Classes running continuously in Norwich for 35 years. At the Oriental Arts Centre, Duke st. and at Norwich CIty College, Also at Kirby Bedon Village Hall. Classes cost £4-00 for all classes (or less). Mondays, Tuesday and Thursdays. Call 01508 493933 or visit us at www.dynamic-yoga.net for details.
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Welcome to Dynamic Yoga SocietyDynamic Yoga is an ancient oriental practice, which brings enormous health benefits. It tonifies the internal organs, strengthens the connective tissue, corrects misalignment of the spine, develops good breathing technique, encourages relaxation and purifies the spirit.
The key elements in Dyanamic Yoga which make it distinct from pure traditional forms, i.e. hatha yoga, are (a) philosophical, in terms of an emphasis on oriental systems of mind / body / energetic understanding and (b) physical, in that the spectrum of moves is broader than common styles, and the approach to training is remedial with a range of dynamic variations in the manner the postures are performed.
History
The practice of yoga became known in the West only relatively recently and was popularised in the late 1950s and 60s with various masters moving out of India to teach (mainly in the U.S.A). However, the culture of yoga moved eastward to the orient in far more ancient times, from around the middle of the first century A.D. where it encountered thewell established metaphysical system of Taoism.
Oriental schools did not adopt yoga as a pure practice, but in some southern regions of China, basic yoga moves were assimilated as healing excercises.
With the rise of the Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the seventh century, Taoist schools and later, Buddhist Shaolin masters of esoteric, martial and physical artsintegrated many more yoga postures into their practices, (Buddhism became an official religion in the southern regions of China at this time). Much of this practice was later elaborated on, further refined and written down in Japanese, as imperial Japan expanded. The island of Okinawa became an important nexus point and cultural storehouse of many of the more ancient arts. Eventually these arts eventally came to the west following contact with the orient and the general increase in interest following the second world war.
It is through this essentially eastern and oriental influence on the art that Dynamic Yoga has developed and thus, it has within it elements of such styles as tai-chi, chi-kung and karate, as well as utilising the full spectrum of traditional yoga postures. You will consequently find yourself performing such diverse moves as hip circles, meridian massage wih a partner, crane stance with breath, and kiba dachi (riding horse stance) that are alien to traditional yoga.
The present Dynamic Yoga Group arose from the ashes of the now defunct Chinese Yoga Society, classes have thus been held continuously in Norwich since the early 1980's.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Chinese Yoga Society Teaching Cert. DHY cert.
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Yoga
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