By Jewel H. Lee
In Canada, the yoga trend really started around the time when Moksha was founded in 2004. Both Bikram and Moksha are styles of hot yoga, in which series of postures are practiced in a heated room.
All of these hot yoga classes, Vinyasa Flow classes, virtual yoga and DVDs made yoga more accessible and more popular than 130 years ago, when yoga was only practiced in a private setting. However, traditional yoga teachers or purists would remind us that yoga was really meant to be private and therapeutic. Although yoga in general was meant to be therapeutic, trends both saturated and diluted its therapeutic aspect, and we now have to look specifically for therapeutic or private yoga.
If you are intimidated by a group class and would like more corrections or adaptations to your needs, look for a yoga teacher in your area who offers private sessions.
Here are some of the benefits of private therapeutic yoga:
- No competition, no comparison and no more feeling intimidated by others who seem to be more advanced than you!
- Customized to your needs at your own pace, rhythm and schedule!
- Safer than group classes: More hands-on corrections, adaptations and modifications.
- Personalized lessons tailored to your specific health, fitness goals and objectives.
- No more mottos like: ”No pain, no gain!”
- Less stress, which means more relaxation and quality in the breathing! This will help the longevity of your heart and make you healthier overall than doing any cardio workout!
- Post-surgery therapy or recovering from injuries: Yoga therapy has been proven to be very effective. During recovery and to speed the healing process, we strongly recommend private yoga and therapeutic yoga sessions with a capable and experienced teacher.
Here are some restorative/therapeutic teachers to guide you in privates in the Montreal area:
- Jewel Harini Lee
- Sarani/Antonella
- Josephine Vittoria
- Cynthia Cayer
- Hervé Blondon
To find your style of yoga, check out our yoga style recommender:
https://www.yogatribes.com/yoga-style-recommender/
Jewel Harini Lee
Certified alignment yoga teacher (675 + YTT), specialized in alignment & restoratives yoga.
Founder of AYA www.ayamtl.com
Her blog: www.jewelyoga.blogspot.ca
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