Ashtanga vinyasa yoga
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This article is about a dynamic style of yoga poses popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois. For the eightfold yoga path, a system first described in Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras, see Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga).
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga is a style of yoga as exercise popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois during the twentieth century, often promoted as a dynamic form of classical Indian (hatha) yoga.[1] Jois claimed to have learnt the system from his teacher Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. The style is energetic, synchronising breath with movements. The individual poses (asanas) are linked by flowing movements (vinyasas).[2]
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Ashtanga yoga | |
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![]() K. Pattabhi Jois with Larry Schultz, mid 1980s | |
Founder | K. Pattabhi Jois |
Established | 1948 |
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Employs Vinyasas, connecting movements | |
Related schools | |
Iyengar yoga |
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Jois established his Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in 1948.[3] The current style of teaching is called "Mysore style", after the city in India where the practice was originally taught.[4] Ashtanga vinyasa yoga has given rise to various spinoff styles of power yoga.