Yoga originated in India and is popular all over the world. The word yoga originally meant to control cattle and horses. Since ancient times, it has also represented some practices or practices that are considered to help achieve the highest goals. In the Yoga Sutra written by patanjali, an ancient sage, it is accurately defined as "the control of mental function". Yoga has a long history in India. It is closely related to the Brahman system in ancient India as we know it. In India, people believe that yoga can get rid of the pain of reincarnation, and the inner self will be integrated with the supreme self of the universe. Through yoga, the seeds of reincarnation will burn, the main body of the heart will be realized, and all obstacles will be gone. It is difficult to distinguish the relationship between yoga and Hinduism in India now. In temples, classics, life and many other fields, the relationship between the two is mutual integration. Yoga is one of the oldest sports in the East. It was born in BC and is the crystallization of human wisdom. Yoga is also the cognition that Indian sages realized life from intuition in the deepest part of meditation. The secret of yoga practice is the code of mutual reference between theory and practice.

Legend has it that on the 8,000-meter-high Mount Notre Dame in ancient India, some people became saints and others became practitioners. They taught the secrets of spiritual practice to those who wanted to pursue it, which has been passed down to this day.

At first, there were only a few yogis, who usually practiced in temples, country cottages, Himalayan caves and dense forest centers, and were taught by yogis to those disciples who were willing to accept them. Later, yoga gradually spread among ordinary people in India.

Today's yoga has been a practice of human science summed up by the Indian people for thousands of years, and it is no longer the only secret confined to a few hermits. At present, yoga has been widely spread all over the world. There are many schools specializing in yoga in India. Yoga has an extremely complete set of practice methods from body to mind. Today's yoga is not only in the category of philosophy and religion, but also has a broader meaning, enduring and powerful vitality.

When yoga practitioners enter the deepest realm in deep meditation, they will awaken the self-nature of life and the perfect realm of life, thus obtaining the combination of individual consciousness and universal consciousness, awakening the inner sleeping energy, and obtaining the highest enlightenment and the greatest pleasure.

The word yoga comes from Sanskrit transliteration, which means combination and connection. This is also the purpose and purpose of yoga, and it is the meaning of concentration for meditation. But what is the "combination" with what? Yoga actually refers to the "combination" of human instinct from low to high. Similarly, it can also be "combination" or self-combination from high to low. This also means freeing yourself from pain and disaster, just like the highest universal spirit.

What is yoga?

(1) Yoga and Introduction to Yoga; Originally in Sanskrit, the Chinese transliteration of yoga means "unity", "connection" and "combination"; That is what China people call "the harmony between man and nature". Both ancient eastern and western cultures have the concept of "unity" between ego (the mother of all things in the world) and ego (man, true self and small universe). This is the "realm" achieved through practice. Therefore, the word "yoga" refers to the "realm" where Brahma and I are one, and it is the sublimation of body, mind and spirit, not any action. This realm is the desire of countless Taoists and leads to the door of liberation. As the saying goes, it is easy for people to know their true self and reality in peace, and meditation is of course an important topic: The Theory of the Yogi translated by Master Tang Xuanzang refers to the realm (realm) that the yogi (yogi) gradually develops during meditation. As long as we look up some dictionaries, we will find that the original meaning of the word yoga is far from what people hear today. Yoga philosophy and its practical methods have a far-reaching influence on Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism. The etymological translation of the word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "Yuji", which originally meant to be connected by a yoke, meaning "a person who strangles a cow or horse in front of a shaft" (Ci Hai). Later, it was extended to the meaning of inheritance, connection, combination, unity, unity, identity and unity, which meant harmony and equality. Interestingly, the English word "yoke" is also a "yoke", and its Latin etymology also means "connection" and "combination". Important Indian classics in ancient times, such as Upanishads and Vedas, all mentioned "yoga" many times. It refers to the harmony between "ego Atman" and "ego Mahatman", which is what China people call the realm of the unity of all things and the unity of man and nature. This is in line with the Samadhi (Samadhi), awakening, awakening, liberation and nirvana referred to by Buddhism and Hinduism. For example, in the Bhagavad-gita, an important Hindu book, Krishna, the god of heaven, repeatedly explained to Ah Zhou what yoga is. In the second century BC, patanjali summarized various yoga practices and wrote the Yoga Sutra [Note 1], which resulted in the famous "Eight Branches of Yoga", namely, eight aspects of practice: (1) abstinence (keeping precepts) (2) (6) persistence (concentration) (7) meditation. In the practical tradition of India, this "self" is regarded as the energy reflection of the "cosmic self" (that is, according to Christianity, man was created in the image of God), so there is a way to reunite the two. This "reflection" (energy) curls in the form of three and a half times and sleeps in the sacrum at the bottom of the human spine. Under suitable conditions, this hidden and sleeping energy will be awakened and raised until it passes through the top of the head (the top chakra), which makes people wake up and realize, that is, the so-called self-realization (self-awareness-self-awakening). The state of mind, body and spirit has been improved. Yoga is such a state. Another interesting phenomenon appears in modern medical terminology: the original meaning of sacrum in ancient Greek is "sacred"; Relative to the position of the crown wheel, that is, the skull, it means fontanel in English and fountain in Latin. This is completely consistent with the description of ancient Indian poets and sages. In addition, the positions of three and seven chakras and the number of petals conform to modern anatomy. Does this mean that different cultures have the same understanding when the ancients looked inward? It was not until the emergence of mechanical materialism that the tradition of inner practice and understanding was submerged? (3) The word yoga in Chinese has a free translation in Buddhist scriptures, and the old translation is "corresponding". It seems that it was only from Xuanzang that yoga was generally transliterated. From then on, the word began to change in meaning, complexity and thinking, and even deviated from its original intention. Especially Tibetan Buddhism. Open the Buddhist or religious dictionary in China at a glance. Should we do "yoga" or "yoga"? Say goodbye to the sea and only take "Jia". Other reference books at hand only take Jia. The word "home" is mostly used to translate words (such as) and has no independent meaning. And "A" refers to women's jewelry. Their national sounds are slightly different, but their Cantonese sounds are the same. In computer typing and Cangjie input method, the associative fonts of Yu characters are Jia and Jia, with Jia as the head. In modern times, many people use yoga, which has become fashionable. It is likely to be the same radical as the word Yu, with a unified shape and easy to remember. It is more likely to be the orientation of pronunciation: Jia's national voice "now" is translated more accurately. However, is it because foreigners in the Yuan and Qing Dynasties entered China, and the orthography of Chinese was disturbed, and the northern sound moved south? Or has the original text also undergone phonetic evolution? That's a subject of linguistics. As for the sleeping energy awakened in yoga practice, Kundalini, located in the sacrum at the bottom of the spine, is transliterated as Kundalini. When Indian culture was first introduced to China, it was translated into a spirit snake because its Sanskrit original meaning was "Kunda", and when it rose, it appeared as a snake winding stick (such as a double dragon winding column). There is also the transliteration of "Junduli" and so on. Taoism calls it psionics. Tantric alchemy is translated as "clumsy fire" in practice, which is really a serious misunderstanding. It is only because of the consequences caused by its wrong method (sexual intercourse between men and women or witchcraft) that the "reflection of the greater self" in the sacrum triangle has been humiliated and punished. True practice not only makes people enjoy a peaceful paradise, but also makes them feel cool and happy in Shu Tai. It can be said that this magic has polluted the whole yoga system. In India, such things have been abandoned, but some people still sell them to westerners for personal benefit. In order to avoid misunderstanding, Kundalini is now translated into spiritual quantity, which means spiritual sacred power. (4) Yoga schools As can be seen from the original meaning of the word yoga, the ultimate goal of yoga practice is to jump out of the secular box and achieve unity and enlightenment. The Yoga Sutra, handed down more than 2,000 years ago, has always been regarded as a standard, telling us that yoga is an all-round practice of body and mind, and it needs to be fully coordinated in different ways to achieve liberation. The predecessors realized that many lessons are helpful to practice, such as proper diet, precepts, doing good deeds (karma), regulating the movement of the spine (pranayama), paying attention to breathing (pranayama), and even chanting (mantras), godliness (Bhakti), increasing knowledge (Prajna), awakening spiritual energy (Kundalini) and so on. However, if patanjali were alive in the spirit of heaven and saw later generations divide these practices into factions and rigid dogmatism, he would surely shake his head and sigh. He repeatedly emphasized the importance of meditation. However, there is little pen and ink on "body adjustment". Obviously, even if cartilage is used to adjust the spine, so as to adjust different energy centers (three pulses and seven rounds), it is necessary to diagnose and prescribe drugs, and one action only corresponds to one problem. It's a pity that people nowadays not only regard this kind of sports yoga (formally called hatha yoga/Jutuo yoga, also called Sun Moon Yoga) as everything in yoga, but also don't know how to diagnose it! Practicing all postures (asanas) with a basket is off track. It's like swallowing one medicine after another in a medicine cabinet. What other topics such as weight-loss yoga and beauty yoga appear, which is too far from the point. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the ancients called Raja Yoga, loyal to the eight branches of yoga, with a comprehensive and lofty status, which means yoga with a lofty status as a king. The Bhagavad-gita is called Rajavidya. Unfortunately, this term has been registered by a modern organization. It is not convenient to comment on whether it is worthy of the name, but obviously don't be too naive. Just ask them a few questions and things will speak for themselves. (5) the religious view of yoga. The philosophy and practice of yoga emphasize the unity of man and nature. What is the sky? Indians call the universe Brahma, Brahma, Brahma and even Shiva, and they also call the omnipresent forces of the universe Paramchaitanya, Ritambhara-Pragna and so on. Sometimes this "great power" is worshipped and worshipped in different forms. China people implicitly and simply call it "Tian" (or, as I said, it is indescribable, let's just call it "Tao"). As for what is "man" in the integration of heaven and earth, it is not a few words, but can involve many profound philosophies. From this point of view, yoga practice explores the relationship and essence between heaven and man, and the three veins and seven rounds represent the different faces and qualities between heaven and man. With such a complete world outlook, it can obviously be called "religion". However, it is an "internal" religion, or "dharma dharma"; It is very different from the general external, tangible, dogmatic and institutionalized religion. It is an ancient, personal and internal exploration and practice of "true self". (6) Conclusion: Modern shock is an eternal treasure house. To understand the essence of Indian culture today, we must learn yoga. Yoga philosophy not only influenced the way of life and thinking of Indians in past dynasties, but also had a far-reaching impact on Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Persian Zoroastrianism. But it can be said that the great ship of modernization came in the name of science, and India experienced a century-long British colonial rule, so many ancient traditional intelligences, such as medical care and medicine, were irretrievably violated. Yoga knowledge is no exception. Coupled with the minimalism, material priority and fast food culture in modern society, deep and internal things have no market at all, and are submerged or oversimplified faster, leading to distortion. For example, in order to understand yoga, most westerners only practice Hada yoga and bend their hands and feet. Part of the reason is that in order to introduce the health care methods of Indians to the western world with Christianity as the main body, they have to avoid the part where heaven and man are one, mysterious or will lead to religious disputes. In addition, under the materialistic haze of modern western medicine, only talking about functional body and doing stretching exercise will save a lot of trouble; On the other hand, modern people are happy and used to seeing spectacular images, and cartilage solutions have a great market. In addition to the last point above, the fate of Chinese medicine in today's generation is similar, and the metaphysics part has also experienced a modern washing and impact. As for the view that Kundalini is the maternal energy (the center that nourishes all energy) and embodies the maternal status of heaven, it is difficult to have living space under the paternal governance mode of Christian church in western culture. What is the mother of all things, Adi Shakti (the mother of the original) [Note 2], westerners are at a loss. Anyone who speaks out is in danger of being labeled as heresy at any time. You know, the word Kundalini not only contains the meaning of Kunda (curly), but also the suffix lini has revealed her maternal identity. As the saying goes, it was in deep meditation that the ancients realized the mystery of "true self" and the unity of this small universe and this big universe. It emphasizes personal experience rather than scientific dialectics or argumentation. However, the relevant ancient literature coincides with today's scientific discovery. It can be said that yoga meditation is an invaluable treasure given to mankind by God.

Yoga-The oldest sport in the East-An Overview of Yoga

Yoga originated in India and is popular all over the world. Yoga is one of the oldest sports in the East. It was born in BC and is the crystallization of human wisdom. Yoga is also the cognition that Indian sages realized life from intuition in the deepest part of meditation. The secret of yoga practice is the code of mutual reference between theory and practice. Legend has it that on the 8,000-meter-high Mount Notre Dame in ancient India, some people became saints and others became practitioners. They taught the secrets of spiritual practice to those who wanted to pursue it, which has been passed down to this day. At first, there were only a few yogis, who usually practiced in temples, country cottages, Himalayan caves and dense forest centers, and were taught by yogis to those disciples who were willing to accept them. Later, yoga gradually spread among ordinary people in India. Today's yoga has been a practice of human science summed up by the Indian people for thousands of years, and it is no longer the only secret confined to a few hermits. At present, yoga has been widely spread all over the world. There are many schools specializing in yoga in India. Yoga has an extremely complete set of practice methods from body to mind. Today's yoga is not only in the category of philosophy and religion, but also has a broader meaning, enduring and powerful vitality. When yoga practitioners enter the deepest realm in deep meditation, they will awaken the self-nature of life and the perfect realm of life, thus obtaining the combination of individual consciousness and universal consciousness, awakening the inner sleeping energy, and obtaining the highest enlightenment and the greatest pleasure. The word yoga comes from Sanskrit transliteration, which means combination and connection. This is also the purpose and purpose of yoga, and it is the meaning of concentration for meditation. But what is the "combination" with what? Yoga actually refers to the "combination" of human instinct from low to high. Similarly, it can also be "combination" or self-combination from high to low. This also means freeing yourself from pain and disaster, just like the highest universal spirit. The practice method of yoga can concentrate the scattered spirit and calm it down. Yoga practice pays attention to physical strength first, and then requires the unity of body and mind. On this basis, guide practitioners into the realm of perfection. In the process of yoga practice, practitioners gradually deepen the inner spirit, from the outside to the inside, from feeling, rationality to consciousness, and finally grasp the integration of self and inner spirit to achieve the unity of heaven and man. Yoga makes people move from ignorance to wisdom. Because of ignorance in daily life, people have anxiety and pain, which makes people suffer from many diseases. Through the practice of yoga, people's ignorance can be turned into wisdom, and diseases can be cured from now on, and their body and mind are healthier year by year. The way of yoga is to wake up from ignorance and illusion and let the spiritual light dominate you. The principles and suggestions put forward by yoga theory can not only help patients recover, but also make people healthier. Yoga theory opposes imposition. It advocates that untested things cannot be trusted, including yoga itself. To learn yoga, you must experience the true meaning through your own experience. It is to let practitioners try voluntarily, choose several postures, and judge yoga after practicing for one or two months. The practice method of yoga is divided into eight stages: moral norms: morality first. Without morality, you can't practice martial arts. We must be guided by virtue, which is the mother of success and the source of virtue. The basic contents of yoga morality: non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, abstinence and no desire. This is the first moral standard that yoga requires practitioners to abide by. Self-purification inside and outside. External purification is to correct behavior habits and strive for the surrounding environment of plum blossom, while internal purification is to eradicate six bad habits: lust, anger, greed, madness, delusion, malice and jealousy. Posture method is a posture exercise, which can purify, protect and treat the body and mind. There are countless kinds of postures, which have a good effect on muscles, digestive organs, glands, nervous system and other tissues of the body. Not only improve physical quality, but also improve psychological quality, so as to balance body and mind. Breathe. It refers to consciously prolonging the time of inhalation, breath holding and exhalation. Inhaling is the action of receiving cosmic energy, holding your breath is the action of activating cosmic energy, and exhaling is the action of removing all thoughts and emotions, and at the same time eliminating waste gas and polluted air in the body, so as to stabilize the body and mind. To control spiritual feelings, the spirit is in two contradictory activities at any time. Desire and emotion are intertwined, followed by self-related activities. To control one's psychological feelings is to suppress one's desires and calm one's feelings. Focus on one point or one thing, so as to calm your mind. Meditation and rest. It's hard to describe only through actual experience. The yogi enters the state of "forgetting me", that is, he is unaware of his physical breathing, self-spirit and intellectual existence. Into an infinitely vast peaceful world. The combination of the above eight stages forms yoga. These eight stages are realized in four steps. 1 and 2 stages are the ideological basis and preparation. The third and fourth stages are physical training, and the purpose of getting rid of illness and strengthening the body is achieved through various posture training. In the fifth and sixth stages, the initial meditation and static exercises are carried out. The latter two stages are high-level practice, meditation and meditation. There are many schools of hatha yoga, and the most popular one in the world today is body yoga centered on pranayama and posture. Mainly to cultivate and develop the brain, body and heart. Yoga is defined as putting the body in a stable, quiet and comfortable posture. The perfect sitting posture of yoga must be relaxed, not forced, to calm down the body and mind, and then focus on the infinite ontology. Ha's consciousness is the sun, which is positive energy; Tower means the moon, not negative energy. Hada yoga refers to the combination of yin and yang forces to achieve a balance, so that we can maintain an ideal state of health. There are three inseparable factors that constitute hatha yoga, namely, mind control, pranayama and yoga meditation, all of which are indispensable. Achieving and completing the above three exercises can produce results and spread the feeling of good health to the whole body. Only through pranayama can the energy of the universe be transformed into the energy of the human body and the balance of the internal force of the body be maintained. And put an end to negative factors in life, such as ignorance, inertia, extreme excitement and other bad habits. Hada yoga is the foundation of many different sects, with special emphasis on physical health as an absolute prerequisite. Because health status directly affects the practice of various methods. Yoga motto: healthy thoughts exist in a healthy body. The first and most important thing is to train and develop the body and achieve the most perfect state. This requires yoga meditation and pranayama practice, and the perfection of these methods is also called hatha yoga. After centuries of tempering, posture and sitting posture have been purified. Through regular practice, people can gain flexibility, balance, tenacity, vigorous vitality and resistance to diseases, and can also eliminate fatigue, calm their nerves, so that people can get real peace in their sleep. This is absolutely correct. Breathing is the most important function of human beings, but people know little about breathing and often breathe in an incorrect way. In our daily life, due to human factors, our breathing is generally random and irregular. Most people breathe shallowly and irregularly, which violates the natural rhythm of the human respiratory system. In this way, the body can't absorb enough cosmic energy, the nervous system is gradually damaged, and the endocrine system can't function normally. As a result, the body began to lose strength and vitality, leading to frequent fatigue and depression. People's physical condition depends largely on the regularity of breathing, and even the way of breathing can highly reflect a person's mood. When people are upset, such as depression, sadness or depression, their breathing will become slow and irregular. When angry, anxious and nervous, breathing becomes rapid, superficial and chaotic. Persistent irregular breathing not only damages the nervous system, but also hinders the inherent function of endocrine, eventually making the body weak. Breathing changes with age, and the older you get, the shallower your breath is. Because we never take the initiative to care about our breathing. How important deep breathing is to health. It can make your mind flexible, energetic and feel younger and younger. Ordinary people breathe 65,438+05-65,438+06 times per minute, 5-6 times during meditation, and practice 65,438+0-2 times per minute properly, even breathing slightly like turtles and snakes without consuming energy. Yoga believes that there is a certain limit to the amount of breathing in a person's life. People who are short of breath must die young. On the contrary, people who breathe slowly, like people who taste the air, can live a long life. For example, grumpy monkeys breathe very fast and don't live long, while cranes and turtles breathe slowly and gently and live long. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that a thousand-year-old crane is a thousand-year-old turtle, which shows that slow breathing is the key to longevity. Adjusting breathing is the basic factor of our survival and the necessary foundation of health. Sucking enough cosmic energy into the lungs and supplying it to the body can promote the blood circulation of the heart. The blood flow of money transports energy to all parts of the body. Therefore, if you want to live forever, the secret is to make your breath naturally long. There are usually three ways of breathing: chest breathing, abdominal breathing and controlled breathing. Most people breathe in the chest (that is, shallow breathing), which makes it a chest exercise. Abdominal breathing is the downward movement of diaphragm, and practicing breathing should be our way of survival. Diaphragm breathing can be practiced in any posture, such as supine, sitting or standing. When lying flat or standing, your feet are moderately separated, your eyes are lightly closed, one hand is placed on your chest and the other hand is placed above your abdomen. So as to feel the activities of diaphragm and abdominal muscles. Then inhale and exhale slowly and slender through the nasal cavity, without vibration or pause. Then increase the process of normal breathing. When exhaling, try to spit out the gas, spit it out several times, then deliberately deflate the abdominal muscles inward and gently contract the lungs to exhale. Then inhale and suck it up, but don't force it, the abdomen will return to its original state. When inhaling, you will find that the lower part of the abdominal wall and ribs are pushed outward, and the chest is only slightly moved. This breathing is formed by the contraction and depression of the diaphragm. Practice 3-5 times a day for 3-5 minutes a day. Diaphragm breathing has three major effects on the body: Diaphragm breathing is different from shallow breathing, which can fill the whole lung with cosmic energy and supply enough oxygen for the body. Diaphragm breathes and exhales waste gas, polluted air and carbon dioxide in the body. The diaphragm moves up and down, just like a gentle massage, which promotes the blood circulation of viscera and enhances its function. Diaphragm breathing is an extremely effective breathing method, because it can get a lot of fresh air with the least effort. Three veins and seven rounds of yoga is also a kind of practice. Only through practice can we maximize our inner potential and awaken and realize the energy of inner sleep. Yoga is a method that combines the practitioner's ontology with the supreme ontology of the universe to achieve the unity of man and nature. Yoga can consciously control all kinds of emotions and tendencies. Yoga posture, breathing and purification are only for preparing the mind, because it is not easy to achieve the state of harmony between man and nature and enlightenment. People are only used to observing, proving and judging the external world, but not used to observing the inside, exploring the human body itself and understanding the inner secrets of life. In order to achieve the supreme goal, persistence is not the first thing, including thoughts, desires, feelings and so on. Is it difficult to do it in a materialistic society? Only in the deepest realm of meditation and meditation, the intuitive knowledge directly obtained from the inner self is the highest knowledge. There is powerful spiritual energy in the human body, lurking in the submarine chakra (Yin Hui point) at the bottom of the spine, and sleeping. Most people don't know the secret. The yogi is to awaken this sleeping soul and make it rise along the spine, pass through the seven neurovascular plexus (chakras) in the spine, and combine with the parietal chakra of the brain to reach the highest level. There are countless tiny nerve veins in the human body, also called meridians, which are a channel for energy transportation, with hundreds of thousands. Some are stiff, some are fine and invisible to the naked eye. Fourteen nerves are more important, three of which are the most important: the middle pulse, the left pulse and the right pulse, and the middle pulse is particularly important. Without the middle pulse, practitioners cannot achieve great things. The midrib is in the spinal cord. It goes directly from the submarine chakra (Yin Hui point) at the tail of the spine to the vertex chakra. The left pulse is early on the right side of the middle pulse, which is called yang pulse and is hot. The lowest intersection of the left, middle and right veins is at the undersea chakra at the end of the spine, which is the storage place of cosmic energy or spiritual heat. The energy here can only be called great wisdom if it wakes up after practice and meets the top chakra. The human spine has 24 segments, the cervical spine has 7 segments, the thoracic spine has 12 segments and the lumbar spine has 5 segments. All nerve veins originate from the spinal cord. The posture method is to exercise this spine bone, so that the 24 spines are flexible and smooth, and diseases can be cured, and diseases can be prolonged. There are dozens of important acupoints on the left and right sides of the second meridian of Ren Du, so qi is often used to dredge the three meridians, which can enhance physical fitness. There are seven chakras on the midvein, namely, the undersea chakra, the reproductive chakra, the umbilical chakra, the throat chakra, the brow chakra and the top chakra, all starting from the bone marrow. Different chakras control different emotions and feelings of human beings and are also different glands of the human body.

The true meaning of yoga

YOGA is a transliteration of its Sanskrit word "yoga", which comes from two roots. One is yuj+gham = YOGA, which means addition, like 2+2=4, or shakyams are combined and cannot be separated, and YOGA belongs to the latter.

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Who had better not do yoga?

Patients with hypertension and heart disease; People who have a bad rest at night and feel dizzy during the day; There are also women who can't do yoga during menstruation. Because yoga posture changes greatly, especially when people stand upside down and bend over, blood will flow backwards, which will easily lead to insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain, ischemia and shock.

Yoga originated in India and is very popular all over the world, but it is different from other sports. In terms of dressing, yoga practitioners should try to wear loose cotton clothes, do not wear trousers with belts, do not wear halter tops (you will catch cold during meditation and meditation), and walk barefoot. Women had better not wear bras and take off all accessories, such as bracelets, earrings, necklaces and watches.

Diet, do not eat fried food, try to eat less or no meat, do not drink coffee. Don't eat for 2 hours before practice.

In terms of environment, the most important thing to do yoga is to learn to breathe, and those gyms built in the basement without good ventilation should be resolutely abandoned. To choose a training room with relatively good air circulation, you can also do it at home. Open the window and let the breeze accompany you to finish the exercise.

Important intimate tips before practicing yoga

◆ Remind practitioners.

Yoga is a kind of whole body gland exercise, and anyone can learn it, regardless of age. In addition to practicing in the office, gym or home, there are several points that need special attention:

1. There are no special regulations on the diet of employees. You can fill half your stomach with food, a quarter with water and a quarter with empty stomach, that is, don't eat too much to avoid feeling heavy and lazy. Don't eat for an hour before and after practicing yoga, and try to avoid practicing for two hours after meals.

2. Warm-up is very important. Don't do difficult movements from the beginning, so as not to cause sports injuries. It is best to do some yoga warm-up exercises first, step by step, to avoid being scared.

3. Try to relax when practicing and allow your body to feel a little sore, but don't push yourself too hard or force yourself.

4. Don't laugh or talk when practicing, but concentrate on breathing. Keeping a regular deep breath helps the body relax.

5, it is best to practice every day, after completing a complete yoga movement, remember to lie down and have a good rest.

6. It is advisable to practice in a quiet and ventilated room. Indoor air should be fresh and oxygen can be inhaled freely. You can also practice outdoors, but the environment should be pleasant, such as the garden. Don't practice in windy, cold or unclean, smoky air. Don't practice near furniture, stove or any place that hinders practice, so as to avoid accidents, especially when doing handstand, don't practice under an electric fan.

Choose the yoga that suits you.

After thousands of years of development and evolution, yoga has spawned many different factions. At present, there are mainly Hada Yoga, Chongdao Yoga and Ananda Yoga in China, and there are some differences in postures and theories practiced by different factions.

At present, there are many kinds of yoga classrooms in China, some of which are taught by individuals without professional licenses. How to choose a coach is a headache.

You may wish to make a choice according to your own needs. Want to lose weight, treat diseases, exercise limb flexibility or reduce stress and make some friends through yoga? Or do you just want to seek inner peace?

Different yoga teaching focuses are different. I suggest you think clearly about the purpose of practicing yoga first, and then try the class yourself to experience the teacher's teaching methods and classroom environment. After practicing a few times, your body will know which yoga classroom is right for you.

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