But a few months ago, I attended a Kemetic yoga class for the first time. ... The focus on meditative breathing and stillness during poses may be similar to other forms of yoga, ...

Though Kemetic yoga shares poses with Indian yoga, it ultimately has different origins and is anchored by different positions. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bridgetkb.

Key Practices of Kemetic Yoga: - Poses Inspired by Egyptian Art: The poses, such as the Pose of Immortality and Maat Ka Posture, are often symmetrical and geometric, symbolizing harmony and balance.

There are all kinds of types of yoga classes, from Ashtanga to Kundalini to Vinyasa. But a Houston studio is teaching a style that isn't widely known, called Kemetic Yoga.

But the history of kemetic yoga stuck with both of them more than anything else. Campo even took a trip to Egypt to explore further. “Those poses were part of a larger spiritual foundation ...

It was during this time that she discovered a new passion, Kemetic yoga, an African-based practice where many of the poses take the body into different shapes, like pyramids for example.

Kemetic yoga incorporates poses found in Eygptian hieroglyphs and its mantras come, not from Sanskrit, but from the ancient languages of Africa.

Ted Niakissa practises an interesting version of yoga. Called Kemetic Boxing of the Pharaohs, it was created in the Congo in the late eighties by a former karate master, and combines the martial art ...