Three psychological preparations for learning yoga

If you want to experience the changes brought about by yoga, then please do not treat it as an ordinary exercise. When you first learn about yoga and prepare to enter the world of yoga, make more mental preparations. This will help you more deeply experience the spiritual activities that yoga can improve besides your physical fitness.

　No1.

Understand your physical fitness and health

Self-physical examination and psychological test are the most preliminary and safest tests for your body. Although yoga is suitable for everyone to learn, the first step is to understand your own physical fitness and health, so that you can complement each other to achieve your desired improvement. Especially for those who have some shoulder, neck or spine problems, it is best to discuss with a professional doctor or yoga teacher first, and never do some actions that are beyond your physical ability. The psychological test is to analyze the emotional problems and psychological barriers that you often encounter. Yoga is a place where you can fully expand your heart, rest and vent your emotions, so self-understanding is very important.

No2.

What do you want to get from yoga

Before exploring this thousand-year-old sport, ask yourself the following questions: What do you think the philosophy of yoga is? What do you think a yoga class teaches? What do you hope to gain from it? What types of teachers teach yoga? The above questions are to help you find out the answers to unclear questions before you start referring to yoga course materials, so that when you decide to start investing time, energy, and money in the world of yoga, you can fully grasp the essentials and fully assist your physical and mental potential to achieve balance.

No3. Set goals

Before you set a goal, you must first know that the goal does not require you to do handstand movements in three months. Don't push yourself too hard. The goal is not an ambition that must be successful. The goal you set for yourself must be close to your own body and mind. This goal is to see whether your body and mind are better than before practicing yoga. In fact, it doesn’t matter what kind of yoga center you choose. As long as it is closer to you, understands your needs better, and gives yourself a score, it will truly help and improve your body and mind. This is the yoga that is truly suitable for you.

Yoga is a systemic gland exercise. There is no age limit and anyone can learn it. But when practicing at a fitness club or at home, there are a few points you should pay special attention to:

1. There are no special regulations on the diet of practitioners. You can fill half of your stomach with food, a quarter with water, and the remaining quarter with an empty stomach, that is, don't eat too much to avoid feeling heavy and sluggish. Do not eat within an hour before and after practicing yoga, and try to avoid practicing within two hours after a meal.

2. Warming up is very important. Don't do difficult movements at the beginning to avoid sports injuries. It is best to do some yoga warm-up exercises first and gradually to avoid frightening the body.

3. Try to relax as much as possible during practice. You can tolerate a little soreness in your body, but don't exert excessive force or force yourself to perform movements.

4. Don’t laugh or talk during practice, and focus on breathing. Maintain regular, deeper breathing to help your body relax.

5. It is best to practice every day. After completing a complete yoga movement, remember to lie down and rest.

6. It is advisable to practice in a quiet and well-ventilated room. The indoor air should be fresh and oxygen should be freely inhaled. You can also practice outdoors, but in a pleasant environment, such as a garden, and not in strong winds, cold, or unclean, smoky air. Do not practice near furniture, stoves or any place that hinders practice to avoid accidents. Especially when doing headstand, do not practice under an electric fan.