Basic Yoga Postures and Series In A Day For Dummies
Georg Feuerstein, Larry Payne
Language: English
Pages: 80
ISBN: B009F09XF4
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Learn basic yoga postures and series in a day? Easy.
Want to start enjoying the benefits of yoga today? The secret's out—you can quickly get up-to-speed on the basics of yoga and begin your workout with the help of this fun guide.
Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies gives you an easy-to-follow introduction on the essential beginning elements of yoga. It's packed with tips and advice for staying balanced while maintaining proper posture (when sitting or standing) and step-by-step instructions for basic yoga sequences.
- An overview on the basic philosophy and benefits of Yoga
- Essential keys to posture, sitting, and standing
- The mechanics and practice of breathing during Yoga practice
- A recommended routine for beginners
- Online component takes you beyond the book with bonus content and features
Get ready to start reaping the many benefits of this ancient practice with Basic Yoga Postures & Series In A Day For Dummies.
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Check out the following steps: 1. Stand in the mountain posture (see Chapter 3), facing a blank wall about three feet away. 2. As you exhale, bend forward from the hips and extend your arms forward until your fingertips are touching the wall. Adjust yourself so that your legs are perpendicular and your torso and arms are parallel with the floor. 3. As you inhale, raise your left leg back and up until it’s parallel to the floor (see Figure 4-1). 4. Stay in Step 3 for six to eight breaths;
exercises, and other similar techniques. We use the words pose and posture interchangeably, although we use posture in the names of specific postures. A final note: For your safety, be sure to read all the instructions when getting ready to practice the exercises. Don’t just glance at the illustrations and think you can leap right in. Although the illustrations are very helpful tools, they don’t give you the whole story needed to practice safe and effective Yoga. Foolish Assumptions We’ve
(pronounced prah-nah) — which gives you a good clue about how important Yoga gurus think breathing is for your well-being. Practicing Yoga without prana is like putting an empty pot on the stove and hoping for a delicious meal. In this chapter, we show you how to use conscious breathing in conjunction with the Yoga postures. A Brief Introduction to Yoga Yoga arises from a tradition that’s been around for 5,000 years. Yoga includes physical exercises that look like gymnastics. These postural
power of yogic breathing, take time to reflect on a few safety tips that can help you enjoy your experience: If you have problems with your lungs (such as a cold or asthma) or if you have a heart disease, consult your physician first before embarking on breath control, even under the supervision of a Yoga therapist (unless he or she happens to be a physician as well). Don’t practice breathing exercises when the air is too cold or too hot. Avoid practicing in polluted air, including the smoke
the vertebrae). In the upright posture, the cervical spine and the neck muscles work hard to balance the head. Because most people generally don’t pay enough attention to this part of their anatomy, they tend to accumulate a lot of tension in their necks, which can lead to headaches. This posture frees the cervical spine and allows the neck muscles to relax. It also improves overall circulation and has a calming effect on the body and mind. The following steps walk you through the process. Be