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Royal Pain asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 10 years ago

What are the different types of yoga and what are the differences?

Links appreciated.

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  • 10 years ago
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    If you mean only styles of Hatha yoga -- practices where physical postures ("asana") are a main component (in the West, sometimes the only), following is a fairly good list (but by no means complete; I've never come across a list that claims to be complete):

    http://www.traditionalyogastudies.com/wp-content/u...

    If you mean yoga in the broadest sense (more than just union of physical body and mind; "the realization in direct experience of the preexisting union between the individual consciousness and the universal consciousness"), then following site is a good place to start:

    http://www.swamij.com/yoga.htm

    Namaste',

    dwb

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