-1989), studied the "Yoga Korunta" and then passed it down to him.
What Should You Expect
In fact, there are a total of six series in Ashtanga -- the first (or primary) series, the second (or intermediate) series and then four advanced series that follow. They all begin with Sun Salutations, and all postures within each series are practiced within a specific order. In this way, once you memorize the many sequences of postures, you can move through them in a deeply meditative fashion.
Benefits
Weight loss, Strength and muscle building. Cardio workout.
How many times a week should you practice?
6 times a week
Meaning
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being.Both Pilates and yoga are low-impact exercises, but there is one important difference. When practicing yoga, you typically adopt a position and hold it, or flow into a different position. In Pilates, you adopt a position and then challenge your core by moving your arms or legs.
History
Pilates takes its name from Joseph Pilates. A German-born emigré to Britain and then America, he devised the Pilates method as a new approach to exercise and body-conditioning in the early decades of the last century. His method included the use of equipment referred to by him as: apparatus.
What Should You Expect
Typical Pilates workouts tend to be 45 minutes to an hour long, Sonja Herbert, a Pilates instructor and founder of Black Girl Pilates, tells SELF. You can do Pilates with or without equipment (more on that below), but no matter what you can expect the moves to involve slow, precise movements and breath control
Benefits
Weight loss, Cross-train, receive tension in back and legs, strength and flexibility
How many times a week should you practice?
Min 3 can go up 4 or 5.
