Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is traditionally taught in the "Mysore style" where students perform a series of poses (asana) on their own while receiving personalized guidance from the teacher. The Basic Series opens the body's energy pathways through intense poses known as "yoga therapy". The intermediate series focuses on the spine and pelvis to further open and balance energy channels. Students progress to the next pose or series when they demonstrate stability and ease in their current practice under the teacher's guidance. Ashtanga is a highly focused practice that incorporates conscious breathing, specific gaze points, and use of bandhas to regulate energy flow through vinyasa, creating a balance between strength and flexibility.

1. Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
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2. Traditionally, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is taught in the “Mysore style”. In this course,
each student in the class can perform a series of asana training on their own, while
the teacher provides personalized guidance.

3.  By regularly practicing the Basic Series, an intense series of poses also known as
chikitsa yoga, which means “yoga therapy”, opens the body’s energy pathways
(nadi) and the prana flows throughout the body, removing toxins and relaxing
the nervous system. . The second, intermediate series, called nadi shodhana,
which means “nerve cleansing”, focuses intensely on the spine and pelvis,
further opening and balancing the energy channels in and around the spine.
 When the teacher senses the student’s ease and stability in the pose, he gives
the student the next pose, and when the student completes the series with
stability and ease, the first item in the next series is entered. Advanced learners
continue their education through the Basic and Intermediate series.

4.  Ashtanga Vinyasa is a highly focused practice. Dristana’s approach is that
people constantly look at specific points in each asana and between them,
which helps pratyahara, which is a more inner consciousness. Ujjayi pranayama
has always maintained, maintaining a steady rhythm of breathing between
postures. The sounds and feelings create a spell that promotes greater mental
concentration and acuity. Bandhas are used in most practices to help regulate
the energy of benevolence flowing through the body. This kind of exercise is
closely integrated through vinyasa, which is a conscious connection between
breathing and movement, which helps to create a “balance between strength
and flexibility, lightness and heaviness, movement and stillness.”