Free Form Yoga with the Yoga Swing
Everybody is familiar with yoga; there’s Hatha, Vinyasa, Power Yoga and Bikram Yoga among many other variations. A new form of yoga has arrived in the form of the yoga sling. This is a strap system that eliminates the tense muscular positions inherent in traditional yoga practice. The familiar poses are performed either supported or in mid air in order to remove physical barriers and allow the practitioner enhanced comfort and freedom of motion.
The yoga swing is a set of straps that may be hung easily in a tree, at a playground or on a porch. It can be placed anywhere there is a strong support beam. The device allows for advanced practice yoga poses and also can provide you with a very comprehensive full body strength and core workout. A set of instructions accompanies the device illustrating the many exercises possible while using the device.
The device can also be used to practice inversion therapy. This type of therapy allows you to suspend yourself in the upside down position. Inversion therapy has been shown to alleviate back pain, improve flexibility and improve your mood through passive stretching exercises. In contrast to the traditional inversion therapy table, the yoga sling allows you to hang freely suspended and adjust your position for personal comfort.
Since the yoga swing can support your full body weight it is also perfect for gentle stretching as well as free form yoga manoeuvres. This feature of gravity free yoga allows you to perform poses that you may never have attempted before. Gravity free yoga is performed using the supportive straps of the yoga swing, thus eliminating limitations caused by employing your body weight in the yoga poses. The straps may be adjusted to incorporate as much or as little of your body weight as you see necessary in the yoga position.
This device can also be used in conjunction with a partner. The partner may incorporate massage and traction to your position or they may simply allow you more freedom of expression through alternate acrobatic manoeuvres. The beauty of the yoga sling is in its infinitive versatility as a form of exercise and recreation.
