What type of yoga is best for me ?

We teach various forms of yoga at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre using the best of teachers from all over the world.

Yoga experience, Age, fitness level, injuries

We have many different types of people who come on our courses ranging from

• beginners to yoga, to regular practitioners to teachers
• 14 years to 60 years old
• participants who are very fit while others extremely unfit
• very healthy while others have injuries, weaknesses or health conditions

Depending on the factors above, certain types of yoga will be more suitable.

Different types of yoga

We teach 6 main different forms of yoga at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre using the best of teachers who specialise in that particular form of yoga.

Some forms of Yoga are quite gentle while other forms are very strong and dynamic.

Listed in order of most gentle first, and more stronger towards end

• Satyananda is a more traditional form of yoga and includes breathwork, more gentle postures, deep relaxation and meditation. Nice and relaxing, ideal for beginners.
• Hatha Yoga is reasonably gentle and involves stretching, breathork and expect to be challenged within your own limitations. Suitable for beginners.
• Kundalini is reasonably gentle and involves strong breathing practices while one practices postures at one's own level of ability and pace, and working with energies inside. Suitable for beginers.
• Iyengar is another physical form of yoga and is quite precise in its alignment within postures and uses blocks and belts to help open up more in the postures. Not as strong as ashtanga. Depending on age, suitable for beginners.
• Bikram is a fitness form of yoga which takes place in a heated room, so involves plenty of sweating and is very dynamic. Expect lots and lots of sweating and movement. Suitable for younger more fit beginners.
• Ashtanga is very strong and dynamic and is a flowing sequence of sun salutations and postures. Please expect some sweating due to strong physical exertion. Suitable for younger, reasonably fit beginners.

So what type is best for me ?

If you are between 14 years and 30 years of age you may be more drawn towards a dynamic, flowing, fitness form of yoga such as Ashtanga or Bikram.

If you are over 40 and very unfit or with injuries or health conditions you may prefer a more gentle form of yoga such as Satyananda yoga or one of our Gentle yoga and Detox courses.

Or you may prefer a course which is in-beteeen, such as Hatha yoga or Kundalini yoga.

However, if you are over 40, but have previous experience in practicing yoga and don’t have injuries and are reasonably fit, you may still like to try Bikram or Ashtanga yoga.

This will all depend if you prefer to be physically challenges during the yoga classes, or whether you prefer a more gentle, relaxing meditative form of yoga.

If you are looking for a form of yoga that is best for stress reduction and relaxation, then Satyananda is best by far.

If you are over 40 years of age, and have never practiced yoga before you are advised to choose one of the following forms of yoga.

• Gentle yoga and Detox
• Satyananda yoga
• Hatha yoga
• Kundalini yoga

If you have any back, neck or knee injuries you are better advised to choose one the gentle forms of yoga above.

If you have health condition or injuries or weakness which you feel could hold you back or cause problems doing physical yoga postures, you are advised to talk directly to Dave on the phone 091-637680

What type of Yoga are you looking for ?

If you are looking for a nice gentle and relaxing type of yoga, then you should choose

• Gentle yoga and Detox
• Satyananda yoga
• Hatha yoga
• Kundalini yoga

If you are looking for very strong and energetic and fitness type of yoga you could choose

• Bikram yoga
• Ashtanga yoga
• Ashtanga & Vinyasa flow

More information

If you still are not sure about a particular course, then please contact Dave at the Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre

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