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Which style of Yoga is Best for You?

•November 5, 2020

•Namita Piparaiya

Chakrasana, pranayama, sunset yoga

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My ethics are my biggest challenge in my yoganama

My ethics are my biggest challenge in my yoganama journey
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🌷They’re both my strength and my obstacle. I like to present a wholesome, holistic and authentic view of Yoga exactly as I use it. Which often fades against the more popular clickbaity topics that promise immediate results while providing meaningless solutions for popular insecurities.
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🌷There’s often a strong emphasis on the need of sharing weight loss or anti-ageing content, of diluting the message to give it a mass appeal, or to share more Ayurvedic recipes as what else can be there in Ayurveda? And the disregard for qualifications in an era where the value of expertise is nearly dead, because no one cares what you’ve done but they just go by what they see on social media.
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🌷And the best part is – all this probably has merit. What “sells” is not the content, but the way it’s packaged. And the packaging is often far better than what’s inside. Whereas I have an inherent resistance to packaging my content in ways that I don’t feel are real or authentic.
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🌷And that’s an obstacle I’ve been working on since the very day I started yoganama. I refuse to dilute my message but I’ve learnt to simplify it and make it more relatable over years of writing. When I get requests for weight loss or similar content, I write my complete view on the need for a multi pronged approach. I do not talk exclusively about Ayurvedic recipes but I’ve found many of you that are as interested in the other aspects of Ayurveda as I am. And now the media even seeks out my Ayurvedic lifestyle views. So, I continue to follow my path by staying true to my nature, with full faith that this is the best way to find our true potential.
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Instead of getting carried away or pressured into doing something that doesn’t speak to my heart and might not be in the best interest of the people who trust me. ❤️ #thursdaythoughts
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Concluding the thread about my studies and answeri

Concluding the thread about my studies and answering some of the questions I got.
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The CES course is largely done by fitness trainers and at first glance it may not fit in with Yoga. But I’d done my research had looked up courses in biomechanics / functional anatomy and was clear NASM was just right. I just wanted to blend in the subtle anatomy of the Pranic body with a core understanding of the physical human body. Just like I’d done with Ayurveda, Philosophy and Yoga.
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(NASM is the US-based National Academy of Sports Medicine.)
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And I was thrilled at the proof of concept when my first NASM inspired sequence went live on Cult Fit yesterday and I received so many wonderful messages about how good it made some of you feel.
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Because that’s really what I’ve always wanted to do: help people feel “good”. I was never as motivated to teach people how to do specific poses because for me that’s not a holistic long-term approach. So whether it is my classes, writing, social media or otherwise the goal is always the same. Will it help people feel good? Is it sustainable?
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And now armed with corrective exercise techniques I can do that even better. Because many of us struggle with aches and pains due to our lifestyle and sedentary habits which need a very targeted approach. Issues like Lower back pain, knee/ACL Injuries, Carpal Tunnel, IT band issues, neck pain and so many more limit us from fully exploring the benefits of a wholesome yoga practice. They also limit so many of us from getting the most out of our everyday life.
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This knowledge combined with Ayurveda, Asana, Pranayama and Meditation gives me all the tools I need to help my students in their journey of health and wellness.
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Every year I usually focus on one subject and deep

Every year I usually focus on one subject and deep dive into it.
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🌷 In 2016, my focus was on achieving advanced yoga postures. I spent 6 months in Mysore working hard on the body. In 2017, the sutras became my subject of study. This journey drove me to study Sanskrit as well as the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishad courses with Oxford University’s Center for Hindu Studies & Chinmaya Mission. In 2018, I deep dived into Ayurveda which completely transformed my own practice and life as I discovered that Ayurveda is actually an incredible tool to do self work. That’s what I share and emphasise through my Ayurveda content.
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🌷In 2019, I got married and we travelled the world, 55 cities in 6 months for my husband’s dream project. That experience yanked me out of books and philosophy and opened my heart and mind to the people and the world. I did use the opportunity to experience yoga in local studios wherever I could.
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🌷In all this I continued to work on my yoga practice, I visited Mysore and Rishikesh, took a Pranayama Course with BNS Iyengar, practiced meditation and studiedYoga Anatomy.
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🌷In 2020, after learning to adjust to the pandemic I decided to focus more on anatomy. I researched many courses, and went through their curriculum with a fine tooth comb. I liked the idea of getting a “non-yoga” perspective as I’d pretty much read every reputed yoga anatomy book out there. But I did not want to be a fitness trainer either - that’s how I zeroed in on NASM Corrective Exercise Curriculum. It was highly reputed, had just the right amount of scope, fit in perfectly with my requirements and would’ve beautifully complimented Yoga. As a lot of people do come to Yoga for recovery/ posture correction or pain relief. This way I’d be better equipped to help them. And that’s the plan now.
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💖 If you’re a Yoga Teacher who enjoys learning you can and should pursue studies in topics that interest you. But if you don’t enjoy theory you don’t have to do it. There are teachers who focus on one pose or body part every year instead of a subject and they achieve great progress that way. #followyourheart 😊
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Happy to share that I am now a NASM Certified Corr

Happy to share that I am now a NASM Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist. NASM is a renowned organisation that conducts health & fitness training programs. I chose them for their well structured and scientific evidence-based approach. While these trainings are often taken by fitness trainers, I have clear plans for adapting it in my Yoga Teaching both from a body and mind perspective. I took up this course last year and after intense studies cleared the exam this weekend with a 90%+ grade.
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In my perspective Anatomy is a weak link in a Yoga Teacher’s journey because most yoga TTCs don’t give as much importance to it. Moreover, there’s often a tendency in the yoga world to either completely ignore physical anatomy, or to become overly obsessed with alignment forgetting the traditional roots of the practice. With Yoganama, I intend to maintain a strong balance between both the Indian roots of yoga and the modern understanding of our body. And I am looking forward to share this evolution of the Yoganama way with you through this space.
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As a corrective exercise specialist I can now assess your posture with greater precision to identify imbalances across joints and thereby create more effective plans for your wellness journey. For instance, if you have a tendency for Carpal Tunnel, De Quervain’s syndrome, Lower Back Pain, IT Band issues etc, then I can develop plans to help prevent these issues by assessing your specific postural requirements, after you’ve been cleared to exercise. This also aligns with Yoganama’s original vision for ‘Yoga for everyday life” - because these everyday issues are preventable.
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As a teacher I think it is important to keep learning and growing so your students can benefit from it. It also helps you avoid a plateau in your journey, by making you look at the same practice from many different perspectives. My Yoga teaching is strongly influenced by the need for mindfulness, principles of Ayurveda and now in a more concrete fashion, the human anatomy.
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In the next couple of posts I’ll share more about this journey. :)
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