5 new hot types of yoga – not to be taken seriously, or yes..?.

Watch out for these ideas coming from fertile Saturday imaginations, I can almost picture the books and the retreats happening at Omega/Kripalu/Bali…  as if we need more, here are some ideas for the future of yoga!

Air yoga
It happens as you jump from a plane (with a parachute of course), the instructor leads over some balancing poses that play with the air, you literarily fly in savasana by the end of it but someone wakes you up so you remember to pull the trigger to open the rainbow colored thing.

Underwater yoga
Happens as you dive, you feel the connection with the ocean, poses include water reistance, and gravity enhacing. Lots of standing, lots of deep stretching. You are floating by the end of it.

Cold yoga
Borrowed from my husband’s mind, this one is imitating the sages from Tibet that kept their bodies warm while meditating on ice, happens in a cold room so it entices you work harder at breaking a sweat (50 to 55 degrees if you are curious, I just asked the creator).  Also the cold keeps you focused easier.  You may laugh, but I twitted this one and it already has adepts, remember you saw it here first and it is trade marked! or I will juice the yogi out of you!

Wait, I am interviewing the creator here, he says:
If Bikram could create his Bikram yoga, then there is lots of different yogas one can create to a) expose more people to yoga and b) make some money.

OK, forget the sages of Tibet then!

24/7 yoga

Also, borrowed from husband’s mind. Utilizes every moment of the day and turns it into an asana or meditation.  For example, climbing stairs in the subway? do them as a warrior pose in each step. Bored in a meeting?Secretly do the twisting poses, nobody will notice! Sitting in an airplane on the way to that vacation spot? do it in ut plutih! hee hee.

Picture of ut plutih from the amazing website of Arjuna (if you have not checked it out yet you are in for a treat)

Also, sitting on a long train ride? meditate!, standing waiting on line for the bus, meditate!

Drama yoga
Consist on doing the primary series of Ashtanga yoga while reciting Shakespeare plays in their entirety, it is a practice, it takes long, looooooong to master, which we love, especially if you go into a lengthy one like Hamlet.  You also get all this things to talk about, like “today in the to be or not to be part, my tongue got stuck but the marichasanas had this relieving effect”.  By savasana you can relax into something easier of your choice like Ibsen.

What is your idea for a new brand of yoga?