Every form, explained

Yoga

Classical paths and the class styles people actually search for — what each one is, how it lands in the body, what to treat carefully, and a curated practice video. Educational, not medical, and never a replacement for a teacher in the room.

Classical paths

राजयोग

Raja yoga

The “royal” path of Patanjali: eight limbs from ethics and posture through breath, sense-withdrawal, concentration and meditation, to absorption.

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हठयोग

Hatha yoga

The classical body-and-breath path: āsana, prāṇāyama, cleansing, seals and locks — meant to make the body a fit instrument for sitting, not a performance.

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कर्मयोग

Karma yoga

The path of action without clinging to the fruit — work, care and duty offered, not collected as identity.

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भक्तियोग

Bhakti yoga

The path of devotion: love, chant, offering and remembrance directed toward the divine — a training of the heart as much as of attention.

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ज्ञानयोग

Jnana yoga

The path of knowing: inquiry into what you are, using scripture, reason and a quiet mind — not collecting opinions.

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मन्त्रयोग

Mantra yoga

The path of sacred sound: a chosen phrase repeated until attention rests on the syllable instead of the story.

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कुण्डलिनीयोग

Kundalini yoga

A map of coiled energy at the base of the spine, described in tantric and hatha texts — educational here, not a DIY awakening course.

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क्रियायोग

Kriya yoga

Patanjali’s three-part discipline — tapas, svādhyāya, īśvara-praṇidhāna — plus a note that modern “Kriya Yoga” schools teach additional techniques we will not copy here.

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प्राणायाम

Pranayama

The yoga of breath: lengthening, shaping and occasionally retaining the inhale and exhale so the body-mind has a slower metronome.

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Class styles

विन्यास

Vinyasa

Breath-linked movement: poses strung so that inhale and exhale carry you from shape to shape — the common “flow” class.

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अष्टाङ्ग विन्यास

Ashtanga vinyasa

The Mysore method of set series (primary, intermediate, advanced), counted vinyāsa and daily repetition — not the same as Patanjali’s eight-limbed aṣṭāṅga.

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आयंगरयोग

Iyengar yoga

Alignment, timing and props: B.K.S. Iyengar’s method of holding shapes with precision so the body learns where it actually is.

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यिन योग

Yin yoga

Long, unmuscular floor holds that load fascia and joints slowly — a complement to yang (moving, muscular) practice, not a nap with branding.

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विश्रामयोग

Restorative yoga

Fully supported shapes so the body can drop muscular effort and the nervous system can stand down — rest as the practice, not a prize at the end.

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योगनिद्रा

Yoga nidra

Guided yogic sleep: a rotation of awareness through the body while you remain lying down, hovering between wake and dream.

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