Meditative Yoga/Pranayama

If you seek a meditative type of yoga style, this one might be what you are looking for. Here, we mostly work with passive postures (like sitting and laying down). Meditative yoga is a gentle, introspective style of yoga that emphasizes mental stillness, inner awareness, and breath control over physical intensity. A such session will often include breath awareness, body scans, mantra repetition, visualization and silent observation. Meditative Yoga can also be part of the cool-down section of a session (in Hatha, Vinyasa or Power Yolates) if the client wishes.

Pranayama is a series of breathing techniques that are applied in practice in order to regulate breath consciously. Such techniques are e.g. Alternative Nostril Breathing, Kapalabhati, Ujjayi breath amongst others. Pranayama is often used as a tool to deepen concentration and meditation. However, Pranayama is great to combine with other styles of yoga in the warmup section of class as Pranayama increases energy and can prepare you for yoga poses.

The overall goal in a Meditative Yoga/Pranayama class is to calm the nervous system and focus on grounding.