Yoga Practice

The Union of Breath, Spirit, and Body.

Yoga is a popular way to increase flexibility, gain strength, and reduce stress. This system of physical and mental practices originated in India roughly 5,000 years ago. One translation of the word "yoga" is "union," referring to the connection of body, mind, and spirit. There are many different types of yoga that range from gentle to strenuous, but every from of yoga improves your health from head to toe, inside and out. The most common techniques practiced in yoga are poses ("asanas" in Sanskrit), breathing exercises ("pranayama" in Sanskrit), and Meditation. When done regularly, yoga can keep you healthy. It can aid in the recovery from illness and pain; and it can discourage disease. It can also provide greater mental clarity, emotional balance, and overall wellness.

15 minutes to cultivate a Yoga practice

Yoga practice, linking breath and movement

Start small in all that you do.

Do not get overwhelmed with progress every step on the road is beautiful.

A 3–5-minute practice 3-5 days a week to begin is a great place to start and get a feel for the body.
Every week extend the practice by 2 minutes until a 15-minute daily practice is reached.

Step 1

If this is your very first-time exercising take it slow and work on getting in, child's pose. Breath deep long breaths into all the tight areas.
Then transitioning onto all fours in tabletop and hold for four breaths.
Then Transition back into child's pose and hold for four breaths.
Give yourself time in these poses to receive the benefit of the stretch.
Transition through this exercise 3 times the first week, 4 times the second week, 5 times the third week etc., until you reach 10 transformations with no major discomfort.
Then move onto next step.

Step 2

Extending on from step 1.

From tabletop tuck the toes under and press into Downward dog position, hold for three breaths.
Lower down into Plank position and hold for three breaths. If you need you can be on your knees here until strong enough to do full plank.
Push back into down dog position and hold for 3 breaths.
Lower down into plank position and hold for 3 breaths.
Lower onto all four in tabletop position for 2 breaths.
Sit back into child's pose for 4 breaths
Start cycle over...
Childs pose, tabletop, downward facing dog, plank, tabletop, and repeat
Cycle through this 3 times the first week adding 1 cycle every week.
When you reach 5 cycles move to the next step

Step 3

Check out the Links below for beginning to advance teachers,

classes, and knowledge on Yoga.

I highly recommend the, Do You Yoga app.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doyou-yoga-mindful-fitness/id1205604277

Links and Info to create a Yoga Practice

With every book, documentary, blog, writing, tv show, etc. there is an opinion behind it. It's not the opinion we are after it's the information and knowledge within the information. Look for the alignment in this information and the alignment in the way it effects each life.

1. Your intuition. This is your guiding light. Your gut feeling.

Do not betray it and it will lead you to the life of your dreams.

If you have never heard its voice before, TUSOSI will help to clarify your vision for yourself.

If you listen to your intuition on a regular, TUSOSI will strengthen the connection you have with it.

2. TheNinjaCup.com

The Upward Spiral of Self-Improvement, the Personal Transformation Outlines, the Sharpening the Saw email and blog, along with a series on Podbean to help create a Valuable and Consistent Meditation Practice: https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-kw23h-bf5bfd

3. Gaia Tv and App is a platform that is in alignment with healthy living. Most all of the productions are from a principle center. Adding alignment into our lives through the things we watch. Documentaries, Interviews, and Talk shows with some of the most researched and brilliant minds in their fields. Granting access to hundreds of years of research, at our fingertips.

Meditation practice, Yoga practices, Movies, Documentary's, Receipts, and more.

https://gaia.com/invite/join?rfd=8WzbJl

4. Do You Yoga, app. This app teaches us about yoga and has beginning to advanced classes with many options for teachers. This is where I started and continue my journey today.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/doyou-yoga-mindful-fitness/id1205604277

5. Titans of Yoga:

https://gaia.com/share/cl1recgic000z0i973jb3g0nf?rfd=8WzbJl&language%5B%5D=en

6. Yoga for Change:

https://gaia.com/share/cl1redluv000s0i8d97azeg8c?rfd=8WzbJl&language%5B%5D=en

7. The Mindfulness Movie:

https://gaia.com/share/cl1reg2cx000s0iah3z3nbhht?rfd=8WzbJl&language%B%5D=en

8. Inner Evolution: A complete series. This is only episode 1. Find more on Gaia TV https://gaia.com/share/cl1reiljq000k0iapbvzle589?rfd=8WzbJl&language%5B%5D=en

9. Rewired, by Dr Joe Dispenza. Information regarding a meditation practice.

Watch the whole series on Gaia TV. Episode 1,

https://www.gaia.com/share/cl0t01uii000v0i7y15794c56?language[]=en&utm_source=share

10. The Heart of Buddha's Teaching, by Thich Nhat Hanh