1. The best time to practice yoga
The best time to practice yoga posture is the time period that allows you to stick to it. Therefore, everyone should choose the most suitable time to practice yoga postures according to their own specific circumstances. Generally speaking, most people will choose the following three time periods to practice: morning, noon and evening.
Doing posture exercises in the morning can wake up your body, bring oxygen to your body, and make you energetic all day. Generally speaking, people who choose to practice in the morning are more likely to stick to it. However, because most people have to go to work or school, the time in the morning is limited after all, and many people also choose to practice yoga postures during their lunch break.
If you are an office worker, practicing a few stretching poses during your lunch break can help you reduce the pressure and tension caused by work. Another good time to practice posture is in the evening.
2. Preparation before yoga practice
2.1 preparation of yoga supplies
When practicing yoga, you can prepare towels, Mats and other practice aids, especially for beginners. Incense, essential oil, soft light and soft music can help you practice smoothly in a quiet atmosphere. At the same time, when practicing, you should prepare a set of yoga clothes with good stretching, so that you can practice freely and comfortably.
2.2 site preparation
When practicing yoga, choose a quiet, clean place with fresh air. Try to leave the room and choose an open-air natural place.
2.3 mood preparation
When practicing yoga, the body should relax and keep a happy mood. At the same time, it’s natural that beginners can’t do well at the beginning. They must have self-confidence and determination, open their locked brows, don’t frown, smile happily, and practice yoga with the most relaxed and pleasant mood.
3. Precautions after yoga
3.1 don’t sit down immediately
Many people feel tired after practicing yoga and will sit down immediately. In fact, this is wrong. Sitting down immediately after practicing yoga will block the blood flow of lower limbs, affect blood circulation, aggravate fatigue, and even cause gravity shock.
3.2. You can’t eat right away
During yoga practice, people’s nerve center is in a highly excited state, and the parasympathetic nervous system, which manages the activities of internal organs, strengthens the suppression of digestive system activities. In addition, when practicing yoga, the blood of the whole body will be redistributed to supply the needs of Yoga organs in a centralized way. The blood supply of various organs in the abdominal cavity is relatively reduced, so the gastrointestinal peristalsis is weakened and the secretion of digestive glands is reduced. If you eat immediately, It is easy to increase the burden of digestive organs and cause gastrointestinal dysfunction.
Basic skills of Yoga
1. Snake stretch
Lie prone on the yoga mat, put your arms behind your back, clasp your hands, lower your head, and contact your jaw with the ground. Then adjust your breathing. When you inhale, tighten your hips, tilt your head back, and stretch your hands backward as far as possible.
2. Japanese salutation
Stand straight, with your legs together, your hands in front of you, your eyes in front of you, adjust your breathing, when you inhale, lean back, extend your arms backward, and your knees straight. When you exhale, tilt your upper body forward, touch your hands with the ground, and keep your head as close as possible to the front of your thighs. Hold the posture for several seconds.
3. Back extension
Sit on the yoga mat with your legs straight, your hands behind your body, your body tilted back, your eyes looking forward, and then adjust your breathing. When you inhale, bend your knees, support your body with your palms, relax your head, hold the posture for 10-30 seconds, and slowly recover to the original posture.
4. Angle type
Sit on the yoga mat, straighten your legs, straighten your spine, put your arms naturally on both sides of your body, look ahead, adjust your breathing, open your legs, straighten your chest and abdomen, straighten your back, hold your heels with both hands, press your body down, and keep your head close to the ground.
Classification of Yoga
1. Hada Yoga
Hatha Yoga refers to any school of yoga that requires asana practice, or these Yoga asanas.
This big concept covers a lot of “brands”. But now, the concept of hada yoga is more and more used to represent the more “traditional” Indian yoga, which is different from the more physical exercise styles such as Astanga yoga or Bikram hot yoga.
2. Hot Yoga
Hot yoga can be recommended to every practitioner, whether beginner or advanced.
The wonder of this course is that all students do the same postures in class, but choose different levels according to their own abilities. For each practitioner at different levels, there are very specific levels to choose from.
These yoga poses are designed for the benefit of body, mind and spirit.
3. Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga is called Yin because its concept is very consistent with the concept of “Yin” in Chinese Taoist thought. It is a very unique yoga with Chinese style.
It is similar to hada yoga, but the difference is that unlike hada yoga, the main purpose is not to exercise muscles, but to stretch the joints, the connecting elements of the body.
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