TCM Yoga 1.0: How To Pick A Yoga Practice That’s Right For You

Yoga is having a major moment. With yoga instructors like our lovely guest editor Tara Stiles generating their own celeb-worthy followings, bold leggings cropping up at high-end boutiques across the country, and your very own home practice right at your fingertips, it's now become easier than ever to zen out and go with the flow. There's just one problem: with so many different styles, how do you pick a yoga practice that's right for you? In this installment of our TCM 1.0 series, we're breaking down the basics of picking your yoga practice with LA-based yoga teacher and author on the subject, Meagan McCrary, whose students basically begged for her to create her popular book. Eager to demystify all the tongue-twisting names you see on a yoga schedule, she decided to pen what has now become one of our favorite yoga reads, Pick Your Yoga Practice: Exploring and Understanding Different Styles of Yoga. No two styles are the same, so make sure you choose your class based on your specific personality and goals - knowing what you want is the first step to having a truly yogic experience. Here's Megan to break down ten different styles of yoga for us, and help us explore the ins and outs of how to get your 'om' on... Iyengar, Ashtanga, Bikram, Moksha, Kundalini, Jivamukti, Kripalu, Forrest, Corepower...yoga’s got more styles than New York’s Fashion Week, and we're not talking about the explosion of brightly printed leggings, designer eco-chic mats and mala beads. Between the ever-evolving systems and schools of yoga, hybrid combinations of yoga and you-name-it, and individual teachers coining their own specific brands, there are more styles of yoga than anyone can keep track of — let alone differentiate. It’s easy to become overwhelmed, even slightly intimidated, when it comes to choosing a class, studio or teacher! The good news is that you have options, and once you begin to understand how the various systems break down, you can choose the style, or styles, of yoga that best suite your needs, desires and growth on this path. Shall we begin? The first step is to familiarize yourself with what’s out there. The following is a quick guide to a handful of the most popular styles on the yoga scene today:



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