Namaste Yoga: I bow to you

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Namaste Yoga: I bow to you

Thursday, May 17th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Namaste
(Image: “South Indi”a, by Steve Evans)

Namaste yoga is a form of yoga which is widely practiced. However the “namaste” is actually a a greeting: it means “I bow to you” from Sanskrit (namas) to bow, to make obeisance, a reverential salutation, and (te) “to you”. It’s a sign of reverence. If the namaste gesture is made to another person, it’s usually made with a slight bow.

Try the namaste gesture yourself. It’s a yoga mudra, and will leave you feeling calm and peaceful.

Namaste yoga as taught in yoga studios

When it comes to Namaste yoga, there are many different things that are important for you to understand. For one, in order to perform Namaste yoga, you place the hands together at the heart chakra, close to the eyes, and then bow the head.

It can also be done however by placing the hands together in front of the third eye, and then bringing bowing the head and bringing the hands down to the heart. This is considered as being an especially deep form of respect, and Namaste yoga overall is considered as being one of the most respectful types of yoga.

Ideally, this type of yoga should be done both at the beginning and the end of the class, and usually, it is done at the end of the class because the mind is less active and as well the energy in the room is more peaceful.

You can combine really any other type of yoga with this, however in order to determine the best type of yoga that you should do so with, you really are going to want to speak to a professional yoga instructor. This is because you will be able to get the most informed and knowledgeable opinion this way, and so thus this is definitely a route that you are going to want to take.

Just remember that regardless of what type of yoga you do or what type of concepts you include within the yoga, you are doing something fantastic and wonderful for your mind, body and soul by participating in yoga, and so you should always keep this positive thought in the back of your mind.

Yoga can also be a lifelong process, and so you certainly should not think that it is an exercise that you can only do when you are younger, because this is absolutely not true. Yoga is great for you during your entire life, and so if you have never tried before, then you are definitely going to want to, so that you can see what it is really all about, and you are sure to get hooked on it right away.