Vinyasa Yoga is a combination of Hatha Yoga styles including ANUSARA, ASHTANGA, KUNDALINI, and POWER Yoga.
Vinyasa means “breath-synchronized movement.” In other words, you move from one pose to the next as you inhale or exhale. This technique is mediation in motion because of the smooth way the poses run together and become like a dance.
A Cat-Cow Stretch is an example of a very simple Vinyasa, because the spine is arched on an inhale and rounded on an exhale. A Sun Salutation sequence is an example of a more complex Vinyasa. Each movement in the continuous series is done on an inhalation or an exhalation.Vinyasa Flow Yoga derives its strength from its diversity.
There is no single philosophy, rulebook, or sequence you must follow, so there is a lot of room for individual personalities to develop. If you enjoy keeping things a little loose and unpredictable, and like to move, Vinyasa Flow Yoga is probably right for you.
Last updated Nov. 22, 2014, 9:47 p.m. UTC
Ash has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and teaching yoga since 2007. He turned to yoga after suffering for many years from back problems and stress related issues. After witnessing the benefits of yoga on both mind and body, Ash decided to pursue yoga full-time leaving his job in the City as an IT professional.
Ash now runs his own classes in London and Eton & Windsor, teaching a variety of different yoga styles including Hatha, Dynamic, Ashtanga and Kundalini Yoga. He uses yoga as a therapy for suffers of stress, depression and addiction.
Ash is a visiting lecturer at City University. He is also a qualified prison yoga teacher for The Phoenix Prison Trust, teaching yoga to long term prisoners who have served their sentence and are currently on probation.
He has taught yoga, relaxation and meditation at the Mental Health Centre in London and for the Drug and Alcohol Action Program Centre. Ash taught Chair Yoga at the Women’s Institute in Datchet, and currently teaches in residential care homes in Eton and Windsor. Ash has also taught at the British Council in Cairo.
Ash qualified as a Yoga teacher from Yogacampus and is accredited by BWY, and REPs Level 3. Ash has completed ‘Safe Integration of Pregnant and Post Natal Students’ with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli.
Ash is also involved in charity work and holds annual fundraising yoga classes, most recently with David Sye for Action Against Hunger.