Yoga for Beginners E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Serie: Health & Wellbeing
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 29

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Change is only 50 minutes away! Find out everything you need to know about basic yoga techniques with this straightforward guide.

Yoga is a centuries-old discipline that has only recently begun gaining popularity in the West. Although most people exclusively associate it with the asanas or poses that practitioners seek to master, it can more aptly be described as a lifestyle that seeks to bring mind, body and soul into perfect harmony. However, the basic principles of yoga are simple, and can give your mental and physical wellbeing a significant boost. Thanks to this guide, incorporating them into your own life has never been easier!

In just 50 minutes you will be able to:

• Discover the history of yoga
• Learn some of the most fundamental yoga poses
• Start making yoga a part of your lifestyle

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YOGA FOR BEGINNERS

SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO BOOST YOUR WELLBEING

Problem: today, yoga is often seen as a less strenuous form of exercise that involves adopting a series of poses, some of which are more difficult than others, or as a particularly popular meditation technique. However, yoga is above all a way of boosting your physical and mental wellbeing. This guide will help you to look beyond the clichés that have grown up around yoga, gain an understanding of the discipline’s underlying principles and, most importantly, learn a set of poses that you can safely practise yourself!Aims: to discover the central principles of yoga and learn some of the most basic poses, as well as the proper technique for practising them, in order to relieve stress, improve your wellbeing or even tone your physique.FAQs:Do I need to be physically fit before starting to practise yoga?Are there precautions I should take when practising yoga?How often can I practise yoga?What are the benefits of practising yoga on a regular basis?How do I know if I am performing a pose correctly?Can yoga improve muscle definition?Can yoga facilitate weight loss?

No one is immune to minor ailments: headaches, moodiness, stress, insomnia, indigestion, backache and joint pain are just some of the everyday problems we all face. While it is no substitute for treatments prescribed by a qualified doctor, yoga can act in tandem with them to exponentially improve our wellbeing.

Even though yoga has been very popular in the West for several decades, many people still think of it as a strange habit – and for good reason! It is a combination of meditation and gymnastics that sometimes seems to incorporate elements of mysticism, and its practitioners (or “yogis”) describe it as a holistic discipline that seeks to encourage unity of mind and body. This makes it very difficult to classify this phenomenon, which uses meditation and breathing exercises, in the form of the poses (asanas) the discipline is best known for, to help individuals bring their mind, body and soul into perfect harmony.

This book provides a brief overview of the history of yoga, from its origins to the many modern variants that have emerged in recent years, and explains its underlying principles and the benefits it can offer. It also features clear explanations of basic yoga poses which you can easily practise at home before working up to the world-famous “sun salutation” sequence. Plus, once you start practising yoga you will soon start getting to know yourself better and feeling fitter, more optimistic and more in tune with your emotions!

WHAT IS YOGA?

A DISCIPLINE WITH A LONG HISTORY

Although yoga is often thought of as a means of relaxation or a gentler form of exercise that focuses on self-knowledge, it is actually a much more holistic discipline which allows individuals to find (or rediscover) physical and spiritual harmony. It can therefore be considered as a kind of personal development technique that allows us to become more aware of our own senses and emotions. As such, it is hardly surprising that it is often described as a way of finding your “true self”, both in a physical sense and in a mental and spiritual sense.

DID YOU KNOW?

In Sanskrit, the word yoga is derived from the root yuj