Yoga for Women: Basic Lessons for You!

If a woman wants a healthy way of life and release any strains and stresses, she should start her day with yoga.

First things first, take a few minutes to do some stretching before getting into your routine so you don’t cause injury to yourself when you roll out of your bed. Then place your best yoga mat on the floor and hug your knees to your chest. Raise your legs in the air and stay bottoms up until your head clears. Next stand up and drop your forehead to your shins until you feel ready to tackle the toothbrush and get on with your day. Waking up doesn’t have to consist of pouring coffee down your gullet to shock yourself alive.

Many women pile up an array of small violence’s against themselves from the moment they wake up – caffeine, cigarettes, abrasive exercises or no exercise at all. Lots of faddish fitness programs today have this violent approach – do 50 leg raises or pound your body jogging on the pavement or jump around to a rhythm not of your own making. Your approach to fitness and well-being and to life in general should be a nonviolent one – working smoothly with concentration and determination at your own pace without competing with anyone else. Don’t be ruthless with yourself and you won’t be ruthless with other people.

Your routine should ideally center on 28 postures drawn from the 5,000-year-old technique whose name comes from the Sanskrit for sun, moon and join together. The exercises should range from deep breathing to pretzel-like stretches. Yoga is strenuous, but not painful, and it gives every inch of your body a terrific workout. Yoga proves particularly helpful in strengthening a body plagued by injury. Yoga helps you maintain flexibility, build strength and muscle definition. For best results,try spending around 60 to 90 minutes on your yoga routine, before breakfast, five to six days a week.

Follow the basics mentioned here to have a healthy and balanced life:

Avoid the big seduction to only go with your strong points – like weight-lifting if you’ve got great muscles. It’s the thing that’s hardest for you that you need to work on the most. Don’t space out during workouts. Use that time to have a private conversation with yourself: ‘How do I feel physically, mentally? How is my balance and coordination today? Is there something I should pay special attention to?

Practice yoga in the early morning or early evening at least one hour after a light meal or three to four hours after a main meal. If you are hungry before practice, try tea, milk or fruit juice.

These basic yoga lessons for women are an essential foundation toward better health, conditioning, and most importantly self awareness which leads to living a healthier life..

For more information on how to incorporate yoga into your daily life, click here.

-the health dude-



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