Ten Practice Guidelines and Safety Tips


Anyone can practice yoga. It is a safe form of exercise to help you relax, strengthen and nurture your body and calm your mind.

Yoga is a safe form of exercise. To ensure your safety and maximise your enjoyment of your yoga class, you need to pay attention to the following practice guidelines and safety tips.

1. Treat your body with respect, care and love.
2. If you have a medical condition, always check with your doctor to make sure yoga is suitable for you.
3. Wear comfortable clothing, that won't restrict your movement or get in the way when you practice the postures.
4. Never practice on a full stomach. Allow at least 90 minutes after eating before you start your class.
5. Listen to your body and move into each position slowly and carefully. Yoga encourages self-awareness, which is enhanced as you move gracefully thorough the poses.
6. Yoga is best practiced bare foot. This enhances your sensitivity of being in a pose.
7. Do not compare and compete with anyone, even yourself, in the class.
8. Focus on your breathing as you move in and out of your poses.
9. Breathe smoothly and gently in and out through your nose. Do not hold your breath in postures.
10. Exhale as you stretch into a pose.

In practice, yoga is an ideal form of exercise to promote strength, balance and inner peace. To ensure you have a safe and enjoyable yoga session, take your time and follow the above practice guidelines and safety tips.

If you have any other safety tips, please feel free to share them with me.

Ntathu Allen, Hatha Yoga Teacher designs personal yoga exercise programmes for beginners. She helps you learn easy yoga postures which improve your flexibility, breathing practices to release stress and meditation techniques to soothe and calm your mind. To find out more go to:> http://www.yogainspires.co.uk and sign up for your free monthly yoga and health newsletter, "Healing for the Soul," full of wellbeing and holistic healing tips and; yoga exercises to energise and nurture your soul.


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