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