Yoga

I've been very interested in doing yoga at home, I'm not sure where I should start though..

I ran into a website called yogajournal.com, it seem like it has very useful information, but it doesn't really say where and how to start as a beginer, and a lot of the thing look too advanced for me, haha.

Any advice?

 

There are many good references on the web for yoga exercises. Start off doing some of the easier ones. What I've found is that trying to do the exercises as best you can at first builds up your muscles and stretches them so that the exercises get easier after you do them for a while. How you breath is important also, so try to find a guide (on line or in your community) that includes how to breath. I have always used a book by Richard Hittleman on Hatha Yoga. It guides you through the process from beginner to advanced. Very useful.

 

I'm a firm believer in needing personal instruction, even just a few classes here and there would be better than none if you can manage it. However, that said, it's really not complicated, just subtle, so if you can really tune in with your body you should be fine.

One thing you might like to try is just being spontaneous in what you do. Just sit comfortably on the floor for a while, bring your attention into your body a try to feel every part of it, keeping an overall attention try to feel where any tension is, work with that area of the body. Stretch it out, very gently, super gently. Perhaps balance it out with an opposite stretch. Keeping your breathing natural and relaxed.

You don't need to follow any special postures, and it's probably best if you use your finely tuned intuition to discover what you really need rather than copying something from somewhere else. Pretty soon you will discover things about your body you never knew and how interrelated this is to everything else in your life. As your awareness deepens and becomes more subtle your practice will too.

This is what I would recommend if you want to practice at home. Be extremely gentle in everything, with your awareness, your breath and any stretching, letting your body lead you. As a secondary resource I would suggest "Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha"

 

Thank you guys for your input.

I did a little researching... I think beginning this is going to be a big stress reducer.

I'm hoping there are more people to voice their opinion just so that I have several idea and input to choose from. It's very much appreciated.

 

Perhaps drop in a class and see how you like it?
It would be good to develop correct posture and technique for poses.

 

it's really expensive, and I can't afford it, right now I'm moving from Indiana to Seattle, so there is alot going on...

 

In Seattle there are a lot of great places to choose from. Plus, many will let you take one or two classes for free to try it out

 

try looking online at iyogalife.com
i found it while looking to do yoga, too and it has helped me out alot!

 

I've had to look into that, it's actually in Federal Way, WA

Thank you!

 

its kinda difficult to do this from the internet...
How you going to do perfect forms when your trying to see the video on the computer?
not saying it cant be done, but its not as easy as some people think..
might be if you have 4 screens to watch

 

Oh, crap, we have to be perfect???? Where's my razor blade...

 

Check out your local library, I'm sure there's tons of books for beginners.

 

Yea, not only that my computer is in my kitchen.

I thought about writing out the positions and learning them one by one and putting together an routine to do it.

haha, I'm sure it's better if you do it close as possible, some you may result in injury.

 

I just came across this and I thought it might be helpful:
http://samadhirush.blogspot.com/

 

there are television shows depending on what kind of service you have, also there are plenty of videos you can find

 

Thank you.

I don't subscribe to a television services, I have OTA programming.

 

Check out yogatoday.com. They have a different free class every week. For 9.99 a month, you can have unlimited classes. There are about 180 to choose from. There are quite a few that are for first time yogis. There are 3 different teachers so there is a nice variety and they are all outdoors in beautiful settings.

 

As much as I believe that nothing beats face-to-face guidance, the yogamazing podcast is pretty cool. I found it off iTunes, but you can go to yogamazing.com too.

 

Yeah, I don't know how much Federal Way is going to offer on the yoga front (Washington native here). But it is a half hour away from either Seattle or Tacoma, where there are lots of options. Maybe you could take a class once or twice a week, then practice at home?

 

These are two of the best sites on the net about all aspects of yoga.
If you don't believe me check them out, you will be surprized at what you find.
http://yogavision.net
http://yogamag.net

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