{"id":1050,"date":"2015-06-26T09:04:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T07:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inditex.inithealth.com\/blog\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2015-06-26T09:07:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T07:07:17","slug":"ashtanga-yoga-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/2015\/06\/26\/ashtanga-yoga-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashtanga Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This type of yoga is a dynamic<strong> practice of traditional yoga<\/strong>, which combines dynamic postures (Asanas) with breathing (Vinyasa) in coordination with movements and your gaze (Drishti).<\/p>\n<p>Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is divided into several series:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Therapeutic yoga or Yoga Chiktsa<\/strong> to eliminate toxins and re-educate posture. It is done as follow: do the chair pose, <strong>Utkatasa<\/strong>: a sitting pose with your feet together. Raise your arms above your head, inhale and hold the position while holding your breath.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>\u201cNadi Shodhana\u201d<\/strong> series to balance the nervous system and unblock energy channels involves the <strong>Salabhasana or locust <\/strong>pose: lie face down on the floor, arch your spine and raise your legs and torso while you inhale. Hold your breath. Then exhale and relax.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>\u201cSthira Bhaja\u201d<\/strong> series is an advanced practice which helps maintain stability and strength. The <strong>\u201cNata Rajasana\u201d or dancer\u2019s <\/strong>pose: stand with your feet together. Bend your right leg backwards and take hold of the ankle with your hand. Keep your balance, breath consciously and stretch your leg backwards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ashtanga yoga is a demanding activity and requires concentration, patience, constancy and resistance.<\/p>\n<h3>What are the lessons like?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>An Asana sequence or something similar is repeated <\/strong>to develop strength, elasticity and balance. According as goals are reached, the instructor introduces new, more complex poses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We <strong>start <\/strong>as usual with <strong>a mantra or message<\/strong> spoken out loud to motivate us to aim for physical and mental health.<\/li>\n<li>This is followed by <strong>sun salutations, as a form of warming up<\/strong> and to aid concentration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is how you do the salutation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inditex.inithealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/05\/96089760-saludo-al-sol-yoga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-800\" src=\"https:\/\/inditex.inithealth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/05\/96089760-saludo-al-sol-yoga.jpg\" alt=\"96089760 Saludo al sol yoga\" width=\"210\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/05\/96089760-saludo-al-sol-yoga.jpg 468w, https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/05\/96089760-saludo-al-sol-yoga-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2015\/05\/96089760-saludo-al-sol-yoga-400x313.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 99vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standing<\/strong> poses for stability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sitting<\/strong> pose, for toning.<\/li>\n<li>Final <strong>stretching<\/strong> for balance and harmony.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Breathing and movement<\/strong> (Vinyasa).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abdominal and pelvic floor contraction<\/strong>, with slow <strong>breathing<\/strong> and your <strong>gaze <\/strong>(Drishti) focused on a fixed spot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember the<strong> benefits of practising<\/strong> yoga:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It helps release<\/li>\n<li>It eases <strong>tension<\/strong> and anxiety.<\/li>\n<li>It improves body <strong>posture<\/strong> and reduces joint <strong>pain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It improves <strong>flexibility<\/strong> and balance.<\/li>\n<li>It strengthens the <strong>immune<\/strong> system<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It enhances <strong>lung <\/strong>capacity<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It increases our ability to <strong>concentrate <\/strong>and pay attention.<\/li>\n<li>It improves<\/li>\n<li>It strengthens<\/li>\n<li>It strengthens the <strong>cardiovascular system<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This type of yoga is a dynamic practice of traditional yoga, which combines dynamic postures (Asanas) with breathing (Vinyasa) in coordination with movements and your gaze (Drishti). Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is divided into several series: Therapeutic yoga or Yoga Chiktsa to eliminate toxins and re-educate posture. It is done as follow: do the chair pose, Utkatasa: a sitting pose with your feet together. Raise your arms above your head, inhale and hold the position while holding your breath. The \u201cNadi Shodhana\u201d series to balance the nervous system and unblock energy channels involves the Salabhasana or locust pose: lie face down on the floor, arch your spine and raise your legs and torso while you inhale. Hold your breath. Then exhale and relax. The \u201cSthira Bhaja\u201d series is an advanced practice which helps maintain stability and strength. The \u201cNata Rajasana\u201d or..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[152,150,151],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-physical-activity-and-health","tag-asana-sequence","tag-ashtanga-yoga","tag-mantra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1051,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/es.preblogwp.inditex.inithealth.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}