21 Yoga Misconceptions and Truths for Real Yoga Seekers

Inaccurate postures, pressing through discomfort, not warming up properly, not understanding the objective of each asana, and speaking loudly and giving instructions to students during certain poses are all factors to put the body under stress. This in turn triggers harm to the internal organs and the chakras.


If our practices snap away life from the body, then the practice is hazardous.

I write this while nursing an injured ankle, I pushed myself too hard, once again.

MISCONCEPTION 1: I PRACTICE YOGA TO CALM MYSELF

YOGA TRUTH: WHEN DONE FROM A WORRIED STATE, YOGA CAN NOT BE DONE CORRECTLY.

In a stressed out state, nadis would be obstructed and prana flow constricted. This is supported by the texts, continued reading.

I believed in this myth for the longest time. I went to Yoga with my mind running insane with the to-do list and I arrived stating I needed to discover my peace.

A good class was when the practice alchemized my pain and left me feeling love for all.

Based upon the sutras from the Shiva Swarodaya, Shiva's academic instructions on Yoga to his beloved Goddess Parvati, Yoga needs to be approached just when the mind is currently still.

When the mind is unwinded breath is drawn from the left nostril and the Ida Nadi is active.

The Ida nadi associates to the ideal hemisphere of the brain and the body is in rest and digest mode. Ida nadi indicates a state of calm calmness, a state of surrender and openness.

Inspect your breath before you step on the mat if you are breathing from the best nostril, and in the modern world we mostly are, the Pingala or the Sun energy is active in the body.

Based on Dr. B.R. Sharma's translations of Shiva Swarodaya, this is an outstanding time to ride a horse, take a bath, eat a meal, participate in competitive sports, shimmy up a mountain or board an aircraft however not a good time for Yoga.

Fun truth, for a male sun energy or left hemisphere activation and right nostril breathing is an ideal state for having sex, for a lady the ideal hemisphere, moon energy, and a relaxed left nostril breathing is more satisfying.

MYTH 2: YOGA IS TO GET TO AN INSTAGRAM WORTHY BODY PRETZEL

YOGA REALITY: ONE DOES NOT NEED TO BE ANY TYPE OF BODY SIZE TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF YOGA.

We are all guilty of wanting to end up being double-jointed like the Yogis on Instagram, nobody celebrates a well done Tadasana or Savasana.

The gymnasts and ballet dancer yogis on Instagram leave lots of wondering, do you have to be this skinny to do yoga? My Kundalini Yoga Expert would state if versatility was the goal of Yoga then the Mongolian contortionists should be the most spiritual humans.

What happens to your body when you start doing yoga? The true goal of Yoga is to squeeze and soak the best muscles, massage the internal organs, bear weight on the best bones, balance the right and left hemisphere, stir the pitta energy and then bring it into the Sushumna to activate the instinctive intelligence of the chakra centers.

Each body will hold a posture in a different way due to variations of the skeletal and muscular makeup. Nevertheless routine practice will improve muscle tone, range of motion in joints, and develop a deep sense of health and wellbeing and interconnectedness. As the practice advances so does the architectural integrity of the body.

Those who have actually improved versatility needs to then practice for spiritual attunement of the distinct energetic bhava expression of each present.

For a master, there is not a single unimportant musical note, for a Yogi, each asana is a key to a secret inner garden.

MYTH 3: I NEED TO BE A HINDU TO BE A SERIOUS YOGI

YOGA REALITY: YOGA PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION TO PRACTICE YOGA SUCCESSFULLY TO ITS ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE, NOTHING MORE IS REQUIRED OF THE PRACTITIONER.

I see many new specialists embrace Hindu ways of being to suit the Yoga scene. This has to be the most extensively thought underground misunderstanding about Yoga.

No doubt, numerous Hindu routines are lovely and capture our imaginations however not all Hindus float charming leaf lights in the river at dawn and dusk. Some Hindus are abstruse and philosophical, others are deeply devotional entering into ecstasies over kirtans and extravagant floral offerings to the Gods.

I did not mature with an altar overflowing with Gods and Goddesses. There is not a single altar in my grandparent's house. Rather, there are tall granite snake lamps in the forest on our land. We are snake worshippers and protectors of the forests.

My grandparents shouted mantras and practiced dhyana meditation at dawn and dusk. Hinduism enables a broad interpretation of God's worship.

The reality about Yoga is that all good manners of devotees are taken in the fold of genuine Hinduism, from the dreaded Dark Kali blood sacrificing sects to those following a rigorous Brahmanical code of untouchability and severe saucha, pureness as a service to humankind.

Nevertheless, it is a fact about Yoga that it did establish within Hinduism. Spirituality and mysticism are main to Yoga.

MISCONCEPTION 4: TO BE An EXCELLENT YOGI I MUST KEEP TAKING YOGA COURSES

YOGA FACT - YOGA IS THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE PRACTICE UNRAVELS THE PATH TO GREATER PROFICIENCY.

A real Master lays the foundation of the ideal posture, the right attitude, and knowledge, permitting the practice to slowly replace the Expert.

After the foundation is enhanced, after the specialist has actually discovered treasures in the practice, the Guru releases. Typically this is a painful separation yet it is another test of the Yogic principle of detachment, pratyahara, and aparigraha.

Yoga is a complete way of life that offers outright liberty. Yoga is created to teach itself.

Nevertheless, I do delight in taking lessons from Yogis I fulfill, who does not like a good back rub? Who does not love to let someone else lead? Every one of us can only dive in for numerous wisdom pearls in the huge oceanic depths of Yoga!

It is a fantastic method to widen my viewpoint on Yoga, enhance my understanding of Yoga, and release and just be by surrendering to other teachers, no matter what their level of efficiency is.

If I see a familiar stimulate, I gratefully show up for a class.

MISCONCEPTION 5: DOING YOGA WILL RAISE ME SPIRITUALLY

YOGA REALITY: TO ELEVATE SPIRITUALLY ONE MUST PRACTICE ALL 8 LIMBS OF YOGA, PRACTICE SELF-INQUIRY, AND HAVE A FEW SINCERE PALS.

If this myth held true, countless Indian school children would mature to be saintly Yogis. I matured doing Yoga throughout PE. We did Yoga in the blazing Indian sun, sweat putting down our backs. It was common for kids to faint from dehydration.

All I keep in mind from the everyday sessions is the PE instructor who made you do a rooster impersonate punishment or pulled you up by the ears till your face was blue.

Real spiritual improvement showed up in my life when I started to practice the eight-limbed path of self-inquiry, Ishvara pranidhana, ahimsa, satya, asteya, and the asanas, meditation, and pranayama.

This took years of unpleasant observation of my internal dialogue, the mean ego and it's non-stop commentary to finally make peace with its role in my growth and its service to me.

MISCONCEPTION 6: I AM VERSATILE, YOGA IS SO EASY

YOGA TRUTH: ASANAS ARE ONLY ONE-EIGHTH OF YOGA.

The eight-limbed path is similarly concentrated on the qualities a Yogi need to possess. Concentrating on these creates the tranquility of mind to align to the highest self and to come to the right state of mind.

Patanjali's Yoga Sutra provides these 5 niyamas or rules of Yoga, a specialist is ever conscious of, on the mat and off the mat.

Saucha, pureness of body, mind, believed, action and speech

Santhosha, happiness and tranquil satisfaction

Tapas, discipline to press through discomfort

Svadhyaya self Questions at all times

Isvara-pranidhana Surrender to the Divine's will as superior to the ego-self

The five yamas, or codes of behavior, fine-tune these qualities in a Yogi:

Ahimsa, establishing empathy for all beings and self.

Sathya, eliminating untruth from speech and behavior

Astheya, not coveting what is neither self nor belongs to the self

Brahmacharya, focusing the energy upwards to the higher chakras and not losing them through feeding the lower chakras of manipura, swadishthana and mooladhara

Aparigraha, actually non-grabbing, releasing

Apart from the yamas and niyamas, yoga practice is a revolving door of pranayama, asana, and meditation, each structure into the other, taking the Yogi greater and higher into the world of Siddhis or remarkable abilities that occur with numerous phases of spiritual evolution.

One of them is the power to manifest any spoken command with a thatha asthu, so be it!

Attempt achieving this tall order.

MYTH 7: I AM INFLEXIBLE, I CAN'T DO YOGA

YOGA TRUTH: THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS TO HAVE A BODY, EVEN HALF A BODY WILL DO.

The yogi initially works with the body's constraints, using the ideas of judgment and embarassment that show up as fodder for self-inquiry.

As this becomes second nature with routine sessions, the body becomes strong raising self-confidence In the ability to hold presents. The Yogi then begins to observe her psychological, mental, and frame of minds as life takes place.

This fundamental state of witnessing becomes a practice, as the Yogi experiences her astral body. She becomes significantly acquainted with her psychic body. Spontaneous insights occur, instinct ends up being strong, serendipity becomes a way of living.

For all this to bloom, a rigid hamstring is barely a challenge.

MYTH 8: I AM A GUY, YOGA IS TOO GIRLY FOR ME

YOGA TRUTH: YOGA AS PRACTICED AND INSTRUCTED BY ANCIENT INDIAN YOGIS OBJECTIVES TO LIQUIFY ANY IDENTIFICATION WITH THE BODY.

Yoga imparts awareness of the greatest self in the Yogi. The Spirit is beyond gender and has little to do with the functions of the genitalia.

If anything Yoga is about taking the attention away from the lower chakras that feed the reproductive organs and channels it upwards to the heart to feel expansive love for all, to establish the ability to communicate the soul's fact and for God-contact through the Sahasrara chakra.

Extremely couple of Yoginis, female Yogis, have actually discovered their way into written history. Lalla Devi of Kashmir, a Shaivaite Yogini from six centuries ago, is still revered by both Hindus and Muslims.

Traditionally male Yogis have left families ties behind to develop ashrams across India, developing their particular taste of Yoga and meditation while doing so.

They have actually likewise made sure they were kept in mind, a lot of yoginis worked and faded away in oblivion.

MYTH 9: I DO YOGA FOR THE YOGA BUTT

YOGA REALITY: THE GLUTES WILL GROW, BUT WE MAY WIND UP WITH MORE THAN WE BARGAINED FOR;--RRB-.

Yoga is a series of Isometric exercises that hardly puts any pressure on the heart, does not raise high blood pressure, and keeps the muscles long and strong (there are a couple of exceptions).

Modern Yogis have actually incorporated many Isotonic exercise moves into Yoga to pump and build muscle. We see blends of ballet dance, Qigong, aerobics, heat treatment, and cats, even! This was done to produce a workout program faithful to the 'no discomfort, no gain' maxim.

Yoga body ended up being associated with ripped male and female bodies. These bodies hardly fit the meaning of health based on Yoga or Ayurveda.

A Yoga body is soft and flexible as a child's when resting and hard as steel when tensed.

When the channels are open and relaxed, energy flows easily. This is the goal of Yoga and its sister science Ayurveda -to open capillaries, cavities within organs, nerves, microchannels, and the course taken by hormonal agents and enzymes leading to a caring lion heart, a serene mind, in a lean, energy-efficient body.

MISCONCEPTION 10: YOGA IS SO SEXY.

YOGA FACT: WESTERN YOGA CLOTHES AND ACCESSORY ONLINE MARKETERS UTILIZE SEX TO SELL PRODUCTS. YOGA AND SEXUALITY ARE OXYMORONIC.

An ashtanga namaskara is not a pose to transport JLo.

Yoga has to do with establishing trust in the self and nurturing an ongoing discussion with the divine within. The body is simply an instrument to focus on the ability to stay present with what is unfolding.

The how and why and which method this instrument needs to be turned and twisted to accomplish this objective is the science and innovation of self-realization.

Yoga clothes have actually ended up being style statements, yoga accessories vie for our attention on online sites. pants turn transparent, cleavage-revealing strapless bustiers are modeled by buff bodies.

We are caught up in how appealing we want to the opposite sex in class.

Yoga focuses our vital force Prana, like the damming of waters in a river, to take it upstream through the main Sushumna Nadi.

Sexual release resembles a surge breaking the dam and letting all the water rush back to its natural course, the downward pull of sex and recreation.

If experimented the utmost respect for the initial instructions, Yoga will impart the ability to be in a state of brahmacharya - abstaining from sexual sensations - on and off at will.

There is absolutely nothing incorrect with sexual feelings, Indian householders, those following the course of rebirth and pleasure of sensuous satisfaction, practice Indian classical dance which is a lot more physically challenging than Yoga asanas.

Justin McCarthy is an American Indian Bharatanatyam performer of terrific repute. To honor the sensual and sexual, modern-day Yogis please practice Rasa juice-filled Indian classical dance with desert. Sexuality is celebrated in this art form.

MYTH 11: REAL YOGA IS POWER YOGA!

YOGA FACT: A YOGA PRACTICE IS ENERGIZING, NOT DEPLETING.

Thank you wonderful modern Yogis for embracing this science and joining us with gusto.

Yoga is the reverse of a western or rather contemporary approach to workout: burn, discomfort, push through and exhaust till the body shapes into a Greek God-like form.

The original idea behind Yoga is the flow as designed by Sage Patanjali, the 8 actions of Raja Yoga. Each limb builds on and is helpful of the other limb. Here they are:

Yama: Code of ethics

Niyama: Disciplines to observe

Asanas: Yoga postures

Pranayama: Breath discipline

Pratyahara: Inward circulation of the senses

Dharana: Inner focus on the higher chakras

Dhyana: Meditation on the subtle currents in the greatest chakra

Samadhi: Dissolution of self in the highest world.

The postures are to enable higher attunement to an impeccable code of behavior, intent to focus the senses inward as opposed to constantly interrupted by glossy things outside of self, for deeply focused meditation and for flushing and re-energizing the body parts that lay locked throughout long hours of meditative sitting.

Indian Yogis follow Ayurveda for health, and Ayurveda suggests to work out till ardhashakthi, half the strength, is tired. In summers only do half the workout you would carry out in winter season.

If in winter you exercise for 1 hour, work out for only 30 mins in summer season.

If you run 5 miles a day in winter season, then run just for 2.5 miles when it is hot and sticky.

Indian soldiers have actually been doing Yoga for centuries and likewise follow the guideline of ardhashakthi. Those who regularly exhaust beyond a point will make their bodies age faster.

MISCONCEPTION 12: YOGA IS A PASTIME, A FAD.

YOGA FACT: YOGA IS A COMPLETE SET OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE KNOWLEDGE.

There is scope for all to arrive at this ocean and get what they wish for themselves. Not everybody who concerns the beach decides to end up being a sailor.

Those who want to traverse this ocean of growth, the manual is easily offered.

Those who might be thinking 'is yoga a wild-goose chase?' here are some accounts of how many yogis have actually taken advantage of a routine Yoga Sadhana.

MYTH 13: I HAVE A HEALTH CONDITION, YOGA IS NOT FOR ME

YOGA TRUTH: A BIG BODY OF RESEARCH STUDY HAS TESTED YOGA'S CAPABILITY TO REDUCE MANY HEALTH CONCERNS RELATED TO MENTAL, CARDIOVASCULAR, CIRCULATORY AND RESPIRATORY HEALTH.

When I was going to India in 2018 for the Yoga Ambassadors tour arranged by the AYUSH Health Ministry of India, this was one of the topics of development discovery. NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Science of Bangalore has actually done substantial research study on this subject.

Psychologists and psychological health counselors in India are starting to recommend Yoga for depression.

Many Yoga schools provide therapeutic Yoga with the use of props to assist in recovery and to regain full variety of movement in all parts, no matter what you may be dealing with, with the help of a qualified Yoga teacher, you will discover your way back to recovery.

I personally discover it very satisfying to teach Yoga to those who are dealing with difficulties, please do not hesitate to arrange an online session with me.

Can yoga get you fit? Absolutely! Start where you are, relocate the direction of life and health.

Yukthasya Rogene is one Sanskrit meaning of Yogic Pranayama. Yoga is a tool to get rid of illness.

MISCONCEPTION 14:YOGA IS PURE BLISS

YOGA TRUTH: UNDOUBTEDLY THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE OF YOGA IS ANANDA BLISS.

However, the road to bliss is surrounded by the ravines of damaged relationships and friends who ghost. Relative no longer comprehend why you don't take part in the exact same conversations as previously, or discover motion pictures and media, formerly enjoyed as a bonding household activity, now abhorrent and offensive.

Likewise, the initial stages of awakening to the reality of life and the quality of our close relationships is exceptionally unpleasant. The transition to a new way of being is a lonesome dark roadway and just when we reach that place of unwavering strength, bliss waits for.

We continue to experience life with all its mistakes and unanticipated horrors, and our mind-body instrument, now attuned to energy and stimuli through routine deep work, responds typically with sorrow but definitely and progressively keeps coming back to its steady core.

We start to notice we are happy with a couple of basic things and gather a small circle of friends around. We weep frequently at the oppressions of the world and step forward in action. This is the bliss of Yoga.

MISCONCEPTION 15:I DON'T HAVE HOURS OF EXTRA TIME TO DO YOGA.

YOGA TRUTH: EVEN 5 MINUTES IS GOOD TO BEGIN OR BRING BACK YOGA.

An hour-long Yoga journey is a fantastic gift to the self, nevertheless hectic Yogis like me find ways to build in 5-15 minute practice into their day.

Whether you are a newbie in your 30s or a crazy hectic mom of teens in her 50s, you can heat up for two minutes and then do 3 asanas that will help you calm and reconnect to your body.

I like to set my timer to do 5 minute Yoga sessions throughout my day. I do simple poses like Padahasthasana while awaiting my pet to sniff at street lamps, I get up and do a full-body stretch before I do anything else and have a mat useful by my work desk to do 3-5 asanas whenever possible.

You can find ways to integrate in the practice to your schedule, you do not need to wait for the perfect moment to get here.

MYTH 16:YOGA IS COMPLETELY SAFE AND HAS ONLY POSITIVE BENEFITS

YOGA FACT: YOGA, IF DONE INCORRECTLY, WILL HARM THE SPECIALIST.

I see too many Yoga teachers with knee and hip replacement surgical treatments, too much Vata and Pitta, widespread egos, and a failure to self-care and self-love.

Yoga is medicine. Yoga is a healing, enhancing, renewing practice for the physical body and the mental state. Yoga is as spiritual as it is medicinal.

Yoga is for longevity and the instrument we apply these principles and methods on ought to become essential and dynamic with every practice.

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A healthy body makes us forget we have a body, a body in pain constantly reminds its presence.

Inaccurate postures, pushing through pain, not warming up adequately, not comprehending the goal of each asana, speaking loudly giving instructions to trainees during particular presents are all reasons to put the body under strain. This in turn causes damage to the internal organs and the chakras.

If our practices snap away life from the body, then the practice is toxic.

I compose this while nursing a hurt ankle, I pressed myself too hard, again.

Misconception 17:Online Yoga offers me the flexibility of choice and conserves my time.

Yoga Fact: Basics should be learned from a well-informed instructor in person.
I offer online Yoga totally aware of the threats of online teaching where I can not fix a trainee and can not observe the way the presents are being held.

To compensate I instruct the methods in as much detail as possible so the specialist is aware of what part of the body is to lengthen, what muscles are engaged, and which bones need to be weight-bearing.

Online Yoga, or reading about a pose in a book prior to doing it is swarming with the possibility of injury.

Numerous conscientious Yoga instructors take additional care to call out guidelines nevertheless students practicing in the house may not take note.

Foundational Yoga practice needs to be gained from an instructor who is educated and has excellent look after her students. Such instructors usually have numerous years of self-practice and teaching.

As soon as a foundation is established something like Yoga Acharya B K S Iyengar's 300-week course in his book Light on Yoga can be followed effectively.

psst: A Yoga instructor, regardless of age, is like a moms and dad and must be treated as such. Yoga teachers need to see their students as their children.

Myth 18:It's perfectly alright to go to Yoga class during durations, let's not be superstitious.

Yoga Fact: Just a few mild poses and pranayama can be done.
My dear contemporary Yogis, both Indian and Western, please stop doing Yoga when you are on your duration.

We women, during our fertile years, and if we remain in good health, do NOT need spring cleanses, as we are given the presence of month-to-month menses. A period is a time of intense detox of the body, it is Divine Mom's gift to a female, it is our own mini month-to-month Panchakarma detox.

If you are wondering when not to do exhausting Yoga, this is it!

We may safely do gentle pranayamas like Brahmari, Sheetali, Shitkari, and Anuloma Viloma and it will help the body stay inwardly focused on the supreme work of cleansing.

We may likewise safely do mild extending asanas like Balasana, Marjarasana, Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana, Sethu Bandhasana, Pavanamukthasana, and so on that do not stretch the lower body and gently stop the blood flow in the legs and hands to improve the Apana Vayu, the down circulation of Vata air energy. Please do not carry out bandhas for a duration. Mudras that assist with the Apana Vayu are exceptional.

Yoga and duration have nothing to do with gravity or the downward flow of menses getting disrupted if doing a headstand, as some western/modern doctors will explain.

Duration is about self-love and self-care, it has to do with pulling away so the body can carry out an efficient cleaning.

This is health-restoring and improving to let go and let the body be. Whenever we impede this we are producing dis-ease. We will then need annual cleanses and Panchakarma cleanses.

Ayurvedic texts instruct women to oversleep in well-ventilated bedrooms, with bed mattresses of soft grass for flow as Pitta energy is high throughout this time. To aid the cleansing, ladies are recommended to drink and eat only a handful of food at a time for the very first three days.

During this time we nourish our spirit with practices of journaling, worshiping the Goddess, and resting with what is arising. We retreat far from the business of others, especially our lovers, and permit the body temple to recover, repair, revitalize, and get juicy. This is crucial to maintain our sexual vitality.

Select to overlook the knowledge mentors at your own peril.

Misconception 19:Vegetarians & Vegans do Yoga, I need to quit Meat.

Yoga Truth: Yoga is for everybody, regardless of diet and way of life options.
If you are planning to be a Yogi, as practiced in India, and follow the course of Ahimsa non-violence, yes, then you will need to give up meat, fish, and poultry.

However, and there is a big however if you are a Vata physique like me, and angular, slim, and dry, then you are absolved. If your body is not the very best at drawing out nutrition from vegan food and you feel intense yearnings for meat sometimes, this is your body signaling it is missing out on vital health-giving nourishment.

If you are a Pitta physique, an athletic body type, or a Kapha physique, someone who has no trouble gaining every drop of nutrition from the food you eat, a rigorous vegan vegetarian way of life may work very well for you.

Indian Yogis consume milk, butter, ghee, and Indian cottage cheese Paneer for this reason. They eat great deals of heavy rich sweets and fruit to make up for the energy lost from hours of practice.

Ending up being a routine specialist will rid our diet of greed-based excesses however please honor your honest life-sustaining cravings.

Misconception 20:Pregnant females must not do Yoga.

Yoga Truth: Yes, no, and depends.
Mild Yoga. asanas during Pregnancy will assist with optimum blood flow and reduce the pressure on the significant organs.

Bandhas and any kind of Kumbhaka retention of breath need to be prevented. I do not suggest any of my pregnant customers do any breath control pranayama, only mild slow deep breathing is beneficial.

The body goes through immense tension during pregnancy. Bones shift as weight shifts. Sleep disturbances and stomach pain, swelling of limbs are all common throughout the last number of months.

Gentle Yoga will bring relief and relaxation, and modified Yoga Nidra will reduce tension and reduce the pain of lack of sleep.

It is damaging to practice Yoga by yourself or online when pregnant, especially throughout the third trimester as hormonal agents like Relaxin might give the impression of greater versatility.

You may continue to securely practice under a certified instructor or with someone who is experienced and diligent.

Likewise, if you have proficiency over the science of Yoga, then you may do anything with your pregnant body.

Misconception 21: It's all the same Yoga.

Yoga Truth: There are at least 24 acknowledged Yoga Acharyas, starting from Adiyogi Shiva. Each master developed a design of Yoga that stood out.
Yoga developed in India even before the Vedic times around 1 Millennium BCE.

Yoga was practiced by numerous great Yoga acharyas and was categorized and codified according to what they discovered to be beneficial to their personal evolution. Some of these works endure to this day: Sage Patanjali's Yoga Sutras from 2000 BCE, Vaisesikha Sutras, Nyaya Sutras, and Brahma Sutras.

Here are some of the fantastic instructors of Yoga based upon AYUSH Ministry's publication Yoga: An Ancient Indian Tradition.

Adiyogi Shiva, Lord Mahavira, Lord Buddha, Maharishi Patanjali, Sri Adi Shankara, Expert Gorakshanath, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Kuvalayananda, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, Sri T Krishnamacharya, Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, Sri Yogendra, Swami Gitananda Giri, Sri K Pattabhi Jois, Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Chidananda, Sri B K S Iyengar, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Swami Satyanand Saraswati, Swami Rama, Sri T K V Desikachar, and Swami Veda Bharati.

During the British colonization of India, Yoga went through a revival as Yogi and deposed royalty sensed the threat to India's terrific heritage. New streams of Yoga developed during the 16-19 century, with emphasis on asanas and physical feats of strength, as a vindictive gesture towards Britain's iron rule.

As Yoga stepped onto the Western shores, it spiraled into many forms that appeal to the contemporary specialist.

From the 84 fundamental asanas, numerous variations got created.

No matter what your heart calls for or your body's requirements, you will find a style of Yoga that suits you.