Beginner's Guide to Integral Yoga

Integral yoga believes in the evolution of the individual and the divine, and it combines various yoga beliefs. Learn about the practice of Integral Yoga in this yoga video.

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Focus on alignment
Places greater emphasis on meditation
Relax and do gentle exercise

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. Integral yoga is the style of yoga trademarked by Satyananda in the early 1900s but it is based on the traditional Hatha yoga system. Integral yoga places a greater emphasis on meditation than on the physical movements. But it tries to blend the east and west styles so that all of the yogas come together as one. As when all yoga, integral yoga seeks to find the divine within themselves. You might do 45 minutes or so of pranayama and gentle exercises that's known for more the gentle type of exercises. And then you would have a much longer meditation and relaxation at the end. Satyananda may be best well known for having led the crowd with the "ohm" chant at Woodstock. So integral yoga is a style of yoga that tries to put several styles of yoga into one. It's based on the Hatha yoga system and it's more meditative rather than physical.

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