1. You don't need to be religious to do yoga. You see those prayers and yoga trainers in India and they wear their national costumes and you think: oh, so I must be a Buddhist to do yoga. WRONG. Anyone can do yoga. It's a technique to get more healthy, it's basically an exercise program. If you do yoga individually, you can choose between numerous of styles and courses.
2. Begin slowly. This is so important. Yoga is not about pushing yourself as hard as you can. It's about doing it slowly, stretching your muscles slowly and if you cannot do it, stop! If you feel dizzy (that's very common in first few weeks of doing yoga if you're a total beginner), just relax in child's pose for a bit, and than SLOWLY stand up.
3. Don't eat before you do yoga. Some asanas are upside down and you can get sick. Make yourself a bigger "post workout" meal.
4. No one worries about how you look like. And yes, some asanas are funny, some of them can make you blush, and some asanas (I know from faceforce yoga) can literally make you cry. Don't worry. With yoga, you're talking to your body and it can respond you so quickly. Take a moment for yourself and carry on.
5. B r e a t h e. And all the pain will go away. Doing yoga without breathing is like sitting in the gym doing nothing. Also, proper breathing while doing yoga can also get you dizzy.
Take your time and you will get used to it. And then, you are going to love it!
xoxo
Love this! One of my new year resolutions is to do and carry on doing Yoga! I haven't even started properly yet and its almost March! I just don't know where to start!
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for reading :) If you don't have time to go to an actual class, here's a site that may help you: http://www.yogadownload.com/free-online-yoga-classes.aspx, they offer free videos, check it out. I do some high interval yoga from youtube. I know one video was 16 minutes long but I was sweating from 5 minutes on, haha :)
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