ABOUT: Primary Series (Yoga Chikitsa / first series) - from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Practice

The Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga practise is called Yoga Chikitsa. Yoga Chikitsa means Yoga Therapy. It is a series for cleansing and healing the body.

The primary series sets the basis for all of the following series. If you look sloppy on the system it seems as if Primary Series is the easiest of the six series in the Ashtanga Vinyasa System. But in fact it is the most demanding, because it is here where you start your practice, where you get used to the Vinyasas and to the daily Yoga routine. All further series don't really bring something new. They just bring some new positions to a system you are already used to.