yoga for beginners

yoga for beginners Yoga is in no way exclusive—being able to practice yoga does not matter how old you are, how much you weigh, what you do for a living, where you live. If you are out of shape or extremely inflexible, we recommend you begin with a gentle practice until you have built up the strength and flexibility for more challenging sequences. It is always best to error on the side of caution and safety and approach yoga slowly and carefully. How to Practice Yoga beginner yoga Yoga is typically performed in bare feet on a sticky yoga mat with optional yoga props. The yoga movements and poses require clothes that can stretch and move freely with your body. You can purchase clothing specifically designed for yoga practice, but you probably can put together a comfortable outfit from your existing wardrobe to get started. Your First Yoga Practice We recommend that you start with a short and straightforward yoga session and slowly build up from there. Once you feel comfortable with a few basic beginner yoga poses, you can incorporate them into a sequence and continue to add more challenging poses. How Often Should I Do Yoga? If you can practice yoga 3 or more times per week, you will see significant improvements in your flexibility, range of motion, strength, balance, inner peace, and overall well being. Ideally, we recommend shorter and more frequent sessions, 20-45 minutes long. The Benefits of Practicing Yoga The benefits of yoga are almost endless! Practicing yoga helps build healthy virtues and good values, such as discipline, honesty, devotion, self-inquiry, mindfulness, and non-attachment. Yoga empowers you to make conscious choices toward living a more healthy and fulfilling life. Yoga also helps you: • Improve and maintain the health of muscles, joints, and organs • Improve flexibility, strength, stamina, mobility, range of motion, and balance.