Talk:List of yoga schools

message: A template for use on the pages of the various schools of yoga, Ashtanga is shown as an example. 
Template:Yogaschool. 
Copy and paste, and put in appropriate detail. Paul foord 02:17, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Yogaschool template

message: I am working through the list filling in some gaps, but:
*Brahman-Atman Yoga appears to be advertising, see Article for Deletion discussion
*Flow Yoga search on Google found lots of studios, some links to vinyasa style yogas but nothing clear. 
Paul foord 13:57, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Paul foord 13:50, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Yes, this list needs to differentiate the notable schools of yoga from the physical schools and organizations for there to be any point. Both here and in the :Category:Yoga shouldn't there be a distinction between global philosophy movements and description & link to local guru intructors? Murgh 01:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information required or items to be removed 

message: These need articles if to be kept, external links alone not adequate
# Universal Yoga - Andrey Lappa - http://www.universal-yoga.com/
# Raja yoga (School) - sree gnanajothi sampangi swamigal - http://www.gnanadeepam.20m.com (use of the Raja Yoga path needs differentiation from the school. See the discussion at Talk:Raja Yoga) 
:Paul foord 13:50, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, this list needs to differentiate the notable schools of yoga from the physical schools and organizations for there to be any point. Both here and in the :Category:Yoga shouldn't there be a distinction between global philosophy movements and description & link to local guru intructors? Murgh 01:21, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: March 2006

message: By what authority has this article become part of the Hinduism project?--Nemonoman 02:38, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hinduism project? 

message: As stated in the article, under "Eclectic styles; 1960s: Kundalini Yoga, propagated by Harbhajan Singh Yogi based on a concept described by Sivananda Saraswati (1935)..." ... is misleading.
Kundalini Yoga was brought and propagated in the west by Yogi Bhajan (Harbanjan Singh Yogi) in 1969. It may be probable that Sivananda and Yogi Bhajan met, but it would be incorrect to say Yogi Bhajan's teachings were "based on a concept by Sivananada". There's no existing evidence of this. I have books from both teachers. Their descriptions are similar because they are both based on the same root vedic writings; the Kundalini Yoga Upanishads. But, like the evolution of anything, their modern interpretations differ as taught in many aspects too. +RogerThatOne72 (talk) 06:16, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  kundalini yoga origins 

message: Some editors are reading "school" as an actual building rather than in the sense of, "a style, approach, or method of a specified character." (Oxford).  This begs the question, in terms of yoga, What is the difference between a school and a style?  And could the name of this article be changed to List of yoga styles?  Morganfitzp (talk) 18:16, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Both words are problematic. For 'style' a better word is 'format' since very often the content is comparable but the emphasis is different. --Yoga Mat (talk) 18:42, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title confusion 

message: I think this page is clearly lacking a criteria for selection. This list of hatha styles is laughable, dilluted with self-promoters inserting their trademarked unheard of styles. Many of these are of such fine distinction from one another that the only real difference is marketing. Most of these are vinyasa style yogas done either with a specific philosophy (which doesn't make a distinct school of physical yoga) or without clothes (which also doesn't really change the practice). I would recommend the criteria include:
A) A notable extant following internationally.
B) Distinction in either community or practice from other schools in the same category (i.e. Ashtanga is different from Iyengar and Viniyoga in the communities that practice them, the names of some poses, the sequencing (or its absence), alignment, etc. And all three school's founders authored several authoritative books)
C) The school must not be limited to followers of a restricted, patented system (luckily, Bikram no longer has a restricted use patent, and does have a 'lineage' with Bishnu Gosh, and a distinct sequencing and style)
D) The school can't just use a small piece of hatha yoga practice for a specialized purpose (e.g. Cardio Yoga has no unique techniques or lineage, only a more limited scope and would fall under 'gentle yoga' with Prime of Life and a million other therapeutic styles. Same with 'ab kriya yoga'.)
E) Must be of a certain age to be considered 'established'. Maybe ten years?
Iṣṭa Devata (talk) 21:09, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The main issue I see is the taxonomy hierarchy is unreliable. Once a set of criteria, or better still 'attributes' has been agreed, the structure will make more sense. For example, to classify Iyengar yoga is somehow outside of Hinduism is hard to justify. The 'eclectic' category is also unhelpful. Some considerations might be:
# Year established ('Modern') is unhelpful because the Modern era includes adaptions of classical/traditional practices as well as formats that do not claim to have any traditional provenance 
# Lineage of founder (s)
# Core beliefs / assumptions
# Main goals
# Cardiovascular attenuation or stimulation ('Postural' doesn't tell us anything since there are many sitting and recumbent postures where the heart rate is meant to be lowered for relaxation etc.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoga Mat (talk • contribs) 18:54, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criteria for inclusion 

message: "In late medieval Hinduism, Raja Yoga, based on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, was contrasted with the more recent Hatha Yoga. Since the late 19th century, a great number of distinct new styles of "Yoga" have been introduced by individual teachers."
This lead in doesn't actually say anything meaningful. At least not the first part. Just an off hand observation about the sutras and medieval hatha yoga. I may take a crack at a rewrite if no one beats me to it.Iṣṭa Devata (talk) 21:21, 6 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro