What is minimal yoga?
Yoga in Berlin has become louder, faster and more complex.
More styles, more music, more stimulation.
My approach is the opposite. While I appreciate the diversity of yoga styles, for me as a neurodiverse, highly-sensible person, it is hard to relax in Shavasana when music is playing. My mind often felt more agitated rather than more calm after a class, when the goal of yoga should be to reduce the fluctuations of the mind.
Minimal Yoga is about reducing everything that distracts, so you can actually feel what is happening:
- Clear, canonical poses instead of complex sequences
- A consistenst strcture — same beginning, same ending
- Pranayama in every class
- Little (Yin) to no music (Hatha, Vinyasa)
- Focus on mindfulness in cueing
Less distraction.
More awareness.
That’s the practice.
How does a typical session look like?
I teach Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin style classes with my approach.
A typical 60min Hatha or Vinyasa class has the following structure:
• 10min Welcome + Pranayama (always!)
• 15min Warm up and sun salutations
• 25min Asana practice
• 10min Relaxation
Physical intensity is medium to high. 🔥
In Yin Yoga, there is no warm up, so the Asana practice is longer and positions are held for 1-4minutes each.
When are the next classes?
Check the schedule on https://www.greenyoga.co/Xberg#schedule and filter for teacher “Paul T”.
I usually teach Hatha yoga on friday morning 9:30-10:30am.
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