Here are the 10 basic tips for those who want to start yoga practice
1- Do not force positions. They’re the goal to be achieved, but you don’t have to do them quickly, or on day one. Yoga shouldn’t hurt. If you’re looking for the boundaries, do it with a teacher who can see or help (not online)
2- Choose your yoga style: the most common is Hatha Yoga, recommended also because rhythms are more paused than in other yoga styles. The Iyengar Yoga, due to its slow pace and its lower variety of postures, is also recommended to begin in this discipline.
3- Yoga is practiced barefoot to avoid slipping. If you practice it with socks, let them be non-slip. Yoga mats should not be too thick to be able to do the balancing positions well. The standard thickness of the mat is 3-4 mm
4- Key Words: Asanas: are the positions of yoga
Pranayama: Breathing
Mantra: sound or phrase that has a spiritual power.
5- The importance of controlling breathing. You have to focus your mind and concentration on breathing to do good practice.
6- Patience: The flexibility and strength to improve are acquired over time and with regularity and discipline.
7- Main styles of yoga:
Hatha Yoga. The most classic and traditional. The fundamentals of yoga are introduced
Kundalini Yoga: In addition to posture and breathing, incorporates meditation and mantra techniques
Vinyasa Yoga: it is a dynamic, active, and energetic yoga style. Derivative of Hatha Yoga is ideal for you to seek to strengthen muscles and learn new postures in a different sequence in each class
Yoga Iyengar: It is characterized because each posture is sustained longer than in other styles. It’s good for people in rehab for injuries and chronic pains
Bikram Yoga: Invented by Bikram Chourdy is a modality that is practiced in a room at 40ºC and 40% humidity
Ashtanga Yoga: It is one of the most physical next to the vinyasa. Promotes strength, endurance, and emotional control
Yin Yoga: One of the slowest varieties of yoga, which is why it’s good for beginners. It helps to combat anxiety and stress and improves relaxation.
Aero yoga: Combine yoga, with acrobatic movements, Pilates exercises, and suspended dance. It is practiced using a fabric swing that hangs from the ceiling.
Acro Yoga: it is a yoga that is practiced in pairs and that combines yoga and acrobatics. Improves balance and concentration
8- Yoga routines can be done every day. There are 20 or 30 minutes to an hour. If you do it in the morning it will serve to activate your body and mind, and at night relax them before bed and improve the quality of your sleep. To start it is recommended three days a week.
9- Do not forget to moisturize your body during yoga practice, you have to drink water to be hydrated and remove toxins.
10- He’s not old. Yoga is a discipline that can be practiced by children to the elderly. Every person at their own pace.
The Main Yoga Influencers
On Instagram, the accounts with yoga postures have multiplied after confinement. The most followed to practice yoga is that of the American Kino MacGregor Ekinoyoga, with more than a million followers. He’s not a person, but the clothing brand, that shares yoga poses, has more than two million followers. Also the account “neyu’ma,” with almost 700,000 followers is one of the most viewed. In Spain, @xuanlanyoga stands out, with more than 500,000 followers, and @soy_yogui, by Maite Aguirre.