Are your yoga classes strong or gentle?

this is relative and subjective so always tricky to give an answer.  

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That said I can make a posture gentle or strong for the individual in the class by altering arm/leg positions etc.  The beauty of the yoga approach of which I am a part, is the method by which we honour the individual in a group setting by modifying postures to suit that person.  We believe that yoga is there to work for the individual and not the individual to work for yoga.

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I can have a class of students and all are doing the same posture but all look slightly different because they are modifying to suit their needs.  

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In addition, each person is working with their breath length in a posture which means they don't have to rush to keep up with a yoga teacher or the person next to them.  The tradition aims to be more meditative than purely exercise orientated which is, after all what yoga is all about.