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Knowledge Library

Everything you ever wanted
to know about yoga.

Five thousand years of yoga, mapped honestly. The history, the philosophy, the styles, the poses, the breath, the science, the celebrities, the practice. Maintained by R1SE Sheffield, the largest hot yoga studio in the North.

5,000+

years of recorded yoga practice

Indus Valley seals, c. 3000 BCE

−42%

lower depression scores after 8 weeks of yoga

Cramer et al., Journal of Affective Disorders 2017

Recommended

by NICE for chronic non-specific low-back pain

NICE NG59

300M+

yoga practitioners worldwide

Yoga Alliance / Global Wellness Institute

Full citations on the Science of Yoga page.

The Library

Eleven topic pages. All fully cited.

Evidence

The Science of Yoga

Cardiovascular, anxiety, depression, back pain, cancer survivorship, cognitive function, sleep. Every claim cited.

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Heritage

History of Yoga

Indus Valley seals, the Vedas, Patanjali's Sutras, the Hatha tradition, Krishnamacharya, and the modern wave.

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Method

The Eight Limbs

Patanjali's framework, the Yamas and Niyamas, the deeper system behind the postures.

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Styles

Every Style of Yoga

Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Yin, Hot, Bikram, Kundalini, Power, Restorative, Aerial.

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Asana

Yoga Poses Library

Sixty named poses grouped by category, Sanskrit and English, what each pose does.

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Pranayama

Breathwork & Pranayama

Nadi Shodhana, Kapalabhati, Ujjayi, Bhramari, plus the modern breath science.

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Stillness

Yoga Meditation

The seventh limb. Mindfulness, mantra, Yoga Nidra, the cited science.

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Heat

Hot Yoga at R1SE

Heated yoga, the R1SE way. 35°C, every style, the science of practising warm.

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Influence

Celebrities Who Practise

Madonna, Sting, Beyoncé, Reese Witherspoon, Russell Brand, LeBron, Hamilton.

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Outcomes

What Regular Practice Does

Body and mind across weeks, months, years. The practical version of the science.

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Start Here

Yoga for Beginners

Your first R1SE Sheffield class, walked through honestly.

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Practise in Sheffield

Hot yoga at 35°C and non-heated yoga across Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Power, Sculpt, Bliss and Chill. R1SE Brook Place and R1SE Kelham.

Hot Yoga Non-heated Yoga

Train to teach

R1SE Academy delivers comprehensive yoga teacher training in Sheffield. Mat, hot, anatomy, philosophy, full assessment.

Yoga Teacher Training

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Collagen, hair regrowth, recovery, PEMF, wavelengths explained.

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