Different yoga systems have different characteristics and principles, and sub-health people who are new to yoga can choose hatha yoga.

With the vigorous rise of yoga in recent years, more and more yoga studios and yoga systems have entered the China market. People who want to practice yoga are dazzled and have many questions: "The system looks similar, but there seem to be many differences? Which one is suitable for practice? How does each help? "

Never follow blindly! Otherwise, instead of benefiting from yoga, you will be exhausted. First of all, you should understand the characteristics and principles of different yoga systems.

Yoga comes from Sanskrit, which means "combination". In the philosophical sense of yoga, "combination" is the fusion of self and universe. It originated in India and has a history of more than 6000 years. Yoga is recorded in many classics of early India. Yoga is embodied in the earlier Vedas and Upanishads, which are very popular in the west and explore the primitive soul of the universe in the form of philosophical poems.

Nowadays, yoga is no longer a strange and mysterious term for people. As we all know, ancient yoga gave birth to many schools, some of which focused on self-cultivation and some aimed at exercising.

All the systems come from eight yoga.

According to patanjali's Yoga Sutra, it is also called Eight Yoga. These eight branches are: first, Yamaraja's moral precepts; Second, Ma Niya is self-disciplined; Third, the posture; Fourth, pranayama breathing control; Fifth, Pratyahara's senses are restrained; Sixth, Dharana is focused; Seven, meditation; Samadhi and self-combination. Traditional yoga practice is carried out from these eight aspects.

Eight branches yoga is the oldest yoga, and many popular yoga systems have evolved from it. At present, hatha yoga, Astanha yoga, Iyengar yoga, Bikram yoga and flow yoga are the most popular.

As for devotional yoga, raja yoga, Kundalini yoga, chanting yoga and other systems. Because of the level of music, not many people practice.

The yoga systems mentioned above are all evolved from eight yoga theories. Although each has its own characteristics and theories, the main idea is the same, that is, starting from physical and mental self-discipline, and finally achieving perfect self-knowledge.

Each of the above systems also started to practice with some points in the eight branches of yoga divided by Botangali, so we can't treat all kinds of yoga systems separately, only that each system is aimed at different suitable people and has its own emphasis on the practice points.