A Guide to Each Style
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Hatha Yoga
Hatha is the mother from which most modern yoga styles are born. Its name comes from the Sanskrit words for sun and moon — a beautiful reminder that this practice is about finding balance between opposite forces within us.
Classes are generally unhurried, with each posture linked to the breath and thoughtful attention given to how you place your body. Hatha builds strength, improves flexibility, and creates a steady, calm mind — all at a pace that allows you to truly feel each movement.
Hatha was my entry point into yoga — and I still return to it whenever I feel the need to slow down and reconnect with the basics. There is something quietly powerful about a practice that asks you to simply be present with each breath.
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Vinyasa Yoga
Vinyasa — often called flow yoga — is the style closest to my heart. Movement and breath become one continuous conversation, guiding you from posture to posture in a rhythm that feels almost like dancing.
No two Vinyasa classes are ever quite the same. Each teacher brings their own creativity to the sequence, which means the practice stays alive and fresh every time you step onto your mat. It builds genuine strength, coordination, and body awareness.
I teach Vinyasa in most of my online classes because I have seen how quickly it transforms not just people's bodies, but their relationship with their own breath. When you learn to move with your breath, everything — on and off the mat — becomes a little more graceful.
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Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga is yoga at its most structured. A fixed sequence of postures, always practiced in the same order, always anchored to the breath. This is a system that rewards patience — the more familiar the sequence becomes, the more deeply meditative the practice grows.
It is physically demanding and genuinely challenging. But within that challenge lives something profound: a kind of moving meditation that you simply cannot find in more varied styles. Practitioners often say that Ashtanga teaches them discipline that spills beautifully into every other corner of their lives.
Ashtanga showed me what real discipline feels like — not the rigid kind, but the quiet commitment that builds something meaningful over time. I return to it when I want depth over novelty.
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Yin Yoga
Yin yoga asks you to be still — genuinely, quietly still — in each posture for two to eight minutes. While most yoga works with your muscles, Yin reaches deeper, targeting the connective tissues, fascia, and joints that rarely get the sustained attention they need.
It is challenging in a way that surprises people. Staying present through intensity without fidgeting, without rushing to the next thing, without distraction — this is Yin's gift and its practice. It is the perfect antidote to a busy, restless mind.
Yin is the practice I recommend most to students who tell me they cannot quiet their mind. The stillness is exactly what makes it feel hard — and exactly what makes it so healing. Give it three sessions before you decide.
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Restorative Yoga
Restorative yoga is the art of doing nothing — beautifully, intentionally, and with the full support of bolsters, blankets, and blocks. Poses are held for five minutes or longer, and the body is so completely supported that every muscle can let go entirely.
This is therapeutic yoga at its most nurturing. The nervous system shifts into rest-and-digest mode, chronic tension releases from the body, and the mind gradually grows quiet. It is the style I turn to after periods of illness, difficulty, or emotional exhaustion.
There is a kind of courage in choosing to slow all the way down when everything around you is rushing. Restorative yoga has been one of the greatest teachers of self-compassion in my life.
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Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar yoga is a masterclass in precision. Named after the great teacher B.K.S. Iyengar, this style places meticulous attention on alignment — how each part of the body is positioned in every posture, and why that positioning matters for both safety and benefit.
Props — blocks, straps, bolsters, even chairs — are used generously and intelligently, making each posture accessible to any body regardless of age or flexibility. Poses are held for longer than in most styles, giving you time to genuinely feel what is happening inside each shape.
An Iyengar class taught me more about my own body in eight weeks than I had learned in a year of other styles. The teachers are extraordinarily trained, and their ability to see misalignment — and correct it gently — is remarkable.