Some people say that yoga only takes more than 20 minutes a day to have an effect, plus body warm-up and repair. It is best to practice for two hours a day, and it is best to start at 6: 00 in the morning. Everything recovers in the morning, which conforms to the concept that yoga comes from nature. It is also very quiet in the morning, and the functions of the human body are slowly recovering. It is the best time to practice yoga.
But in fact, as long as physical and mental conditions permit, there is no time limit for yoga practice. You can practice at any time, at any time of the day that is convenient to you. The key is to persevere. Moreover, if possible, it is best to practice at the same time every day and form the habit of regular exercise.
A timetable for practicing yoga in one day.
1, early morning-suitable for practice time 15 to 30 minutes, too long will lead to physical fatigue.
After getting up and brushing your teeth, do a morning yoga, thank the sun for bringing us light, clean the toxins and haze accumulated overnight, purify your mind, and make your body full of vitality slowly to welcome a new day.
2, in the morning-suitable for practice time 1 hour to 2 hours.
On a sunny morning, doing yoga can slightly strengthen strength, squeeze fat, make limbs slim and muscles longer, enhance physical strength, accelerate the peristalsis of large intestine, and achieve the effect of detoxification and weight loss.
3, afternoon-suitable for practice time 1 hour to 2 hours.
Doing a yoga exercise in the afternoon can effectively eliminate the phenomena of spring sleepiness, autumn fatigue and summer nap, so that the body can finish the exercise smoothly and naturally in a very relaxed and soft state, thus achieving the purposes of balancing internal organs, correcting the shape of the spine, promoting defecation at night and helping us lose weight.
4. Evening-suitable for practice time 1 hour to 2 hours.
Doing yoga at night can effectively shrink the stomach, increase the thickness of the stomach wall, restore the health of the stomach, make the body consciously reduce the food at night, and help us lose weight on the basis of health.
5. Evening-suitable for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Too long time will lead to mental stress, active thinking, physical fatigue and difficulty in falling asleep.
Yoga practice in the evening puts our body and mind in a quiet and peaceful place, relaxes the brain, releases stress, relieves nervous mood, eliminates physical fatigue in the past day, combs sleep, and helps us to have a complete and high-quality sleep slowly.
Matters needing attention in daily practice of health yoga
It is best to take a bath with cold water 1 hour before practice. You need to wait half an hour or an hour before you can take a shower, because you are very sensitive after practicing yoga, and you will catch a cold if you take a shower immediately.
2, people with arthritis, it is best to take a bath before practice, and then rest for 20 minutes to half an hour, which can increase the body's cleanliness and relaxation, raise body temperature, reduce muscle tension, help stretch the body and open all joints.
3. When practicing yoga, the blood of the body is concentrated on local muscles or organs, which will affect the digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, attention should be paid to keeping an empty stomach 1 hour before and after practice.
If you feel hungry before practice, you can drink a glass of milk or eat some liquid and digestible food.
Rest for at least half an hour before eating after practice. Best for eating fruits and vegetables.
6. Don't force every movement to extend completely to the coach's level. Should be based on their own limits or feel comfortable.
7. Office workers working from nine to five should make full use of their scattered time and divide it into several parts, even if it is a post. Get up early in the morning and practice yoga breathing and meditation 10- 15 minutes before going to bed at night. Before lunch and during the afternoon tea break, use yoga posture to move the head, neck and shoulders, and use tables and chairs to do some in-situ twisting and stretching. Attend yoga classes regularly on weekends, or set the practice time more firmly.
8. At the beginning, in order to get the guidance of professional teachers and the atmosphere of collective practice in class, you can go to a professional yoga club to practice. After that, you can practice by yourself, at home or in the office. The time is entirely up to you.