Hi , I'm Christina and welcome to my channel , Kris A yoga in today's video .
I will be discussing my five tips for yoga beginners .
These are things that I wish I would have known when I first started out with my yoga journey .
If you haven't checked it out already , I posted my yoga story .
But basically in that video , I share how my first experience with yoga .
I didn't really like it and I stopped for a long period of time before I started up again .
So these are things that I wish I would have known .
So maybe I would have just stuck with it and kept going instead of taking a break in between and just stopping waiting so long to start up again .
So if you're a yoga beginner , if you're new to yoga , definitely listen to these tips that I have for you before we get started .
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So let's get into my five tips for yoga beginners .
Number one is , listen to my words , instead of looking at my body .
So you can look at my body in the pose when I'm demonstrating for an example .
But I would say listen to my instructions more carefully because I'm not perfect .
My body is not perfectly aligned and my body is still working towards more flexibility , more strength .
Um I do have some flexibility and I do have some strength , but it took me a long time to get there and it's going to take me a long time to get even better .
So I know how the body needs to be in order to stay safe and achieve the pose correctly in the right way .
And I think about what I say when I instruct you into a yoga pose , I'm saying this as a yoga teacher , when I am giving yoga instructions , yoga asa instructions , I put a lot of thought into what I'm saying and the instructions are carefully constructed so that you are able to achieve your optimal yoga pose .
Sometimes my body may not look the way your body is going to look and that's totally fine , which brings me to my next point a little bit , but just hold on for a second with that .
Another point to this is that I notice a lot of students when I'm teaching live classes , they're in their head way too much .
I can be looking straight at someone with their left arm raise and I can say right raise your right arm .
They are just so focused on what's going on in their head and I can just repeat that phrase .
Raise your right arm , raise your right arm , raise your right arm and they're still with that left arm straight up above their head .
It's just so funny how I , I do this as well .
We're just always in our head and we're focused on what's going on in our mind and we're so focused on um other things .
When we're in a yoga class , we need to listen a little bit more carefully to the instructions of the yoga teacher .
We I'll do it .
As I said , I do this as well when I am a student in class , but it is super important , especially if you're a yoga beginner , just learning the poses , keep those ears peeled and listen really carefully to the instructions of your yoga teacher .
My number two tip is don't judge a pose .
By the way , it looks , this could go two ways .
Um You could look at a pose and say that is way too hard and I'm never going to do that or you can look at a pose and say that is super easy .
Let's go for it .
I'm ready .
Looks too easy even but poses can be deceiving .
And as we all know , the phrase , don't judge a book by its cover , the same goes for yoga poses , don't judge a yoga pose .
By the way , it looks , especially by the way it looks on someone else's body who is completely different to you .
Or by the way it looks in an illustration you might see online or in a book , illustrations are not always accurate in terms of anatomy and other people's bodies will often not look like yours .
So don't judge a yoga pose .
By the way it looks , give it a try , try it out for yourself .
You can look up post tutorials online .
You can reference a book , the instructions of a book .
Um and try it out for yourself .
You can ask a yoga teacher to instruct you on how to do the pose and try it out for yourself before you make a judgment about it .
Which brings me to my next point , which is my number three tip .
So you don't like the yoga pose .
That means that you need it .
For instance , there's a post called King Arthur .
I discussed this on my Instagram a little while ago .
There's a post called King Arthur that I've done a tutorial about on this channel a few years ago .
Now , it is a very intense and deep quad stretch and sitting down all day , especially now I'm sitting down on my computer a lot .
My quads and my hip flexor are very tight .
King Arthur is really tough for me and I hate doing that pose .
It is something that I dread doing and I don't do it nearly as often as I should .
But since I know that I feel this way about this pose , I also know that this is a pose that I really need the most .
This is something that my body is in need of .
My body is in need of more flexibility and openness and ease in my hip flexors and in my quads .
So this is definitely a pose that I should be doing more often .
So this is just an example , everyone is height in different places .
Everyone is more flexible in different places .
So some poses will be a little bit easier for you and some poses will be a little bit more challenging .
I would say the ones that are more challenging are the ones generally that you need to practice the most and they may turn out to be your favorite poses .
My number four tip for yoga beginners is don't rush and be patient .
So especially when you're a yoga beginner , you might not be accustomed to holding poses for long periods of time .
That's why in my beginner's poses .
I like to add some movement a little bit , especially in the warrior poses .
I add a modification and add some dynamic movement to make it a little bit easier to hold the pose or to maintain the pose .
But when you get a little bit more advanced , maybe the strong beginner or intermediate level , you need to get a little bit more accustomed to holding the poses for longer periods of time .
So when you're a beginner , it's great to pay attention to when you want to rush out of a yoga pose .
Try to be patient and hold it for just a bit longer than you normally would want to .
Some tips to being a little bit more patient with yourself is focusing on your breath , drawing your attention away from the fact that you're uncomfortable or you're feeling more fatigued maybe and trying to focus on your breathing .
Instead .
Also another aspect of this tip is be patient with your yourself in terms of achieving certain yoga poses .
For instance , sometimes we might get frustrated , maybe , let's say if we're trying to achieve handstand or headstand or any of the inversions or deeper back bends , then we might be discouraged because they're not coming as fast as we would like them to come .
I would just say be a little bit more patient with yourself .
I know it's frustrating and everyone's body is different .
So it might take you a little bit longer to achieve this pose than you would look like to .
But I would just say be persistent , keep practicing and be patient with yourself and don't rush into anything because this could cause injury .
So you want to be safe and you want to ease yourself into a yoga pose .
Perhaps if you're trying to do handstand , you might not be quite ready to go upside down and support all of your weight with just your hands and arms .
You might need to build some more upper body strength and do some more of the preparatory poses in order to achieve that pose .
Ultimately , you just , just need to ease yourself into it and be more patient with yourself .
You , you will get there eventually , just be patient .
And my final number five tip for yoga beginners is to start out at home .
Everyone is different .
But if you're new to yoga , it is likely that you might be a bit self conscious , you might not want to jump right into a big group , yoga class if you aren't familiar with the poses yet .
So practicing yoga at home might be a great way to start .
Another way that you could do this if you're feeling self conscious is to get a yoga private lesson .
Most yoga studios , their teachers offer private lessons .
You can find tons of yoga teachers in your area that offer private lessons by just doing a simple Google search .
Private lessons are always a great way to start out if you're able to , they can be a bit pricier , which is why practicing at home with yoga videos on youtube or even yoga programs online are a great way to start out as well .
A bit more of a cost effective option .
So I hope you enjoyed those five tips and I could get into way more detail into all of the topics that I discussed .
But that would be a very , very long video .
So if you would like me to go into depth into any of those topics that I discussed in this video , let me know in the comments down below and I will do my best to make that video for you .
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