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Oct 25, 20203 min
Updated: Oct 28, 2020
Why do so many people drag their feet towards Yoga? Don’t let any of the misconceptions below keep you from starting a yoga practice that just might change your life!
This is like saying you can’t take Spanish class because you don’t speak Spanish. If you take the class, you’ll probably learn some Spanish. If you take a yoga class, you’ll probably gain some flexibility and calmness.
Why? People of all shapes and sizes are going to be in class. And if weight loss happens to be one of your goals, yoga might help. Thankfully even restorative yoga—the gentlest of yoga practices—has actually been shown to lead to weight loss. It turns out that when our bodies relax, as they do through restorative yoga, they are able to metabolize food more effectively.
No point in denying it, Yoga can be outrageously expensive, however community based yoga and on line yoga is somewhat cheaper. It doesn’t get much cheaper than YourFreeYoga.com, where all classes are Free.
No, you just need to wear whatever allows you to move freely and feel comfortable. Doing Yoga on line you can even turn your camera off J
You’ll be glad to know that yoga just might make you feel more energetic and help you sleep better at night!
I would say there is a good chance that no matter how much you can bench press or how far you can run, you’ll find yoga challenging. If intensity is what you are after, you might want to gravitate toward a more challenging practice like vinyasa, power yoga, hot yoga, or Ashtanga .
There will be challenges, but your yoga teacher will suggest various versions of a pose or offer modifications that make a challenging pose more accessible. And by the way, you get to take a rest whenever you want!
Once you start Yoga you will soon discover it’s a whole lot harder to stay balanced if your looking at everyone else! In short, your fellow Yogis won’t be paying that much attention to what you’re doing because they’ll be busy paying attention to what they’re doing and trying not to fall!
I’m not going to disagree with this one, but are you telling me that difference is a bad thing? You may even warm to the occasional conversation about energy, the balance of your chakras, or whether you are constitutionally more like wind or water.
You will not have to do any of these things. Unless, of course, you want to.
Why not book a free class at YourFreeYoga