make sure you find a good teacher, it really makes all the difference. also go for astanga, or iyengar. Hatha yoga is the classic ‘contemplate the navel’, and i find it dull as i’m not very flexible, and hatha seems to be very much focused around being bendy.
astanga sometimes called hot, or power yoga in western speak.
depends where you live but i can recommend
mark freeth – freestyleyoga (kent and midlands) http://freestyleyogaproject.com/
anne-marie newland sunpoweryoga (leicester) http://www.sun-power-yoga.co.uk/
Jerry Kielty – balance yoga (glasgow) http://balance.co.uk/yoga/index.php
i have combined this with IM training and it has helped increase power and reduce injury..
Yoga is flippin ace, but it is all about a good teacher. worth travellign to one of mark freeth’s workshops, well worth it, really well worth it, he is very enthusiastic and really inpiring, plus you’ll sweat like a…..