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Jul
2025

Estilos de Yoga – La amplia variedad de prácticas tradicionales y modernas.

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Hay una amplia variedad de escuelas de , prácticas y objetivos en el hinduismo, el budismo, el jainismo y otros estilos de yoga tradicionales y modernos que se practican en todo el mundo.

Dentro de las principales ramas del yoga, como haṭha, lāya, rāja, jñāna y bhakti, existen numerosas escuelas y linajes, tanto vigentes como extintos.

Estilos de yoga practicados en todo el mundo

Desde finales del siglo XIX, se han introducido una gran cantidad de estilos nuevos y distintos de «Yoga» por parte de maestros individuales.

Algunas escuelas y tradiciones son ocasionalmente referidas como yoga o yoguismo debido a sus prácticas similares, a pesar de no tener una base en la tradición india; entre ellas se incluyen Shin Shin Tōitsu-dō y Daoyin.

Esta es una lista no exhaustiva de estilos de Yoga bien conocidos que se practican en todo el mundo.

Anuyoga

es la designación del segundo de los tres Tantras Internos según la división en nueve prácticas utilizada por la escuela Nyingma del budismo tibetano. Al igual que los otros yanas, Anuyoga representa tanto una división escritural como un énfasis específico en la visión y la práctica.

Yoga Kundalini

El es una escuela de yoga que está influenciada por las escuelas de Shaktismo y Tantra del hinduismo. Su nombre proviene del enfoque en despertar la energía kundalini a través de la práctica regular de mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga o meditación. El yoga kundalini a menudo se identifica como la forma más peligrosa de yoga debido a la implicación de energías sutiles.

Bhakti significa literalmente «apego, participación, afecto, homenaje, fe, amor, devoción, adoración, pureza». En el hinduismo, se refiere a la devoción y el amor hacia un dios personal o un dios representacional por parte de un devoto. En textos antiguos como el Shvetashvatara Upanishad, el término simplemente significa participación, devoción y amor por cualquier esfuerzo, mientras que en el Bhagavad Gita, connota uno de los posibles caminos de la espiritualidad y hacia el moksha, como en bhakti marga.

El Yoga del Sueño o Milam —el Yoga del Estado de Sueño— es un conjunto de sadhanas tántricas avanzadas de las linajes entrelazados de Mantrayana del Dzogchen. El Yoga del Sueño son procesos y técnicas tántricas dentro de los Bardos de trance del Sueño y el Sueño de los Seis Yogas de Naropa. En la tradición del tantra, el método del Yoga del Sueño generalmente se transmite por un maestro calificado a sus estudiantes después de la iniciación necesaria. Varios lamas tibetanos son unánimes en que se trata más de una transmisión de una experiencia iluminada que de cualquier información textual.

Kum Nye

and sKu-mNyé are a wide variety of Tibetan religious and medical body practices. The two terms are different spellings in the Latin alphabet of the same Tibetan phrase, which literally means «massage of the subtle body». Some systems of sku mnye are vaguely similar to Yoga, T’ai chi, Qigong, or therapeutic massage. «Kum Nye», Ku Nye, and Kunye are also used to transcribe the Tibetan phrases dku mnye and bsku mnye, which are pronounced identically to sku mnye. dKu mnye and bsku mnye manipulate the physical body, rather than the subtle (energetic) one.

Yoga Bikram

El es un sistema de , un tipo de yoga como ejercicio, ideado por Bikram Choudhury y basado en las enseñanzas de B. C. Ghosh, que se hizo popular a principios de la década de 1970. Las clases consisten en una secuencia fija de 26 posturas, practicadas en una sala calentada a 105 °F (41 °C) con una humedad del 40%, destinada a replicar el clima de India. La sala está equipada con alfombras y las paredes están cubiertas de espejos. El instructor puede ajustar las posturas de yoga de los estudiantes. El estilo de enseñanza de Choudhury era abrasivo.

Yoga Iyengar

El , nombrado y desarrollado por B. K. S. Iyengar, y descrito en su exitoso libro de 1966 Luz sobre el Yoga, es una forma de yoga como ejercicio que enfatiza el detalle, la precisión y la alineación en la ejecución de las posturas de yoga (asanas).

Yoga de Poder

El Power Yoga es cualquiera de varias formas de yoga enérgico estilo vinyasa como ejercicio, desarrollado en América en la década de 1990. Estas incluyen formas derivadas del Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, a saber, las de Beryl Bender Birch, Bryan Kest y Larry Schultz, y formas derivadas del Bikram Yoga, como la de Baron Baptiste.

Yin Yoga

El es un estilo de yoga de ritmo lento como ejercicio, con asanas (posturas) que se mantienen durante períodos de tiempo más largos; para principiantes, puede variar de 45 segundos a dos minutos; los practicantes más avanzados pueden permanecer en una asana durante cinco minutos o más.

Yoga ashtanga vinyasa

El es un estilo de yoga como ejercicio popularizado por K. Pattabhi Jois durante el siglo XX, a menudo promovido como una forma moderna del yoga clásico indio. Jois afirmó haber aprendido el sistema de su maestro Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. El estilo es enérgico, sincronizando la respiración con los movimientos. Las posturas individuales (asanas) están vinculadas por movimientos fluidos (vinyasas).

Yoga Jivamukti

El método de es un estilo propietario de yoga moderno creado por David Life y Sharon Gannon en 1984.

Yoga caliente

El yoga caliente es una forma de yoga como ejercicio que se realiza en condiciones de calor y humedad, lo que resulta en una considerable sudoración. Algunas prácticas de yoga caliente buscan replicar el calor y la humedad de la India, donde se originó el yoga. Bikram Choudhury ha sugerido que el ambiente caliente del Yoga Bikram ayuda a preparar el cuerpo para el movimiento y a «eliminar impurezas».

Estilo Mysore

El de práctica de asanas es la forma de enseñar yoga como ejercicio dentro de la tradición del Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, tal como lo enseñó K. Pattabhi Jois en la ciudad sureña india de Mysore; su fama ha convertido a esa ciudad en un centro de yoga con un negocio sustancial de turismo de yoga.

Yoga Vinyasa de Fuerza Central

El Vinyasa Yoga de Fuerza Central es un estilo moderno de yoga como ejercicio creado por la yoguini estadounidense Sadie Nardini en 2006. Central a este estilo es un movimiento referido como ‘ola’ (suavización). La estructura de esta práctica incluye un marco de 7 pasos que se aplica a cada postura dentro de una secuencia. Nardini incorpora aspectos del Kundalini Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Iyengar Yoga y partes de secuencias de movimiento del Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Mantener un enfoque interno en la alegría del momento es parte de la filosofía de la práctica. Este estilo integra posturas con aprendizajes de muchas disciplinas, incluyendo física, biología y geometría, influenciado por las obras de Leslie Kaminoff. Incorpora la filosofía tradicional del yoga de los Yoga Sutras de Patanjali. Enfatiza los músculos que están profundos dentro del cuerpo e incluye el uso de ‘olas’ para entrar y salir de las posturas. Ejemplos incluyen movimientos físicos que activan músculos cercanos a la columna vertebral, como el psoas y el cuadrado lumbar, para construir soporte para el cuerpo desde adentro antes de generar una expresión externa de ese movimiento. El propósito de las posturas enfocadas en el núcleo profundo en esta práctica es mejorar y profundizar la respiración. Esta perspectiva difiere de otros estilos en los que el propósito del trabajo profundo del núcleo es estabilizar la espalda. En esta práctica, mantener el abdomen suave y el núcleo fuerte mejora la respiración. La respiración ‘Belly Bonfire’ es un ejemplo de una técnica de respiración profunda del núcleo que implica enfoque y objetivo de atención y respiración con abdominales más suaves. La pelvis se considera el centro físico de gravedad del cuerpo en este sistema.

Pranava yoga

is meditation on the sacred mantra Om, as outlined in the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

It is also called Aum yoga and Aum yoga meditation. It is, simply put, fixing the mind on the sound of the mantra «Aum» – the sacred syllable that both symbolizes and embodies Brahman, the Absolute Reality – as the mantra is constantly repeated in unison with the breath.

The purpose of pranava yoga is to become free from suffering and limitation.

Yoga integral

El , a veces llamado yoga supramental, es la filosofía y práctica basada en el yoga de Sri Aurobindo y La Madre. Central en el yoga integral está la idea de que el Espíritu se manifiesta en un proceso de involución, mientras olvida sus orígenes. El proceso inverso de evolución está impulsado hacia una manifestación completa del espíritu.

Ananda Yoga

, or Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness is a system of Hatha Yoga established by Kriyananda, a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, and is based on Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) teachings. Ananda Yoga emphasizes inner awareness; energy control; and the experience of each asana as a natural expression of a higher state of consciousness, which is enhanced by the use of affirmations.

Yoga Restaurativo

El es la práctica de asanas, cada una sostenida por más tiempo que en las clases de yoga convencionales, a menudo con el apoyo de accesorios como mantas dobladas, para relajar el cuerpo, reducir el estrés y, a menudo, prepararse para el pranayama.

Yoga Sivananda

El es un sistema de yoga espiritual fundado por Vishnudevananda; incluye el uso de asanas, pero no se limita a ellas como en los sistemas de yoga como ejercicio. Nombró a este sistema, así como a la organización internacional de los Centros Sivananda Yoga Vedanta responsable de propagar sus enseñanzas, en honor a su guru, Sivananda, con la misión de ‘difundir las enseñanzas del yoga y el mensaje de paz mundial’, que desde entonces se ha refinado a ‘practicar y enseñar el antiguo conocimiento yóguico para la salud, la paz, la unidad en la diversidad y la autorrealización.’

Shaivismo de Cachemira

El , o Shaivismo Trika, es una tradición no dualista del Tantra Shaiva-Shakta que se originó en algún momento después del 850 d.C. Dado que esta tradición se originó en Cachemira, a menudo se le llama «Shaivismo Cachemir». Más tarde se convirtió en un movimiento panindio denominado «Trika» por su gran exegeta, Abhinavagupta, y floreció particularmente en Orissa y Maharashtra. Las características definitorias de la tradición Trika son su sistema filosófico idealista y monista Pratyabhijna («Reconocimiento»), propuesto por Utpaladeva y Abhinavagupta, y la centralidad de las tres diosas Parā, Parāparā y Aparā.

Yoga for children

is a form of modern yoga designed for children. It includes poses to increase strength, flexibility, and coordination. Classes are intended to be fun and may include age-appropriate games, animal sounds and creative names for poses.

Yoga for movement disorders

includes focused breathing, flow of poses, and meditative practice of yoga, specifically designed to benefit individuals whose voluntary movement is challenged. Though the symptoms defining movement disorders stem from neurological bases, the term has expanded to include a variety of conditions.

Yoga of Synthesis

Sivananda Saraswati was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most of his life near Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh.

Yoga as therapy

is the use of yoga as exercise, consisting mainly of postures called asanas, as a gentle form of exercise and relaxation applied specifically with the intention of improving health. This form of yoga is widely practised in classes, and may involve meditation, imagery, breath work (pranayama) and calming music as well as postural yoga.

Trauma-sensitive yoga

is yoga as exercise, adapted from 2002 onwards for work with individuals affected by psychological trauma. The goal of trauma-sensitive yoga is for trauma survivors to develop a greater sense of mind-body connection, ease their physiological experiences of trauma, gain a greater sense of ownership over their bodies, and augment their overall well-being.

Strala yoga

is a modern form of yoga that was founded in 2008 by Tara Stiles.

Accessible yoga

is a form of modern yoga as exercise with adapted asanas designed to be suitable for people who are unable to follow a standard yoga class through age, illness, or disability. It includes various forms of chair yoga, and has also been described as adaptive yoga.

Post-lineage yoga

, also called non-lineage yoga, is a contemporary form of yoga practised outside any major school or guru’s lineage. The term was introduced by the ethnographer and scholar-practitioner Theodora Wildcroft. She states that with the deaths of the pioneering gurus of modern yoga such as B. K. S. Iyengar and Pattabhi Jois, yoga teachers, especially women, are reclaiming their practice through their yoga communities, resisting commercialization as well as lineage.

Cardiac yoga

is a system of stress management and health promotion designed specifically to focus on the needs of a heart patient. Cardiac yoga is basically artery gentle yoga exercises tailored to the special needs of people who have various cardiac problems, live with a cardiac condition or recover from cardiac diseases. Cardiac yoga allows for the participant to stay seated while learning the different movements, and eventually working their way up to a full yoga routine.

Aghor Yoga

is a spiritual tradition that originated in Northern India around the 11th Century C.E. The word Aghor literally means «that which is not difficult or terrible»; according to its adherents, Aghor is a simple and natural state of consciousness, in which there is no experience of fear, hatred, disgust or discrimination. Accordingly, believers contend that any time that humans experience a state of discrimination, we limit our wholeness and fall prey to disruptive emotions such as anger, fear, jealousy, greed, and lust. The practices of Aghor Yoga today reflect reforms made in the 1960s, shifting the focus of Aghor to seeking a balanced life of selfless service and personal practice. Baba Bhagwan Ramji encouraged the practitioners of Aghor to follow the «left hand path» by embracing socially stigmatized and neglected people, such as street children and people with leprosy and other «untouchable» diseases. Today, the followers of Aghoreshwar Bhagwan Ramji have established a large network of schools, orphanages, medical clinics, or other social service projects.

Agni Yoga

or the Living Ethics, or the Teaching of Life, is a Neo-Theosophical religious doctrine transmitted by Helena Roerich and Nicholas Roerich from 1920. The term Agni Yoga means «Mergence with Divine Fire» or «Path to Mergence with Divine Fire».

This term was introduced by the Roerichs. The followers of Agni Yoga believe that the teaching was given to the Roerich family and their associates by Master Morya, the guru of the Roerichs and of Helena Blavatsky, one of the founders of the modern Theosophical movement and of the Theosophical Society.

AntiGravity Fitness

is a fitness company founded by Christopher Harrison in 2007 and based in New York City, specializing in hybrid aerial fitness techniques that combine silk hammocks with modern yoga, Pilates, ballet barre exercises, and traditional strength training techniques for aerialists into different exercise curriculums. Harrison first developed the initial program, AntiGravity , based on warm-up exercises through which he would lead his athletes as director/choreographer of the performance troupe AntiGravity, Inc.

Anusara School of Hatha Yoga

, also known as Anusara Yoga is the successor of a modern school of hatha yoga founded by American-born yoga teacher John Friend in 1997. Friend derived his style from the Iyengar style of yoga and reintroduced elements of Hindu spirituality into a more health-oriented Western approach to Yoga.

Bando yoga

or Burmese yoga is a form of yoga from Myanmar usually taught alongside bando. It is probably based on the internal training of Indian martial arts and is often referred to as peasant or slave yoga. It was for the common man and also used by ancient warriors of northern Burma to maintain health and protect from illness and disease. Today it is practiced by ethnic Burmese in parts of Southeast Asia, India.

Beer yoga

is a yoga hybrid, created in America around 2013, in which participants practice yoga at breweries or taprooms, drinking beer during or after asana practice. It has since spread to other countries. The practice has been criticised as unhealthy and out of keeping with the spirit of classical yoga, but alcohol was sometimes used in yoga rituals in classical times.

Body & Brain, formerly called Dahn Yoga, is a business founded in 1985 by Ilchi Lee that teaches a Korean physical exercise system called Brain Education. In Korean, dahn means «primal, vital energy», and hak means «study of a particular theory or philosophy». News sources have described its exercises as «a blend of yoga, tai chi, and martial arts exercises». Body & Brain is taught through for-profit studios as well as community centers. Ilchi Lee’s Brain Education is considered pseudoscience.

Competitive yoga

is the performance of asanas in sporting competitions. The activity is controversial as it appears to conflict with the nature of yoga.

PiYo

is an 8-week exercise program that is a blend of Pilates and Yoga. Developed by Chalene Johnson as part of The Beachbody Company, PiYo is marketed as a low-impact workout that strengthens and sculpts the body, and enhances flexibility.

Doga (yoga)

Doga is the practice of yoga as exercise with pet dogs. The yoga hybrid began in America around 2002, came to Britain in 2004, and had spread around the Western world by 2011.

HeavyWeight Yoga

is style of yoga practice designed for obese men and women. The practice uses modifications of yoga’s 24 foundational yoga poses, accompanied by a customized use of supportive language. HeavyWeight students employ props to support obese and overweight bodies. These props can include blocks, chairs and other devices to accommodate for the extra body weight, weaker joints and diminished strength of the obese. HeavyWeight Yoga’s practice uses classroom lessons, yoga teacher training, and instructional DVDs for overweight and obese people which have been created by the founder of the style, Abby Lentz.

Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)

Integral Yoga is a system of yoga that claims to synthesize six branches of classical Yoga philosophy and practice: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa yoga. It was brought to the West by Swami Satchidananda, the first centre being founded in 1966. Its aim is to integrate body, mind, and spirit, using physical practices and philosophical approaches to life to develop the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of individuals. The system includes the practices of asana, pranayama, and meditation to develop physical and mental stillness so as to access inner peace and joy, which Satchidananda believed was a person’s true nature. It also encourages practitioners to live service-oriented lives.

Kemetic yoga

is a system of yoga which involves a combination of physical movements, deep breathing techniques and meditation. This form of yoga is inspired by Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and has a larger emphasis on breathing patterns, while also inculcating the philosophies of self-development, healing of mind-body-spirit and self-discovery.

Laughter yoga

(Hasyayoga) is a modern exercise involving prolonged voluntary laughter. This type of yoga is based on the belief that voluntary laughter provides similar physiological and psychological benefits as spontaneous laughter. It is usually done in groups, with eye contact and much playfulness between participants. Intentional laughter often turns into real and contagious laughter.

Nāda yoga (नादयोग) is an ancient Indian metaphysical system. It is equally a philosophical system, a medicine, and a form of yoga. The system’s theoretical and practical aspects are based on the premise that the entire cosmos and all that exists in the cosmos, including human beings, consists of sound vibrations, called nāda. This concept holds that it is the sound energy in motion rather than of matter and particles which form the building blocks of the cosmos.

Naked yoga

is the practice of yoga without clothes. It has existed since ancient times as a spiritual practice, and is mentioned in the 7th-10th century Bhagavata Purana and by the Ancient Greek geographer Strabo.

Aerial yoga

Aerial yoga is a type of modern yoga developed in 2014 combining traditional yoga poses, Pilates, and dance with the use of a hammock.

Paddleboard Yoga

, invented by 2009, is the practice of modern yoga as exercise, and sometimes specific transitions between postures, while stand up paddleboarding, usually with the board in calm water, such as a lake. Beginners may practice this yoga hybrid on the beach or in a swimming pool to gain the strength and flexibility to maintain the balance necessary when the board is afloat. Beginners may practice a sequence of asanas either on a normal length surfboard or a specially designed stand up paddle board; some, described as «forgiving», are inflatable. Paddle board yoga is celebrated at the Wanderlust Festival in Hawaii. One of the pioneers of Paddleboard Yoga, Rachel Bråthén, lives and teaches yoga in the island of Aruba in the Caribbean Sea; she began teaching Paddleboard Yoga in 2009.

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