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.

We have week long courses June to August, Christmas, New Year and Easter and weekend courses throughout the rest of the year.

Its possible to attend the weekend only of the week long courses also.

Choose the form of yoga which suits you

We teach many types of yoga, so it is important for you to choose the type of yoga that is appropriate for you.

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

Which type of yoga for which type of person ?

If you are between 14 years of age and 30 years of age and have no back neck or knee injuries, then any of the types of yoga should be fine for you.

If you are between 30 and 40 years of age, and if you have never practiced yoga before, you may feel Bikram yoga a bit too dynamic and hot and energetic and you would probably find Ashtanga yoga too strong and energetic.

However if you are between 30 and 40 and play many sports and are very fit (i don't mean just walking a few times a week), you may still enjoy the strong energetic physical aspects of either Bikram or Ashtanga.

If you do not play other sports, you may be better advised to choose a more gentle type of yoga to start with such as

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

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

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

Descriptions of different types of yoga

Please click on the form of yoga below to read a full description of that type of yoga.

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
• Kundalini is also gentle and includes walking meditations, gentle postures 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Other types of courses

We also have courses in

• Detox and Gentle yoga weekends are a lovely way to Detox and also learn about juicing, food combining, sprouting, nutrition and include a full body massage
• Vegetarian Cooking courses is where Paddi our famous chef shares her secrets with you as you watch her prepare amazing vegetarian meals, and then help her eat them ;-)
• Buddhist teachings bring us some great teachers who give us an insight into Buddha's teachings, meditation and yoga.

And we also have Weekly yoga classes for local people September to May.

Ireland's most popular yoga centre

The Burren Yoga and Meditation Centre is the perfect place to practice yoga and to have a holiday.

We are the only yoga centre in Ireland to cater from Complete beginners to Advanced , to offer all forms of yoga, and provide over 40 quality residential courses all year round.

Full list of courses for the next few months

Click on any course listed at the link below, to see a full description of the type of yoga, information about the instructors, a timetable of the course and who the course is suitable for.

Calendar of Retreats, dates and prices

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