Yoga trends to suit everyone

趁春光正好，一起来练瑜伽吧！

The ancient Indian art of yoga has evolved from a niche activity of devout New Agers to part of the cultural mainstream, and a $27 billion (165.41 billion yuan) industry, according to the 2012 Yoga in America study released by San Francisco’s Yoga Journal.

瑜伽这块古印度艺术瑰宝，已从过去新时代运动信徒的小众活动（译者注：新时代运动是一种社会现象，起源于1970-1980年西方的社会与宗教运动，涵盖了灵性、神秘学、替代疗法等元素），演变成主流文化的一部分。美国旧金山《瑜伽》杂志发布的2012年“瑜伽在美国”市场研究显示，瑜伽产业市值高达270亿美元（合人民币1654.1亿元）。

The study also indicates that some 20 million people in the US, or 8.7 percent of American adults, practice yoga, from its First Lady Michelle Obama and stressed-out executives, to students and housewives.

该研究显示，在美国，从第一夫人米歇尔?奥巴马到“压力山大”的公司高管们，从学生到家庭主妇，共有2000多万瑜伽练习者，占美国成年人口总数的8.7%。

What has changed, however, is not only the number, but also the style. Instead of just holding postures while breathing deeply, yoga has become a full-body workout involving many new elements. Check out the following trendy styles.

不仅仅是练习瑜伽的人多了，瑜伽的模式也在发生变化。瑜伽不再只是单纯的调息控位，而是全身心的运动。看看你喜欢下面哪种流行的瑜伽模式。

Yoga in heat pods

高温舱瑜伽

This style is similar to hot yoga, but still different. Rather than a course of 90 minutes in a heated room, it takes place in temperature-controlled glass pods heated to about 37 C in which yogis use weighted pulleys to work the entire body in just 30 minutes.

尽管这种瑜伽和热瑜伽相似，却存在很大的区别。练习者并不需要在高温环境中练足90分钟，而是仅用30分钟的时间，在一个加热至37度左右的可控温的玻璃舱中通过举加重拉力器来达到全身锻炼的效果。

It’s more personal, as each individual has a trainer outside the pod for every part of the workout. Exercisers just need to care about their sweat. They can turn down the heat according to their tolerance.

这种瑜伽更加个性化，因为每位练习者在锻炼过程中都会有私教在舱外指导。练习者只需关注自己的出汗情况就可以了。他们可以根据自身耐热程度来调节温度。

The pod method is not new. It’s popular in Europe, especially Italy, and parts of South America. But the combination of pods and heat is a new trend that began in Argentina and became popular around 2013, when it spread to the US. It promises to activate metabolism and burn fat.

这种舱式瑜伽并非什么新生事物。从欧洲，尤其是意大利，再到一些南美国家，这种瑜伽人气极高。这种将玻璃舱与高温相结合的新型瑜伽源自阿根廷，于2013年时传到美国，进而风靡世界。它可以达到促进新陈代谢和燃烧脂肪的目的。