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A library for exploring 108 practices and ideas. Real styles, techniques, philosophies and practices — each clearly labelled for what it is.
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We do not invent styles. Every entry is classified as a style, technique, philosophy, practice or classical text, and we separate historical fact from modern interpretation.
26 entries
- 001 Style
Hatha Yoga
Haṭha Yoga
A traditional yoga that works with the mind through the body, centred on asana (postures) and breath. The foundation of most modern styles.
India · in texts from around the 11th century
- 002 Style
Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
Aṣṭāṅga Vinyāsa Yoga
A strong, dynamic practice moving through fixed sequences of postures, with each movement linked to the breath.
Mysore, India · 20th century
- 003 Style
Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga
A yoga that emphasises precise alignment, using props such as blocks and straps to adapt each posture to the individual.
Pune, India · 20th century
- 004 Style
Vinyasa Yoga
Vinyāsa
A style that flows from posture to posture with the breath. Sequences are freely composed by each teacher.
Developed in the West from the Ashtanga lineage · late 20th century
- 005 Style
Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga
A quiet yoga of passive floor postures, each held slowly for several minutes.
North America · 1970s–90s
- 006 Style
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga
A yoga for deep rest, with the body fully supported by bolsters and blankets.
United States · late 20th century (Iyengar lineage)
- 007 Style
Kundalini Yoga
Kuṇḍalinī Yoga
A yoga practised in sets called kriyas, combining breathwork, movement, mantra and meditation.
Concept from Indian tantric traditions · modern form in the US from 1969
- 008 Style
Sivananda Yoga
Sivananda Yoga
A gentle classical style practising 12 basic postures, breathwork and relaxation in a largely fixed order.
From India · international organisation founded 1959
- 009 Style
Viniyoga
Viniyoga
An individual approach that adapts postures and breath to each person's condition and aims.
Chennai, India · late 20th century
- 010 Technique
Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskara)
Sūrya Namaskāra
A signature sequence of yoga, linking forward bends, back bends and plank into one flowing series.
India · widely popularised in the early 20th century
- 011 Technique
Ujjayi Breath
Ujjāyī Prāṇāyāma
Breathing through the nose with a slightly narrowed throat, making a soft, ocean-like sound.
India · described in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā
- 012 Technique
Nadi Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing)
Nāḍī Śodhana
A calm breath practice, closing one nostril with the fingers and breathing through each side in turn.
India · classical haṭha texts
- 013 Technique
Kapalabhati
Kapālabhāti
A breathing technique of short, forceful exhalations driven by the abdomen, letting the inhalation happen naturally.
India · one of the haṭha cleansing practices (ṣaṭkarma)
- 014 Technique
Bhramari (Bee Breath)
Bhrāmarī Prāṇāyāma
A breath practice of humming softly on the exhalation, like the sound of a bee.
India · described in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā
- 015 Technique
Trataka (Steady Gazing)
Trāṭaka
A concentration technique of gazing steadily at a single point, such as a candle flame, with minimal blinking.
India · one of the haṭha cleansing practices (ṣaṭkarma)
- 016 Technique
Bandha
Bandha
Techniques of energetic locks, engaging areas such as the pelvic floor (mūla), abdomen (uḍḍiyāna) and throat (jālandhara).
India · classical haṭha texts
- 017 Practice
Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidrā
A deep relaxation practice, lying down and following a guiding voice that moves attention through the body and breath.
India · systematised in the 1960s–70s
- 018 Practice
Zazen
坐禅 Zazen
The seated meditation of Zen Buddhism. Not a yoga style, but introduced here for its close kinship as a meditative practice.
From Chinese Chan Buddhism to Japan · 13th century
- 019 Practice
Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku)
森林浴 Shinrin-yoku
A Japanese wellness practice of walking slowly in a forest and sensing nature with all five senses. Not yoga, but introduced as a practice of connecting with nature.
Japan · 1982
- 020 Philosophy
The Eight Limbs (Ashtanga)
Aṣṭāṅga (Yoga Sūtra 2.29)
Eight limbs — yama (restraints), niyama (observances), āsana (posture), prāṇāyāma (breath regulation), pratyāhāra (withdrawal of the senses), dhāraṇā (concentration), dhyāna (meditation) and samādhi (absorption).
Yoga Sūtra, chapter 2, verse 29
- 021 Philosophy
Karma Yoga (the Yoga of Action)
Karma Yoga
A path in which doing one's duty sincerely, without attachment to results, is itself the practice.
Bhagavad Gītā
- 022 Philosophy
Bhakti Yoga (the Yoga of Devotion)
Bhakti Yoga
A path of deepening connection with something greater through love and devotion.
Bhagavad Gītā; medieval Indian bhakti movements
- 023 Philosophy
Jnana Yoga (the Yoga of Knowledge)
Jñāna Yoga
A path toward truth through study, reflection and inquiry into the nature of the self.
Upanishads, Bhagavad Gītā, Vedānta philosophy
- 024 Classical text
The Yoga Sutras
Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali
A classic of yoga attributed to Patañjali, made up of about 195 short aphorisms in four chapters.
India · dating is debated (c. 2nd century BCE – 5th century CE)
- 025 Classical text
The Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gītā
An 18-chapter poem within the epic Mahābhārata, in which Krishna counsels the hesitant prince Arjuna on the battlefield about how to live and act.
India · c. 2nd century BCE – 2nd century CE (dating varies)
- 026 Classical text
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā
The classic haṭha manual by Svātmārāma, covering āsana, breath practice, mudrā and meditation in four chapters.
India · 15th century
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