Yoga for Beginners and You

Yoga can seem a bit intimidating and confusing at first.If you start the Lotus Pose with only one foot on top
Try to stay relaxed and just follow along with theof your leg, in due time of practicing yoga you will
instructions. The benefits from yoga you will receiveeasily be able to bring both feet above your crossed
are amazing. Once you get into yoga you will continuelegs.
to learn more and look forward to practicing it everyWhen starting out yoga you will learn the chair pose.
day.To perform this pose you will stand up. Make sure you
To begin, wear something very comfortable as you willare standing up straight. Next make sure your feet are
be stretching and doing many poses that needshoulder length apart from each other. Now you want
comfortable and loose fitting clothing or yoga outfits.to squat until your legs are at about a 90 degree angle
You will want to invest in a yoga mat as well. Comfortfrom your knee joint. Next you want to hold onto your
is the key to yoga.ankles. Your elbows will be on the inside of your knees.
You will also need a very quiet place to perform yoga.With the chair pose you will keep your head up and
You do not want to be interrupted nor do you want tobreath deep and long. When you are a beginner
be around loud noises. Find a nice quiet room toperforming the chair pose try to hold this position for
perform your yoga poses.fifteen seconds. Soon you will be performing the chair
The first pose you may want to learn is a commonpose for three minutes. Your lower body will get a
pose in yoga which is called the Lotus Pose. The Lotusfantastic work out when you perform this yoga
Pose is the pose that you will use for meditation. To sitposition.
in the Lotus Pose you will bring both of your feet onYoga for beginners should be performed slowly so as
top of your legs while you are sitting cross-legged. Younot to pull any muscles or injure yourself. You can
can do the full Lotus Pose with both feet on top ofslowly build up to more complicated yoga poses the
your crossed legs or the half Lotus Pose where onelonger you do it.
foot is on top of your crossed legs.