Beginner's Guide to Anusara Yoga

A new form of yoga, Anusara yoga, or yoga of the heart, focuses on a shining energy. Learn Anusara yoga in this yoga video.

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Discover yoga of the heart
Open to grace
Follow universal principles of alignment
Use same postures as other yoga

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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. My name is Cindy Mastry and in this clip, we're going to discuss the beginner's guide to Anusara yoga. Anusara yoga is a newer style of yoga founded by John Friend in 1997. His style of yoga is a beautiful style that's all about yoga of the heart. They talk about the universal principles of alignment which are opening to grace, muscular energy, inner spiral, outer spiral, and an organic energy. They use these principles basically with the same type of asana postures that we use in any other style of yoga, but they use it in a way that is very heart opening. You'll hear them speak terms like "keep your body bright" and "shine your inner light force". It's all about your inner light connecting with the rest of the universe. We are all co-creators of the universe and everything connects together. So it's a really beautiful style of yoga. They use opening to grace, the principles of alignment, muscular energy, organic energy, and inner spirals to form a really beautiful practice of yoga. Namaste.

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