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Yoga Yoga Yoga Styles Beginners Poses & Workouts From Ann Pizer, your Guide to Yoga Most of the yoga limelight goes to the new hybrid trends and ever-escalating extremes of temperature and athleticism. And while I'm always up for trying what's new, sometimes you just want an old-fashioned stretch, maybe with a little chanting. These gentle yoga styles may not be in the news, but they still have an important part to play on the yoga spectrum. Integral Yoga Integral yoga follows the teachings of Sri Swami Sachidananda, who came to the United States from India in the 1960s and eventually founded many Integral Yoga Institutes and the famed Yogaville Ashram in Buckingham, Virginia. Integral is a gentle, hatha practice, and classes often also include breathing exercises, chanting, kriyas, and meditation. Search Related Topics:  yoga philosophy  exercise for beginners  hatha Kripalu Yoga Kripalu is a gentle hatha yoga practice with a compassionate approach and emphasis on meditation, physical healing and spiritual transformation that overflows into daily life. In a Kriplau class, each student learns to find their own level of practice on a given day by looking inward. Search Related Topics:  hatha  yoga styles  Sivananda Yoga Sivananda focuses on the mastery of 12 basic poses, which include backbends, forward bends, twists, and inversions. Search Related Topics:  yoga philosophy  yoga classes  yoga styles Pose of the Week - Chaturanga Dandasana Back when I first started yoga, I remember my teachers always said that you should push back into your heels when lowering into chaturanga dandasana. And I dutifully did as I was told, even though I could never quite reconcile that instruction with the ideal arm position in the final pose, which seemed to require that the shoulders come forward. Well, jump ahead a few years and I'm now hearing a cue that makes a lot more sense: to shift forward on the toes a few inches before lowering down. This really helps get the arms in the best position to form that right angle. I like that this practice is always adapting and refining itself. Search Related Topics:  arm balances  intermediate poses  Related Searches Yoga Studio Classes Basic Yoga Poses Hatha Yoga Exercises Yoga Styles Yoga for You Featured Articles Practicing Yoga During Pregnancy Yoga and Your Health Home Practice Lifestyle Yoga Breathing Exercises - Pranayama Yoga Philosophy and Meditation   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Ann Pizer Yoga Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Yoga newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com   Must Reads What is Yoga? Yoga for Beginners - How to Start Yoga and Weight Loss Yoga Tips Sun Salutation - Step by Step   Follow me on: Advertisement