What should I pay attention to when practicing yoga? As we all know, as long as you keep practicing yoga, you can not only achieve the ideal effect, but also need to know the matters needing attention when practicing yoga. Then do you know what to pay attention to when practicing yoga? Let's find out!
What should I pay attention to when practicing yoga? 1 self-study yoga.
1, it is best to have an empty stomach before practice.
Keep fasting for 3-4 hours, at least 1-2 hours, and the stomach burden should not be too heavy. Yoga posture is centered on the human spine, stretching and squeezing from front to back. Excessive stomach burden will make practitioners feel nausea, headache, chest tightness and even vomiting in severe cases.
2. Don't eat a lot after exercise 1 hour.
After practice, our stomach is in a state of relaxation and rest, and eating immediately will lead to overload of the stomach. In addition, after the exercise, the blood of the body is distributed in the bones and muscles of the whole body. Eating food immediately will make a lot of blood flow to the stomach and greatly reduce the blood flow of the heart. Causing a heavier burden on the heart.
Don't do yoga within 30 minutes after bathing and sauna.
Bathing accelerates blood circulation, and yoga practice also promotes full blood circulation, which will inevitably accelerate the heart rate and increase the burden on the heart. Yoga practitioners in India usually take a cold bath before practice in order to clean their bodies. The speed of blood circulation in the body slows down, so it will not increase the burden on the heart.
4. Don't take a bath immediately after practice.
Sebum and sweat can form a sebum film, which has a good nourishing effect on the skin (this is also one of the reasons why yoga has a beauty and skin care effect). Taking a bath at once will destroy this beneficial substance. Therefore, it is recommended not to take a shower immediately. But for high-temperature yoga, strength yoga or body yoga training, the situation is different. These kinds of yoga will make practitioners sweat a lot, and the toxins discharged by sweat need to be discharged through bathing, and sweat stains make people feel uncomfortable. Even so, remember that you can't take a bath until your breathing and heartbeat return to normal after practice.
5. It is not advisable to wear tight clothes when practicing.
Yoga practice is different from general aerobics and physical training. When practicing, you should choose loose, sweat-absorbing and breathable clothes to facilitate physical activities. Because yoga is a kind of exercise to relax our body and mind, too tight clothes are not conducive to relaxation. The clothes you can choose are pure cotton and linen.
What do I need to prepare for learning yoga?
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This can be said to be an indispensable thing. Oh, it will be expensive if you buy it in the clubhouse, but the quality is guaranteed. You can order one online. I suggest not to be too greedy and cheap. You get what you pay.
2. Yoga blanket
When we use it with a yoga mat, sometimes we worry that the yoga mat will get dirty easily. Because you put it on the floor, sometimes you don't know which side you have used it, and there will be dust and so on after a long time, so you need a yoga mat.
3. Yoga clothes
Because when doing yoga, some movements are relatively large, so we need to have a more comfortable uniform. If not, you can also wear something casual and loose.
4. Yoga ball
Some movements may be more difficult and need the help of yoga balls, especially when exercising our waist movements. If you want to learn yoga more deeply, this is the best.
5. Quiet venue
Choose a quiet place when practicing, otherwise your mind will be easily disturbed by the outside world, but you will not achieve the effect of practice. So try to stay away from the noisy environment, and the choice of practice time is also very important, preferably in the morning.
Good books are as important as good teachers.
Yoga is a kind of enjoyment. If you don't study enough, find a book to read. So people who really like yoga will buy more and more related books and DVDs. But after seeing it, some people said the same thing, while others held the opposite argument. Sometimes the heavier, the more confused, isn't it?
My own experience is that at the beginning, you don't need to read too many theoretical books, just find a good teacher and practice with him. At a certain stage, you will naturally want to find all kinds of books to prove the teacher's statement, and then go to the market to find some desirable books to satisfy your thirst for knowledge.
However, you should also be careful when choosing books. There are too many books like traps in the market. I accidentally bought one, and the more I read it, the more confused I became. It is better to believe in books than not to have them.
So how to choose books? If it is an English book, you can check the readers' book reviews at Amazon Online Bookstore. There are also Chinese books. Go directly to the bookstore and ask the same friend ~
Another suggestion is that if you want to buy books, try to buy "original" books. I'm not saying that books written by Indians are good, but try not to choose books by authors who create new schools or create their own actions. To tell the truth, these people have not been tested by the public, and may be "the author of a book" or just famous for marketing packaging, with more gimmicks than content.
Every field of books is inevitably good and bad, so if you want to choose a good book, you have to ask more questions. The purpose of reading is very simple, that is, to make up for my lack of study.
What should I pay attention to when practicing yoga?
1, don't do yoga on an empty stomach.
Doing yoga after meals will hinder yoga practice. In order to bend the body to the prescribed yoga posture, it is best to do it on an empty stomach.
It is best to finish eating one hour before yoga, but if you are too late to eat an hour ago but are hungry, you can eat a banana 20 minutes before yoga, which can resist hunger without indigestion.
2. Go to the yoga classroom early.
Go to the yoga classroom as early as possible. After all, the early bird catches the worm. Go ten minutes early, and you can ask the teacher questions about yoga in ten minutes.
Arriving early can also give you enough time to get familiar with the environment, chat with the yoga teacher and let the teacher know more about your situation. 、
3. Find the right type of yoga.
There are many kinds of yoga, and not every kind of yoga is suitable for you. Each yoga studio offers some free experience courses. You can experience it before making a decision.
4. Don't be shy to show off your figure.
People who practice yoga in advertisements are slim, but they can practice yoga well regardless of their waistlines. In fact, research shows that yoga can help people lose weight and avoid getting fat.
5, don't have to pursue the ultimate
You may have met someone who can twist himself into a twist when practicing yoga. But this is just what yoga ascetics do, even though it is the best practice. But it is not recommended that you practice like this.
Even if you are born stiff, your body will become flexible through practice. In addition, you should know that yoga is not only about posing, but also about adjusting breathing and relaxing.
6. Don't confuse yoga in the yoga studio with yoga in the gym.
The practice environment in the yoga studio is quiet and comfortable, and everyone can hold their breath, which can create a peaceful mentality for practitioners and help relieve psychological pressure.
The environment in the gym is noisy. The background music in the hall, the banging of musical instruments, the conversation in the rest area, the footsteps coming in and out, and the throng of people will make the originally calm mentality complicated and uneasy.
Their courses are also different. The coach of the yoga studio is familiar with the physical condition of each student, and will arrange suitable postures for the individual during the course and guide the practitioners' movements.
Yoga classes in the gym range from twenty or thirty to sixty or seventy people. Many people are not familiar with the coach, so there is no pertinence. More often, the coach speaks in front, only to see his own voice ignored, and can only watch the demonstration movements through layers of body gaps. This kind of exercise can only be called drawing a tiger according to a cat, and the real benefits of posture are not obvious.
7. Remember to bring yoga supplies.
If you don't buy a yoga mat, make sure that the yoga classroom provides yoga mats for rent.
Besides, you should bring some supports, such as blankets and yoga bricks. Blankets can give beginners better protection and support during practice, while yoga bricks can help beginners do real yoga moves more easily.
8. It may be a bit monotonous at first.
Because I am a beginner, I may practice more repetitive movements, but it also depends on the way the yoga teacher teaches me.
If you can't stand repeating monotonous movements all the time, you can try to join the yoga movements that others are learning. Don't have too much pressure under any circumstances, take a deep breath, relax and keep a normal heart.
9, mentality is the most important.
Compared with a yoga suit and a professional mat, the most important thing is to have an open and peaceful mind. Don't be distracted when practicing.
10, socks and gloves are not needed.
Although there are anti-slip gloves and socks for yoga on the market, they are not needed in yoga.
Non-slip gloves and socks will make you feel wrong about the position of your body when practicing yoga posture, which will lead to the inability to do specific yoga movements and the effect of yoga practice will not be exerted for a long time.
1 1, release the pressure.
First, slowly relax your fingers, toes and chin. The more blank the head and the more relaxed the body, the easier it is to achieve the prescribed yoga movements, which can also make yoga play a greater role and make yoga a pleasant enjoyment as a whole. Finally, you will find that the more relaxed you are, the longer you can keep a posture.
12 Adjust breathing
Yoga classes usually begin with breathing exercises and end with slow, deep breaths.
When you don't know what to do, focus on exhaling and inhaling, which is the best way to stay calm and help yoga posture.
13, Baby Modeling is a good partner for beginners.
In yoga class, the teacher may make everyone have different degrees of movements, so when some movements are really impossible, don't panic, you can try to make a more relaxed baby posture.
When breathing is not smooth, you can also try to do the baby pose to adjust your breathing.
14, don't be misled.
In order to prevent potential physical harm and misleading, we should choose experienced teachers with professional qualifications.