Iyengar Yoga Center (Zürich)

What is Yoga? The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root "yui" and means "to unite, combine, merge". The sage Patanjali wrote down the path of yoga in his well-known text "Yoga Sutra" over 2000 years ago. To this day, this text offers interested students of yoga instructions with exercises for yoga practice and everyday life. Yoga deals with physical exercises (asana) and breathing exercises (pranayama) that lead to the improvement of physical and mental health.

What is Iyengar Yoga? The direction of yoga, founded by the Indian yoga master BKS Iyengar (* 1918-2014), promotes the specific alignment of the body with differentiated instructions. Aids such as straps, wooden blocks, ropes, etc. are used in case of lack of mobility or physical weakness. They also allow you to stay in the ideal body position (asana) longer. It gives concentration, calmness and clarity of mind. Through carefully coordinated sequences (sequence of asanas), the body is optimally built up in its strength and flexibility and finally led into deep relaxation.

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