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Lifestyle
Artistic yoga
is a new style of yoga –
fast gaining popularity in the UAE. Abdul
Hameed says it has changed his life
Hatta, Asthanga, Bikram, Annanda...
the list goes on and on. There are many
different types of yoga and it can be hard
to know which you are best suited to
when you first begin.
‘Artistic yoga’ however encompasses
them all. It applies to any technique
that works to give you results and is a
new way of looking at the practice.
Yoga in general aims to restore peace
of mind, strengthens the muscles, and
encourages cardiovascular endurance,
agility and improved coordination. It tries
to ensure a person is optimally fit and
alert in order to move towards higher
practices like meditation.
The eminent yoga guru Bharat Thakur
combined his yoga training with an
education in exercise physiology to
develop the system of artistic yoga which
also has roots in traditional yoga. As a
result it incorporates Asana postures.
However it differs to other types of yoga
in that although every class is structured
for a specific purpose, it is improvised
Artistic
Yoga
by Abdul Hameed
