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Tantra Yoga

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Tantra yogaTantra is an integrative system of yoga where many different yogic practices and techniques are combined to purify the gross body, the energetic body, and the mind.

What does Tantra yoga involve?

  • Physical Practices:Practicing asanas (yoga postures) to enhance flexibility and energy flow.
  • Breathwork (Pranayama):Nadi Shodhana – Alternate nostril breathing for balance.
  • Meditation & Awareness :Chakra meditation to activate and balance energy centers.
  • Mantras & Sound VibrationsChanting OM for universal energy connection.Using bija mantras (e.g., LAM, VAM) to activate specific chakras.

Tantra yoga benefits

  • nhanced Self-Awareness: Tantra Yoga encourages deep self-reflection and mindfulness, helping you understand your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. This leads to increased self-awareness and acceptance.
  • Stress Reduction: Through practices like meditation, breathwork, and physical postures, Tantra Yoga promotes relaxation, reduces stress, and helps calm the mind.
  • Improved Energy Flow: Tantra Yoga aims to balance and align the body's energy centers (chakras), which can lead to a more vibrant and harmonious energy flow throughout the body.
  • Emotional Healing: Tantra emphasizes the integration of the mind, body, and spirit, which can support emotional healing and release of stored trauma or negative emotions.

Reason's to Practice Tantra yoga

  • Physical Health Benefits Improves flexibility, strength, and endurance.
  • Mental & Emotional Well-Being Reduces stress, anxiety, and mental clutter.
  • Spiritual Growth Awakens kundalini energy for higher consciousness.
  • Enhanced Relationships & Intimacy Fosters deeper emotional and spiritual connections.

Traditional yoga, often associated with Hatha Yoga, focuses on a holistic approach to wellness, encompassing physical postures (asanas), breath control (pranayama), meditation, and ethical guidelines (yamas and niyamas). It aims to unite the mind, body, and spirit through mindful practice, with a strong emphasis on inner awareness and balance in daily life.

Poses

Savasana

Savasana

Mritasana, is an asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, often used for relaxation at the end of a session. It is the usual pose for the practice of yoga nidra meditation, and is an important pose in Restorative Yoga.

virabhadrasana

virabhadrasana 2

Warrior 2 is an asana, a pose in yoga, meant to be held for a period of time and often used as part of a series of poses..

Navasana

Navasana

In the pose, the body is balanced on the sitting bones, not leaning right back on to the tailbone. The spine is lengthened to broaden and lift the chest. Preparatory poses for Navasana include the standing poses Utkatasana and Uttanasana, and the seated pose Dandasana.

MountainPose-Tadasana

Tadasana

Mountain pose, called Tadasana in Sanskrit, is a classic pose that acts as the foundation of all standing yoga poses. Tadasana has many potential benefits and may help correct muscle imbalances, improve posture, and deepen awareness

Prasarita padottanasana

Prasarita padottanasana

Prasarita Padottanasana, also known as the Wide-Legged Forward Bend Pose, is a significant posture in the Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series. This pose comes in four variations—A, B, C, and D—and is renowned for stretching and strengthening the body.

Siddhasana

Siddhasana

Siddhasana is one of the oldest asanas. It is described as a meditation seat in the early Hatha Yoga text, the 10th century Goraksha Sataka. This states that Siddhasana ranks alongside Padmasana (lotus position) as the most important of the asanas, opening the way to liberation.

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