Getting certified in one yoga style limits your teaching skills. We are unique. We bring them all to you.

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Styles of yoga are like ice cream flavors. Firm Water Road is like an ice cream parlor: housing many flavors of ice cream (yoga styles). Firm Water Road Yoga Teacher Training shows you how to make the most effective and best tasting ice cream base, while exploring and learning how to add the flavors (yoga styles). 

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You need to know all the flavors (styles), because the style you choose will change with time and with different clients. In the “Meditation” course, FWR applies this multi-flavor approach for the many styles of meditation we teach: MSBR, Transcendental, Zen (Japan) ,Vajrayana (Tibet), Vipasana, Yoga Nidra, Restorative yoga, variety of modern focus meditations.

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Below are the root yoga styles. There are many other styles of exercise-type yogas called Hatha yogas, but they are derivatives of these root lineages. For instance, Flow Yoga is derived from Ashtanga Yoga, and Restorative Yoga is derived from Iyengar Yoga. 

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Note: four of the six yoga masters below have been accused of sexual abuse with proof and witnesses. One must be very aware, careful, and discerning of yoga teachers and ashrams/communes. FWR filters out these predator teachers for you and monitors our guest teachers closely. We are aware of and alert to the problem.

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Together, we academically review the styles in the modern section of FWR’s “Yoga Philosophy” course. For an added and authentic experience, we also practice one style per weekend in the FWR “Biomechanics” course with a certified guest expert of that tradition/style. 

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Lineage Guru: Krishnamacharya, 1888-1989 Chennai, India (Hatha Yoga—physical)

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     Tradition/Style: Ashtanga Yoga, Master: Pattabhi Jois, 1915-2009; Mysore, India, - physically demanding, fast-                             paced.

     Tradition/Style: Iyengar Yoga, Master: BKS Iyengar, 1918-2014 Pune, India, -classical, holding poses.

     Tradition/Style: Viniyoga, Master: TKV Desikachar, 1938-2016 Chennai, India, -therapeutic.

 

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Lineage Guru: BC Ghosh, 1903-1970, Calcutta, India-brother to Paramhansa Yogananda (Hatha Yoga—physical)

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     Tradition/Style: Bikram Yoga, Master: Bikram Chudhury, 1944-Living, born Kolkata, India: hot, 28 poses, always                           the same,designed to address every muscle, joint, organ, and gland.

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Lineage Guru: Sant Hazara Singh, Sikh martial artist, 1929-2004 (NOT Hatha Yoga)

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     Tradition/Style: Kundalini Yoga, Master: Yogi Bhajan, 1929-2004 born Gujranwala, Pakistan: awaken the                                   energy at the base of the spine to enhance awareness and help you move past your ego. This is a                           more mystical form of yoga. Not always considered physical yoga, although they use physical                               movement. They also chant throughout class.

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Lineage Guru: Kripalvananda, 1913-1981, Dabhoi, India, (Hatha Yoga—physical)

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     Tradition/Style: Kripalu Yoga, Master: Amrit Desai, 1932-Living, Florida but from Halol, India- move at own pace,                           yoga of compassion.