| Learning yoga has many heath benefits apart | | | | |
| from increasing your flexibility. Yoga is a | | | | Take a class with a few different instructors |
| lot of fun and its healthy and very calming | | | | as their are many ways to teach yoga. Hot |
| of the mind. Just a little practice will | | | | yoga is a new fad, and this involves you dong |
| bring you freedom and peace of mind. Yoga has | | | | yoga poses in a heated room. This allows the |
| been handed down over several thousands of | | | | body to become more flexible and also the |
| years and has a very long tradition. | | | | sweating purifies the body. |
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| Most beginner yoga poses are easy to learn | | | | Although most people can exercise safely and |
| and you can get audio or video tapes that | | | | start a yoga program, any exercise can |
| teach yoga along with the breathing | | | | involve some risk. If you are totally out of |
| instruction and teach yoga relaxation | | | | shape and have had no yoga experience then is |
| techniques at health food stores, bookstores, | | | | is good to take precautions. |
| online and by mail order. It's probably fine | | | | |
| to learn basic yoga poses and the yoga | | | | It is a really good idea to obtain a medical |
| relaxation from a tape or booklet, but don't | | | | test before you begin your yoga program if |
| try the advanced yoga exercises without a | | | | you have any areas of concern. Discuss this |
| skilled teacher. He or she can make | | | | with your doctor and this could include an |
| corrections to your mistakes and caution you | | | | exercise test with ekg monitoring, especially |
| when necessary, and help you to adapt poses, | | | | if you have cardiovascular disease, you are |
| if you are dong them unsafely. | | | | over 35, you have high blood pressure or |
| | | | elevated cholesterol levels, you smoke, or |
| It will be worth it to you to spend a little | | | | you have a family history of heart disease. |
| time finding an instructor who is right for | | | | |
| you. Your doctor or other health care | | | | Discuss with your doctor any unusual symptoms |
| professional may be able to recommend a yoga | | | | that you experience during or after yoga or |
| instructor. Get referrals for a yoga | | | | any exercise such as discomfort in your |
| instructor as you would for any professional | | | | chest, neck, jaw, or arms; nausea, dizziness, |
| you might wish to consult. Word of mouth is | | | | fainting, or excessive shortness of breath; |
| the best advice to find a good yoga teacher. | | | | or short-term changes in vision. |
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| Yoga instructors aren't required to be | | | | Always warm up and cool down after a yoga |
| certified at this date, but many now are, | | | | session. It's good to not to exercise |
| through many different yoga teaching programs | | | | outdoors when the weather is too hot and |
| available in the USA now. Ask prospective | | | | humid, or too cold. |
| teachers if they are certified. A certified | | | | |
| teacher isn't necessarily better than someone | | | | Follow these simple tips and start your yoga |
| who isn't certified, but it's something to | | | | practice for the great benefits today. |
| look at. | | | | |