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About yoga
There could be as many answers for the question "what is yoga?" as there are practitioners - not surprisingly given its experiential quality and our individual responses
Yoga may mean different things to us at different times in our lives.
- Time and space for reconnecting with oneself
- Discovering the potential of body and mind
- Maintaining health and reducing stress
- Time for stillness, reflection and meditation
- Finding a harmonious way of living within ourselves and the world around us
The sanskrit word yoga comes from the root word Yuj - meaning to link, join, yoke.
Usually we consider yoga to be about postures (asanas) and the body. Other aspects of yoga are concerned with the energy of the body, the mind and using it and the deeper aspects of the Self.
British Wheel of Yoga
The BWY is recognised as the national Governing Body for Yoga in Great Britain by the Sports Council. The Teacher Training Diploma is a professional teaching qualification awarded after successfully completing a 500 hour national occupational standard that can take 2 to 4 years. In service training is an annual requirement.
aYs
The association of Yoga studies is a community of teachers and students whose practise is inspired by the teaching of T. Krishnamacharya, his son T.K.V. Desikachar and their students. It was founded by Paul Harvey in 1981 and was formerly known as Viniyoga Britain.
This approach emphasises the individual nature of yoga as a practice that can be adapted to ones abilities, current state of health and circumstances.
This approach also includes using yoga for therapeutic purposes.
An Approved Practitioner has successfully completed an approved aYs teacher training programme, usually of 700+ hours over 3 to 4 years and continues to meet the annual in-service training requirements.
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