The Sanskrit word "vinyasa" has the lovely meaning of..... "to place in a special way". It is the linking together of movement and breath with intention, all unfolding into a flowing fluid sequence. I love this style as it lends itself to creativity, exploration, to work with strength, mobility, flexibility
and provides the opportunity to drop into an energy that suits, a direction that serves each time.
The style of vinyasa yoga was developed by Sri Krishnamacharya and continued by his son TKV Desikachar and defined by them as a cycle, the intelligent unfolding of a sequence, just like the constantly changing and evolving cycle of nature.
There are many different ways a vinyasa style class can be sequenced, for example ladder flows/peak posture flows/mandala flows. They can vary in intensity, have specific themes and so on, but at the heart they all share the theme of postures beautifully woven and linked together. The classical sun salutation (surya namaskar) sequence is a lovely familiar example of this. These creatively linked sequences and transitions help the practice to flow seamlessly, enabling the attention to continuously shift and flow through the body as we move. We may even experience it like a moving meditation or that we drop into flowstate - where we are completely immersed and absorbed in the practice and everything else fades away.
When we are moving our bodies in this way, we are moving prana, the vital energy that moves around and within us, it is in constant motion, our life force. Through connecting to the subtle energetic layers of the body it can help us feel into the practice beyond the physical postures, allowing the wisdom of the energy body to guide the physical body. From this more sensitive, awakened connection we can move through the unfolding sequences of vinyasa to help us find a greater sense of equanimity and ease, to unravel any layers of tightness and tension we may be holding, to leave us with a greater sense of vitality and flow.
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