This project has been lying in wait for many years and is finally complete.  Like our other guides, it is a photo presentation to give the active man a comprehensive guide to Iyengar Yoga sequences and asanas for Health and Fitness.

 

The guide has 3 main chapters: - Health & Fitness, Restorative practice sequences and one dedicated to Therapeutic asanas.  This guide tries to incorporate aspects affecting the physical, mental as well as psychological well-being of Men. This guide covers amongst others, yoga for strength and flexibility, therapeutic, restorative poses and sequences,

as well as specific yoga practices for injuries.

 

Whether your sport is boxing, swimming, track and field, or racecar driving your performance level and overall enjoyment will significantly improve with the practice of Iyengar Yoga. We are convinced that this guide will be of use to not only men, but also women who teach and practice sport and/or yoga with men.

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Iyengar Yoga for Men

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Despite yoga being a traditionally male-dominated practice, its move to the west has seen a distinct lack of men practising in sports halls and studios.  It is easy to imagine, that as a guy you would be put off attending a yoga class due to the overly feminized classes, notion of it being a soft form or exercise, merely stretching and a cop-out compared to a hard training session.

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Marketing in yoga is typically feminine, with pastel colours and flora designs appearing across logos, covers of yoga magazines – the vast majority of yoga clothing lines being for female practitioners. Predictions are that 2017/18 will be the year that western men’s yoga will become more commonplace, something we all welcome. 

 

The yoga industry is expanding rapidly, so there is lots of room for new students from complete beginners to those that have been practising over the years.  If in 2016 women began weightlifting, then why shouldn’t 2017 be the year that men get on their mats?

 

Ten years ago, yoga around the world was regarded as pretty much of an alternative lifestyle. Today however, its not only wide affected but also practised by an incredible large and mix of people including men, from serious athletes to people in recovery from injuries. 

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There are many approaches to this ancient system of aligning the body and mind – so it's worth exploring the different forms or styles of yoga, in order to find the one that agrees with you.

 

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