Breathe, Meditate, Chant and Workout in Your Yoga Class
Yoga classes are all about breathing since they teach you that breath is life and with the exchange of electrons and energy flow in which air is the foremost nutrient, survival without air would only last a few minutes. The aim of a yoga class is to teach the student that he or she should learn to breathe without thinking and that the breathing is their spirit's voice having a good deal of depth, smoothness, sound as well as reflects the person's mood.
Becoming aware of the breath and breathing helps in staying calm and is the gateway to the spirit. When we are inattentive, the spirit tells us of the state of our body - however, no one is home to notice. When one is attentive, the breathing changes and the conscious mind speaks with the spirit inside the body and this is how healing occurs.
Classes are Taught at an Ashram
The yoga class teaches breathing techniques of yoga which form a vocabulary instrumental in communicating between the mind or brain and the lower limbs and hind-brain autonomic structures. The yoga class would also teach a number of yoga postures, workouts, and chants and the place where it is all taught is called the ashram.
Asanas or yoga postures have been designed so that the body can orient itself to the changing gravity and in order to learn the perfect posture, there is a certain amount of extreme stretching involved, which needs regular practice. Asanas are central to the health of the body.
A yoga class would also teach many different types of yoga workouts that are instrumental in keeping the body fit and is mainly the harmony between mind and body. It is the mind that perceives or diagnoses and guides or heals the body and does not in fact control the body and is not used under any circumstances to force the body but is more of a healing process. There is a great deal of therapeutic effect of the yoga workout which involves the mind and totally inspires breathing, to help the body evolve better.
Also taught at a yoga class is relaxation that is often characterized as being yoga and involves meditation which is a widely disparate technique having the ultimate goal to get the student to relax. Finally, the yoga class may teach chants and the therapeutic value of chanting lies in the resonance of vibrations through the body and especially the nervous system and chanting is a special form of controlling one's breath.
