Yoga Kurunta, or rope wall yoga, is a series of Lyengar yoga styles that originated in India. This type of yoga offers practitioners new experiences and an adventurous feeling.
In Yoga Kurunta, trainees practice a variety of poses with the help of a rope, which can withstand a force of 300kg. In order to do difficult poses, trainees have to practice every day.
With the rope hung on a wall and placed 1 meter above the floor, yoga Kurunta enables people to attain accuracy, agility and balance as the exercises focus on the upper-body muscles. Practitioners therefore have to focus their efforts and direct their mind toward themselves.
Rope wall yoga poses are designed to promote total body flexibility with stretching poses and challenging movements, in which the hanging pose helps boost the practitioners’ blood circulation and makes them feel younger in body and in mind.
In Yoga Kurunta, trainees practice a variety of poses with the help of a rope, which can withstand a force of 300kg. In order to do difficult poses, trainees have to practice every day.
With the rope hung on a wall and placed 1 meter above the floor, yoga Kurunta enables people to attain accuracy, agility and balance as the exercises focus on the upper-body muscles. Practitioners therefore have to focus their efforts and direct their mind toward themselves.
Rope wall yoga poses are designed to promote total body flexibility with stretching poses and challenging movements, in which the hanging pose helps boost the practitioners’ blood circulation and makes them feel younger in body and in mind.
 The rope wall yoga class of Yoga Plus is situated in Handico building in Me Tri village, Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi.  Rope wall yoga with its health benefits has attracted many participants.  Rope wall yoga poses are designed to promote total body flexibility with stretching poses and challenging movements.  Yoga Kurunta poses are done with the help of a rope hung on a wall and placed 1 meter above the floor.  New members receive help from an Indian trainer.  A Yoga trainer guides students in practice.  Rope wall yoga is for people over 14 and is especially helpful for those with back pain.  Students feel the force of gravity when they do the hanging pose.  Practitioners have to focus their efforts and direct their mind toward themselves.  Students help each other in a yoga session.  Yoga Kurunta enables people to attain accuracy, agility and balance as the exercises focus on the upper-body muscles.  This type of yoga offers practitioners new experiences and an adventurous feeling.  The upside-down hanging pose helps strengthen the muscles and bones and boost body flexibility.  Each yoga class ends with 5-minute relaxation. |
At the first try, some may have minor pain in their lower abdomen, arms, shoulders and hips. However, they will master the poses and no longer feel pain after 3 months of frequent practice.
According to an Indian trainer at Yoga Plus, rope wall yoga has many benefits including reducing excessive body fat, improving cardiovascular health and boosting endurance without having to rely on diets.
Rope wall yoga is for people over 14 and is especially helpful for those with back pain. However, it is not recommended for people with high-blood pressure.
Duong Thu Hang, a trainee at Yoga Plus, has been doing rope wall yoga for one month, and found it quite helpful to do new yoga poses. “I feel relaxed and de-stressed after the exercises,” she said./.
Story: Ngan Ha – Photos: Khanh Long
