The doctrine of yoga, is a lot of centuries available only to the Indian aristocrats, today experiences the new birth. About 100 years ago for European civilization secrets of art by means of which it is possible to improve mind and body began to open.
One of the modern directions of classical Hatha yoga is called by the name of its founder Sri B.K.S. Ayengar who devoted more than 60 years to practice, training of people and improvement of author's school Ayengara of yoga.
Features and history
At the beginning of the way, practicing yoga, B.K.S. Ayengar practiced the traditional dynamic style aimed at the development of physical force. However problems with health aimed it at search of a method of occupations available not only to the young, physically developed and healthy pupils. In seven decades of practice and teaching the methods of classical yoga on own experience were rethought, systematized and adapted for the people having problems with health, earlier not practicing yoga and old age.
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Features of Ayengara school which allow to begin and successfully to master practice to people of any level physical preparation, age and the state of health, are:
- More static practice and long stay in a pose.
- Alignment of a body and consciousness in an asana.
- Exact forming of a pose, individual approach.
- Use in occupations of the auxiliary objects helping a body to accept the correct situation in an asana.
- Detailed explanation of an order of occurrence and exit from an asana.
- Long finding and smooth change of poses.
- Gradual transition from simple asanas to more difficult in process of development of physical abilities of practicing.
- Concentration of attention on breath and own body.
- Alternation of practice of groups of asanas on weeks that allows to fix the received skills in muscle memory.
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To whom will suit
One of the basic principles of a method — Ayengar's availability of the yogi to beginners. This style suits practically all:
- to people with poor health;
- earlier not practicing yoga;
- without physical training, extension;
- having problems with health and the person interested to correct them.
It is necessary to tell about injuries, chronic diseases and other problems with health to the trainer.
Gradual development of asanas from simple to difficult will allow to get rid of the illnesses connected with developments of stagnation, an inactive way of life, a stress and other factors.
Advantage and effect of occupations
If you want to improve a body and to calm reason, yoga by the Ayengara method — the best way to such result. Purpose of occupations:
- Training and strengthening of the deep muscles stabilizing a body and internals.
- Improvement of flexibility and mobility of joints.
- Improvement of balance, control of a body.
- Improvement of a shape of a body, figure.
- Elimination of muscular asymmetry.
- Prevention of a stress and nervous breakdowns.
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The yogi Ayengar for beginners
Persons interested to master yoga should be prepared for occupations. Special accessories and comfortable clothes will be necessary for full-fledged trainings.
Equipment
For occupations it is required:
- suit;
- comfortable replaceable footwear;
- rug;
- towel;
- blocks, plaids, pillows, chairs, other auxiliary stock.
For occupations it is better to choose the fitting knitted clothes which will not constrain movements, from cotton with addition of synthetic fiber. Cotton will allow a body to breathe, and synthetic fibers give to material elasticity and durability.
Important! The specifics of yoga assume concentration therefore color of clothes should not distract attention and be evident. Every color bears a certain power, orange gives forces, lilac adjusts on reflections, thus correctly picked up color of a suit can help with a training.
It is worth avoiding rivets, lightnings, buttons and other decorative elements which can press and grate skin. Ideal option — leggings and a t-shirt or a top on a figure. Advantage of adjacent elastic clothes is in what it will not stir when performing twisting, inclinations and other asanas. Also the trainer will see correctness of position of knees and others a joint. The sports top or a bra is necessary for women for maintenance of a breast.
Classes are given barefoot, but for movement in club the necessary replaceable footwear.
Occupations require a rug for yoga. Made of the strong made foam rubber, it allows to be located comfortably on a floor. Sizes of 60 x 170-190 cm. For convenient transportation the rug is got together with a cover or a belt coupler.
The yoga by the Ayengara method provides use of plaids and pillows during meditation and also blocks, rollers, cloths, belts and other devices for practice of asanas. This stock, as a rule, is at schools where practice Ayengar's yoga.
Technology of meditation
Ayengar did not separate meditation from other practice and life in general, including mindfulness their integral part.
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The meditation purpose — achievement of mindfulness. It is studied, practicing:
- asana, concentrating attention at work of a body, ligaments and muscles.
- the pranayama — technology of breath, it is mastered separately from asanas.
Development the technician of meditation comes also gradually, from simple to difficult.
Yoga poses
The asana — art to arrange a body in a certain pose, having collected as uniform the whole body, thoughts and spirit. Pays special attention of the yogi Ayengar to the asanas which are carried out standing.
It is base, having mastered which the beginner will be able to prepare a body and spirit and to pass to more difficult exercises.
At first the pupil masters simple poses and technology of breath, passing to more difficult as his body becomes stronger and more flexible, and concentration of attention of deeper.
Councils and recommendations for beginners
- The main principle — nonviolent, soft impact of practice on an organism. You should not hurry and drive yourself into time frames, to set tasks to stretch out in a month. The result can achieve, only having allowed a body to develop naturally.
- In Ayengar's yoga the individual approach is important for what talk to the trainer about the feelings. To describe the feelings, it is necessary to listen to an organism, to feel during the training as a unit, consciously and without violence carrying out asanas.
- At monthly or pregnancies it is necessary to inform the trainer as practice during this period has the subtleties.
- At colds and a SARS it is better to stay at home, you should not force the organism and to extend an infection.
Important! Reconsideration of poses of classical yoga, use of auxiliary devices allows pupils to reach the correct stay in an asana, irrespective of level of training and the state of health.
The individual approach sparing the mode of occupations, the correct study of asanas will help beginners to improve health, to improve a body and reason.