I am often asked what style of yoga I teach and I have a difficult time putting it into words. The best way that I can describe it is that we are heavily based in the teachings of Patanjali. The story of Patanjali from 2000 years ago says that the people of the earth were suffering. They called up to God and asked for help. God send Patanjali to help. Patanjali brought with him three things- the language and grammar of sanskrit, the system of yoga for health, healing and beyond, and the ayurvedic medicine system. These are three areas that we study in our lineage. The sanskrit grammar is taught with Vedic Chanting in our tradition. The yoga is specifically for health, healing and possibly a connection to something larger than yourself. Last, our methods are heavily based on an ayurvedic approach that says each individual is unique and that no two people should be doing the same practice. Although we do teach in groups, we prefer that they be a functional group (people with the same illness, those needing a similar practice). Also, we take the concepts of brahmana, samana and langhana from ayurveda. It is for this reason that vigorous workouts are only given to young people, middle aged people focus mainly on pranayama and elderly focus on meditation.