08/11/2025
Morning reflections on Yoga...
There are so many styles of yoga that have made me into the person and teacher that I am today.
I have been practicing and studying yoga since 1990….35 years!! I have stepped into hundreds of yoga studios, yoga centers, yoga conferences and yoga communities, with an open mind to learn and absorb the wisdom of yoga from a wide range of teachings and teachers.
The styles of yoga that I teach are: Hatha Yoga (various levels), Flow Yoga (aka: Vinyasa), Restorative Yoga and a little bit of Yin Yoga. Of course, as with every yoga teacher, I teach these styles in my own unique way, based on my experience of how yoga techniques work in my body, and from what I have witnessed in how these techniques work in my students bodies.
A very quick history of styles of Yoga...
From what I understand, the most classical styles (paths) of yoga are: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Ta**ra Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga & Mantra Yoga.
From these classical styles of yoga were created styles of yoga like: Sivananda Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, ViniYoga, Kundalini Yoga, Kripalu Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga (surely, I am forgetting to mention others).
From those styles, more schools and styles were created, such as: Anusara Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Jivamukti Yoga, Power Yoga, TriYoga, Pre-Natal Yoga, Moksha Yoga (and more!!)
And now, all sorts of styles are popping up, like: Laughter Yoga, SUP Yoga, Acro Yoga, Aerial Yoga, Face Yoga…the list goes on (and on and on).
I would love to know which styles of yoga you have trained in, which styles have most inspired your life, and I would especially like to know if I have failed to mention your style of yoga in the above lists.
I end this morning writing session in gratitude for all of my yoga teachers and for all of my yoga students.
Our yoga season begins on Monday November 17th! See you soon!!