Home Sweet Home Yoga on your Own
Home Sweet Home Yoga on your Own
When you first begin practicing yoga as a form of exercise or
meditation, you must first decide how you want to go about learning it.
You have two basic choices. First, you can learn from an
instructor, either with a one on one private session or in a class setting.
Secondly, you can choose to practice yoga from the comfort of your
own home. Home practice is common for both experts and beginning students, and while there are many
benefits from a class, you can learn yoga at home successfully as well.
When you are practicing yoga or any sort of exercise at home, the
concern that should cross your mind first is safety. Make sure that you are attempting routines
that are correct for you body and that you are not inhibited by your surroundings.
Therefore, it may be necessary to move furniture or lock the door
when you are doing your yoga routine. Imagine if you don’t: your children could run in, startling
you, which will cause you to lose your balance during a difficult pose and bump your head on the
coffee table as you fall.
Be safe practice in an environment that will not harm
you!
On your own, you will have to invest more money to get started at
the same level as at a class. Yoga requires little equipment in fact, a mat should do the trick.
However, to learn correct posture for various positions on your own, you will need to invest in
learning tools such as videos and books.
It may also be necessary to buy props to help correct your
posture. These are invaluable since you will not have an instructor to look at your position and
tell you if you are doing it incorrectly.
Props you may wish to research include bolsters, slings, ropes,
sandbags, and blocks. A yoga instructor or advanced student can recommend specific brands that will
work better than others will in a home setting.
The benefit to doing yoga exercises at home is that you don’t have
to conform to a gym or class schedule. You can practice yoga late at night after most gyms are
closed or early in the morning before most gyms are open.
This, then, becomes the preferred method for those who work odd
hours or those who travel.
Sometimes you cannot take a yoga class without buying a complete
gym membership.
A gym membership can be invaluable, but if you will not use it or
already belong to another gym, it may be a waste of money to purchase a membership just to take a
yoga class, especially if you are not yet sure yoga is for you.
There are a number of resources to help you get started practicing
yoga at home.
The best thing to do is to try both learning at home and in a
class setting so that you can compare the two and decide what is best for you and for the health of
your body.
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