Welcome to Yoga Glasgow!

Our studio teaches the practices of the Ashtanga Vinyasa method of yoga and the benefits and rewards this form of yoga brings to us!  It is more dynamic, flowing and follows a regime to take you through the practice at your own level, move on when you are ready and take your practice to a higher stage.  The teachers at Yoga Glasgow have all trained extensively in the Ashtanga form, have all spent time at the research institute in Mysore India and follow a daily practice of their own.  In this way way they can deliver to you the pure form of this method and the wonderful change you feel is almost imediate.  It is a practice which becomes a part of you and your life if you embrace her fully.  see Yoga

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The Yoga - Ayurveda Connection

Same origin and goal.

Both yoga and ayurveda have their origin in the Vedic tradition of India, and both are a means to gain better health. A verse from the Yoga Sutra, yoga chitta vritti nirodhaha, describes yoga as the settled state of the mind.

These verses show that both yoga and ayurveda have the same goal which is attaining union with the Self, the most settled state of the mind.

Other verses from the ayurvedic texts also point to this self-referral state of the mind as the basis of health. Those who are in balance and whose Self, mind and senses remain full of bliss, is called a healthy person. Happiness.

Meaning of YOGA

Yoga literally means "union" or "to join together" in Sanskrit. It has the same root that gives rise to the English word "yoke," as in "to yoke together," and refers to the union of body, mind and soul.

Yoga helps the mind become stronger by connecting the mind with the Self, the Atma(soul). This experience of unity is also the aim of Maharishi Ayurveda. For instance, the word "ayurveda" is derived from the Sanskrit word ayu.

While one common meaning of ayu is "life" or "lifespan," and thus ayurveda is "the science of life and longevity,".

Ayurveda

Yoga is part of ayurveda… Yoga is mentioned in ayurvedic texts such as the Charaka Samhita. Yoga is important for dissolving physical stress and calming the mind before meditation, and is central to dinacharya, the ayurvedic routine.

It is the ideal ayurvedic exercise, because it rejuvenates the body, improves digestion, and removes stress. Yoga balances all three doshas, and different poses have different effects. Forward bending postures cool Pitta dosha. Twists are good for Kapha because they stimulate digestion. Backward bends are heating, and thus balancing to Vata types, as long as the person has the strength to do them.

Yoga postures tone every area of the body, and cleanse the internal organs of toxins, which is one of the goals of ayurveda. …And ayurveda is part of yoga At the same time, yoga practitioners can benefit from the ayurvedic daily routine as part of their yoga practice. For instance, abhyanga (ayurvedic massage) helps remove toxins from the body and relaxes the muscles for yoga practice. "The knowledge of Maharishi Ayurveda provides tremendous support to yoga practice.

Without a foundation in ayurvedic knowledge, hatha yoga runs the risk of becoming just pure physical exercise. Yoga aims to cleanse the nadis, or channels, with different postures. But trying to do that without using the ayurvedic principles for removing ama is like hopping on one leg. That's why traditional yoga schools have always taught ayurvedic principles as well as yoga asanas, because the two are so interdependent.

If someone is attending a yoga class on a regular basis, he or she is starting to dislodge ama (digestive impurities) in the body. But if they are still maintaining a lifestyle and diet that creates ama, all they are really doing is moving their sludge around. The yoga practitioner needs to know how to detoxify through the dietary, lifestyle, and purification practices of Maharishi Ayurveda.