What is the 'hot' in hot yoga?
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Hot Yoga
Hot Yoga is built on many of the poses and philosophies of Bikram Choudhury and Bishnu Ghosh, but incorporates different means ofentering into poses, as well as several variations so that practitioners of all abilities are able to experience the full benefits of the workout. His method of Hot Yoga is a set series of 26 yoga poses, including two pranayama exercises, each of which is performed twice in a single 90 minute class.
Yoga
Yoga, in general, is a spiritual practice or discipline that helps the individual unify his/her body, mind, and heart. Yoga is an exact science based on certain immutable Laws of Nature. Yoga is thus all-embracing, all-inclusive and universal in its application leading to all-round development of body, mind and soul. Yoga is control of mind and its modifications.
Karma Yoga
Karma Yoga emphasizes spiritual practice to help the individual unify body, mind, and heart through certain practices in one's daily life and work. Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. There is a hidden power in Karma or action termed 'Adrishta' which brings in fruits of Karmas for the individual. The practice of Karma Yoga prepares the aspirant for the reception of knowledge of the Self.
Tantra Yoga
Tantra Yoga is a holistic approach to the study of the universal from the point of view of the individual: the study of the macrocosm through the study of the microcosm. Tantra Yoga believes that as long as the phenomenal world exists, it is the Universal Mother who is the creator, preserver and destroyer. By refining our thoughts and feelings by means of these Tantra Yoga practices, we learn to create peace, harmony, and order within ourselves.
Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti Yoga is pure spiritual devotion, of love for God which is Love. Bhakti Yoga is the most direct method, the shortest way to experience the divine. Bhakti Yoga lets one see the absolute manifested in all experience. There is nothing higher than love and Bhakti Yoga is the religion of love.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga contains substantial tantric influence and marks the first point at which chakras and kundalini were introduced into the yogic canon. Hatha Yoga in its many modern variations is the style that most people actually associate with the word "Yoga" today. Outside India, Yoga is mostly associated with the practice of asanas (postures) of Hatha Yoga or as a form of exercise, although it has influenced the entire Indian religions family and other spiritual practices throughout the world. They are sometimes divided into the lower and the upper four limbs, the lower ones being parallel to the lower limbs of Hatha Yoga, while the upper ones being specific for the Raja yoga.
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