Beginners are prone to make five mistakes when practicing yoga

1. Breathe deliberately

Breathing runs through the entire movement. When a bottle of perfume is placed in front of you, you will inhale and exhale normally, but when you are reminded to smell the perfume, your breathing will subconsciously intensify. You will encounter the same problem when practicing yoga. When it comes to breathing, your brain will subconsciously become tense, making it difficult to breathe freely.

Adjustment method: Practice more. Breathing can be practiced. Control your thoughts slowly and don't imply that you breathe deliberately. Slowly restore the breathing in your subconscious mind to a free and natural state, coordinate your breathing with many movements of your body, and drive the movements to move through every form.

2. Force yourself to exercise

Many yoga movements take a long time to complete. For example, a common small action such as pulling hands on the back can be performed normally by many people with their right arm, but it is quite difficult for their left arm. If you are impatient for a moment, force yourself to complete this action stiffly. The result is that although both hands are pulled together, either the arm is sprained or the arm is painful after exercise.

Adjustment methods: Maintain the rhythm of your exercise and think more about auxiliary methods. You must have a peace of mind to practice this action, and you can use a towel to assist you. Hold the towel with both hands and try to get closer little by little. Practice this a few more times, and after a while, you will find that your left arm can easily achieve the desired effect.

3. Disrespecting self-feelings

The process of practicing yoga should be a process that makes you very relaxed and comfortable. But during practice, you find yourself feeling very uncomfortable, either your neck is tight or your chest is stuffy...

Adjustment method: Self-respect. One of the important points in doing yoga is to learn to respect yourself. When you feel uncomfortable, it is best to stop and adjust immediately. You should use your brain more and think about why you feel uncomfortable. Neck tension may be caused by hands not lying flat, chest tightness may be caused by breathing not coordinated with exercise, etc. In short, you must respect your feelings. Although your movements are not very standardized, you must make yourself feel comfortable.

4. Care too much about the perfection of the movements

Because doing yoga can make your form and behavior beautiful. So you imitate every move carefully and hope to do it as well as the coach. But after one class, you find that you are exhausted by beauty and have no happiness at all.

Adjustment method: Understand that yoga is not a "competitive" exercise, and that "enjoying happiness and doing your best" is the best state. It is difficult to truly experience spiritual happiness by deliberately pursuing perfection. The beauty of yoga is slowly achieved through long-term cultivation. It is a kind of beauty from the inside out. As long as you complete the basic movements in a coordinated and comfortable state of your body, you will achieve almost the same effect as standard movements.

5. Thinking that the action was not in place

You think that pain is an inevitable reaction to exercise, and you are afraid that not moving properly will affect the effect of exercise. So when your physical conditions are not available, force yourself to do actions that you can't currently achieve. As a result, my back ached, and I unfortunately fell and sprained.

Adjustment method: Change your misconceptions. Pain is not an inevitable reaction to practicing yoga. Many movements, as long as they are completed in a state of physical coordination and relaxation, can achieve the effect of exercise regardless of whether they are in place or not. It is important to exercise appropriately according to your physical conditions, so that not only will you not be easily injured, but you can also feel the joy of stretching your body and mind more deeply. (Internship Editor: Li Jianhong)