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About the Ashtanga Series
The Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga series, when practised correctly and with discipline, has been shown to help build strength, improve flexibility, relieve stress and create a general state of calmness, wellbeing and ease.
Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga is a moving meditation – a system of flowing postures, linked by the breath, which is the powerful connection at the heart of the discipline. The focus is on developing a daily physical practice to strengthen, purify and energise the body. This eventually leads to a steady, controlled mind and a healthy nervous system.
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The Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga method in the tradition of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois involves synchronising the breath with a progressive series of postures. Students learn postures in a fixed order using a special movement-breathing technique called 'vinyasa'. Vinyasa is the term for breath synchronised with movement. The vinyasa links the asanas together in the dance of the breath.
The breath is the essence and heart of this discipline and links posture to posture in a precise order. Asanas should be practised in the correct sequential order; the intention is for the practitioner to produce intense
internal heat and sweat to detoxify muscles and organs, which results in improved circulation and a light, strong body.
Practitioners also rediscover their full potential on all levels of human consciousness. Through proper breathing (ujjayi or breathing with sound), postures, gazing points (dristi) and locks (bandhas), the Ashtanga yoga practitioner gains control of the senses and a deep awareness of the self.
