Pure Yoga is one of the brands of Pure Group, with branches in Hong Kong, Taipei, New York, Singapore and other places, and has won the 2016 Yoga Billboard Top Ten Brand of the Year. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Pure Group operates brands such as Pure Yoga, My Pure Yoga, Pure Fitness, Pure Apparel and nood food. One of its founders, Patrick Creelman, is recognized as one of the most experienced yoga instructors in Asia, having taught hundreds of yoga teachers around the world since Pure Yoga was founded more than 20 years ago.
Pure Yoga was established in Shanghai in 2013 and has been positioned as an upscale yoga center from the beginning, with both branches located in high-end shopping malls in Shanghai. The first branch opened in the IAPM mall in Shanghai, covering an area of more than 1,200 square meters, with 4 yoga studios, private yoga studios equipped with wall rope yoga and other practice equipment, as well as a special rest area for members to take a break. The hardware facilities and configuration are very in line with the positioning of the yoga studio, and the open changing room is equipped with a small dryer; The bathroom is equipped with rainforest shower equipment, bring your own bath products, and provide towels and blankets; A charging cable is provided in the small cabinet of the locked phone, which can be used by Android and Apple users; There is a special makeup area. The location of the venue and the configuration of the hardware have also become one of the reasons why many white-collar workers in Shanghai choose Pure Yoga.
Pure Yoga offers more than 110 yoga classes per week with more than 20 different styles of yoga classes. The course is divided into five sections: healing yoga, dynamic yoga, static yoga, hot yoga and characteristic yoga, including the well-known Ashtanga yoga, detoxification flow yoga, Hatha yoga, hot yoga, universal yoga, aerial yoga, yin and yang yoga, yoga breathing, etc., and also set up prenatal yoga for pregnant women. Different types of yoga are divided into different levels of difficulty, yoga practitioners must choose a course of moderate difficulty according to their own situation, and do not easily try courses that exceed the difficulty of their own practice, which will not only greatly reduce the effect of practice, but also easily cause damage to the body. It should be noted that the asanas in the yoga course are not suitable for all people to practice, such as cervical spine, spine, lumbar spine bone hyperplasia, bone spurs and intervertebral disc herniation are not suitable for too many curved asanas, and patients with cardiovascular and hypertension should not easily try inverted three-dimensional poses. All exercises should be gradual, and do not blindly pursue the perfection of the asanas.
The faculty is also the cornerstone of Pure Yoga's foothold in the yoga world. Pure Yoga's teachers come from China, the United Kingdom, India, Canada, Australia and other parts of the world, and have rich experience in teaching yoga. Teachers at Pure Yoga are required to have professional qualifications, and some teachers hold a RYT certificate issued by Yoga Alliance USA. Pure Yoga has its own teacher training program, and Yoga instructor Patrick Creelman will travel to Shanghai from time to time to conduct teacher training, and the training qualification certificate issued by Yoga Alliance USA is recognized. In addition, Pure Yoga also invites yoga masters from around the world to hold workshops, yoga retreats, etc., and ordinary members can also sign up, but the fee needs to be charged separately.
With the increasing number of members, making an appointment has become a problem for many members, especially popular courses such as aerial yoga and bishang yoga, which are even more difficult to make an appointment. Therefore, in order to ensure the fairness of each member's class, Pure Yoga has set relatively strict rules, such as arriving 5 minutes before the start of the class, and canceling the scheduled class 2 hours in advance. Group lessons range from 25 to 45 people, so if you have a request for the number of people to practice, you can ask for a private lesson. In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the teacher's language of instruction, the teacher's name is marked with "M" at the end of the class schedule, indicating that it is Chinese or bilingual in Chinese and English, and if it is not marked, the instruction will be in English. Mobile phones are also not allowed in Pure's yoga classes, which guarantees privacy and ensures that the class is not disturbed by ringtones. The mobile phone safe is set outside the classroom, and the password is set to lock it. The interior is equipped with an Apple Android charging cable, which can be charged at the same time as class, but the charging speed is relatively slow.
Due to the situation of many monks and few porridge in the membership and courses, the class is relatively crowded. Even during non-popular hours, the gap between the yoga mats is only two fists, and there is little room for stretching. However, the yoga mat used by Pure is Manduka, which has been rated as the best yoga mat in the world, which can bring a better comfort experience to members. In addition, in the process of teaching, the teacher does not only demonstrate, but devotes more time to guiding the students' movements, and can also care for the new students. In addition, Pure's yoga classes are taught by men and women, and there is no gender distinction between classes.
Overall, although there are strict class rules and membership fees, the convenient location, high-quality hardware configuration, and strong team of teachers make Pure Yoga stand out from the crowd of yoga studios in Shanghai. Pure Yoga is more suitable for practitioners who have a certain foundation in yoga.
Risk Warning:
In recent years, yoga has become a popular fitness sport, and yoga studios and yoga studios have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and yoga has also been packaged as a way to "cure all diseases". The original meaning of yoga is not exercise, but a way of practice, the ancient Indians believed that human desires are difficult to control, to tame must have superb skills, this subduing desire, from the "lower self" to the "higher self" method is called "yoga". Nowadays, many yoga teachers only say that yoga refers to the state of unity of Brahman and self, and is the sublimation of body, mind and spirit, which is very general and mysterious.
Time magazine has reported that yoga in any form is not a panacea for staying healthy. According to a study conducted by the American Fitness Council, the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health of those who practiced yoga specifically did not improve. Also, yoga isn't the best way to lose weight. In addition, although it has a role in relieving stress and reducing osteoarthritis, it does not treat osteoporosis.
Yoga asanas also include a lot of anti-joint or anti-bending spinal movements, which can easily cause damage to the joints. The ligaments and bone structure of adults have matured, and then practice some soft movements, especially for spinal joints, excessive activity in a supraphysiological position, exceeding the range of ligament and bone compression and extension, often cause injury. And today's popular cleaning methods should not be tried lightly. Liang Baosong, director of the Department of Gastroenterology of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, once pointed out that 8-12 hours after eating, everything in the stomach can enter the small intestine through the duodenum, and the stomach is clean, and then swallowed into the stomach through a cloth and pulled out, which will cause certain damage to the human esophagus and seriously stimulate the pharynx. And for a normal person, artificially drinking salt water to induce strong vomiting has no health benefits, at least it will be traumatic to the patient's esophagus or gastric mucosa.
Therefore, if you must practice yoga, do not sanctify or mystify yoga, choose a regular yoga venue and an experienced yoga teacher, and combine your age, physical flexibility, health status and other factors to do what you can. If you feel pain during the exercise, you should also stop the exercise in time. The reason why we exercise is to make our body and mind healthier, and overemphasizing perfect postures or blindly following trends will only end up being the opposite, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Cost: 5000-15000
