{"id":3581,"date":"2015-05-30T09:55:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T13:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theyogasanctuary.biz\/staging\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:02:27","slug":"ishta-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/ishta-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"ISHTA Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ISHTA Yoga, or the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda, was developed in the late 1960s by Alan Finger and his father, Mani Finger, who was a student of Paramahansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi<\/em>). Mani Finger transformed his home into an ashram in South Africa when Alan was a young boy, hosting many renowned yoga masters. As a result, Alan was exposed to a rich yoga culture from a very early age.<\/p>\n

The practice of ISHTA Yoga integrates three main aspects.<\/p>\n

Hatha: the physical asana (posture) practice linked with breath (pranayama);<\/p>\n

Tantra: the belief that our essential nature is divine, part of the universal consciousness, and filled with bliss; and<\/p>\n

Ayurveda: healthy practices that help create balance based on our individual constitution.<\/p>\n

Together, these aspects combine to create a practice that balances body, mind, and spirit. ISTHA Yoga is not only a physical practice, but specifically includes practices that benefit the entire being.<\/p>\n

In Sanskrit, the word ishta<\/em> means \u201cthat which resonates with the individual spirit.\u201d ISHTA Yoga combines various styles of yoga in a practice that is tailored to the individual. You will find that an ISHTA Yoga class incorporates some Viniyoga, Iyengar, and Ashtanga, in addition to breathing, meditation, and relaxation practices.<\/p>\n

Alan Finger and his wife, Sarah Platt-Finger opened the first yoga studio to bear the name of his teaching style, ISHTA, in Manhattan in 2008. They provide ISHTA Yoga teacher trainings, and as a result, ISHTA Yoga can be found at many studios around the world, including The Yoga Sanctuary.<\/p>\n

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ISHTA Yoga, or the Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda, was developed in the late 1960s by Alan Finger and his father, Mani Finger, who was a student of Paramahansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi). Mani Finger transformed his home into an ashram in South Africa when Alan was a young boy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4202,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3581\/revisions\/4202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}