Have you considered stepping up your practice and taking a Vinyasa Yoga class?  But have been reluctant about it because you don’t know what’s involved?  Let’s try and get to the core of what ‘Vinyasa’ stands for and how it is incorporated in Yogita Yoga’s classes. Our interpretation of ‘Vinyasa’ is strongly linked to the […]

According to an RMIT study of 4000 Australian yoga practitioners, around 90% of those who practice yoga are women.  This is particularly interesting since yoga was originally practiced in India exclusively by men.  Also, when you look at ‘famous’ yoga teachers, the majority of those are (still) men.  So what is it that holds many […]

There is a tendency these days to clutch a water bottle whenever we are going to exert ourselves.  The reason to refrain (if possible) from drinking during yoga is that you are quenching the essential thing that you want to generate: heat!  When heat is produced internally through asana and the breath (rather than externally, […]

Chanting is more than just a lovely way to start and finish a yoga class.  The sound ‘OM’ is considered the universal sound, encompassing three elements: creation (A), preservation (U) and destruction (M); hence the sound A+U (O) and M.  OM is the most commonly used mantra or chant, derived from the ancient Sanskrit language.  […]

In the western world, we usually equate ‘Asana’ (postures) with ‘Yoga’ and the primary aim of people that come a yoga class is either to become more flexible, stronger or lose weight.  However, for some there is also the aspect of ‘stress relief’, so there must be something more to yoga than just the physical […]