According to Wikipedia, Total Resistance Exercises, also known as TRX Training, is a form of suspension training that utilizes body weight exercises to simultaneously develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability. The definition alone could explain why a workout system, originally developed by a NAVY SEAL, partners perfectly with any yoga practice. However, we thought it might be helpful to dig a little deeper into the benefits of TRX Yoga, as Yoga Body Shop prepares to introduce our yogi community to this innovative, fitness hybrid in June.
By utilizing straps to leverage your body weight against gravity, you will find that TRX Yoga both supports and challenges many traditional yoga poses. You will find that you can deepen your stretch while practicing TRX Yoga, as you are supported to work with every angle of your body. In addition, TRX Yoga teaches you to engage and fire up the correct muscles needed to create a fuller expression of a posture.
If swinging from the rafters while engaging in your yogic practice is still a bit intimidating, consider these specific benefits of TRX Yoga:
By utilizing straps to leverage your body weight against gravity, you will find that TRX Yoga both supports and challenges many traditional yoga poses. You will find that you can deepen your stretch while practicing TRX Yoga, as you are supported to work with every angle of your body. In addition, TRX Yoga teaches you to engage and fire up the correct muscles needed to create a fuller expression of a posture.
If swinging from the rafters while engaging in your yogic practice is still a bit intimidating, consider these specific benefits of TRX Yoga:
- Advance Your Practice—Advanced poses can become more accessible to the novice yogi in a TRX Yoga class by eliminating the fear of falling and boosting essential core strength. You can more confidently work towards challenging poses like inversions, arm balances and backends that may seem intimidating in a normal yoga class.
- Correct Pose Alignments—When practicing with the support of the suspension straps during a TRX Yoga class, you will experience unexpected support to your alignment. This additional aid lets your body learn how a pose SHOULD feel, without the distraction or concern of maintaining balance. During a TRX Yoga session, you are literally rewiring your brain and retraining your muscles how to engage that pose.
- Build Confidence—You may feel like this has been said, but to put it simply TRX Yoga will make you more confident in your overall practice. Intermediate and advanced yoga poses can be scary at first. However, the security of the anchored straps utilized in a TRX Yoga class make it easier to face the fears and feel the possibilities associated with these poses.