For many years, yoga has remained one of the most popular types of physical activity. It helps to calm the mind and improve the condition of the body. Yoga can be practiced without harm to yourself at home if you follow a few simple rules.
Approach Yoga Learning with Care
If you do not have any yoga experience, it is still advisable to first contact a good teacher or find group classes. You will need at least one or two sessions to understand how to breathe correctly, control the body in space, maintain balance and balance. In the group, a coach will observe your movements, which will save you from the most gross and dangerous mistakes. In a couple of sessions, you can understand if you are interested in yoga at all, as a type of load. After that, you can move on to homework.
If you have the right mindset, you may enjoy these home focused activities more than group exercises. If you are not able to go to a group, you can start doing yoga on your own without prior group exercises. In any case, consult your doctor before starting classes for contraindications. A good professional can tell you which specific exercises to avoid.
To practice yoga at home, you will need video courses or books detailing all the asana postures. Before you start practicing, watch the video tutorials or read books several times; it can be unsafe to be distracted by the description of the exercises while you are doing them.
Regular practice is the key to success
Determine a place in your apartment for yoga practice, it can be a small "patch" of about two by two meters, which is quite enough for performing asanas. It is advisable to first practice yoga in front of a mirror in order to control the position of the body in space, in the future it is better to refuse from a mirror.
It is best to do yoga at a specific time. Regular exercise at the same hours will be more beneficial than sporadic "forays". Ideally, it is worth practicing in the morning on an empty stomach, in any case, at least two to three hours should pass between eating and exercising.
While practicing, listen to your body, do not try to do complex asanas that require serious stretching right away. Flexibility and strength come with exercise. It is believed that the simplest asanas, if performed correctly, are enough to rebuild the body in three to four months.
Start with the simplest programs (usually they are shown separately in video tutorials or described in detail in a book), complicate the workouts when you feel the need. The first workouts can take about twenty minutes, over time, it is better to bring the duration of classes to at least an hour.
