Common errors and misunderstandings about Yoga?
Yoga is a very popular form of exercise and spiritual balancing, but also very often is understood by a lot of people. This is almost inevitable when you consider the incredible popularity of Yoga as a disciplined and many various parts with Yoga. Very often people have experience with a type of Yoga, but not another, and as such will build their overall impression of Yoga on what they saw. It's like people basing their impression on the German's most famous Germans know-Adolf Hitler, or more recently the portrait of George Bush at the international level as the only example of an American someone knows. The truth is that Yoga can be very different depending on whether you learn from and how they perceive Yoga. This article examines learning yoga for beginners and some of the common misconceptions in it.
Misunderstanding number one: Yoga is a form of exercise.
Well it is, but so is walking. I can walk from my couch at my table and I can hardly claim to have made my exercise for the day. The truth is that exercise is only the beginning of what yoga is. It is closer to a combination of exercise, physiotherapy, psychology and spirituality in one. How do we get to master Yoga you become mentally stronger and above all disciplined. If you can discipline yourself to do regular Yoga sessions and keep your discipline do each pose for the prescribed time and do it properly, so of course you will become a very disciplined and organised. For some people this transcends to a spiritual level, because they are so efficient and clearing their thoughts during meditation.
Misunderstanding number two: Yoga is of Hippies.
As mentioned earlier that Yoga can be a very spiritual experience, if you become pretty good at clearing while focusing your thoughts and practical exercises. But certainly you should not start with any spiritual conviction. Yoga is believed to be in alignment of the body and mind, and spirit through the attainment of inner balance. What it means to you is probably going to rely entirely your beliefs already are. For some people will experience spiritually liberating, for others it is an effective way of distressing and achieving a calm level of thought. Still others argue that these things are the same.
Misunderstanding number three: Yoga is a fad.
Recently there have been some very hyped up Yoga, making big claims about what Yoga can achieve. These are easy to associate with other delusions of exercise ' fashion '. However, Yoga is not something new and is based on documents that are hundreds of years describing exercises and poses that were probably performed for generations before. An individual style of Yoga can come and go, but as people are still stretching before a football game then Yoga will still be used.
Misunderstanding number four: Yoga is too slow to help me lose weight gain tone etc.
This is way off the mark, but we have somewhat been trained by industry weight loss weight loss, and invigorate our body is all about hours in the gym and exercise fast high-impact. That is not true. Yoga can help with weight loss and particularly bracing for a variety of reasons. First of all the exercises, while the low impact and performed statically or slowly-are still exercises. While you use them use the muscles, and in many cases, you use muscles and muscle groups that regular exercise programs ignore. The second way that Yoga can be of benefit in a weight loss program is that increase your mental strength and allow you to be more disciplined with the consumption of food. When it comes down to it excess weight is a result of over-eating and not enough exercise to burn calories. Have you ever noticed how some people can eat bun after bun and not putting on any weight at all? It seems unfair, but it is a natural result of the State of their body. Usually these people will be quite ' sinewy muscle ' and this allows them to metabolise food faster. That is the third advantage of Yoga on weight loss, as your muscles develop your body will actually become more efficient in consumption of foods and their transformation into nutrients and wastes.
Hopefully now we went some way to explaining the various myths associated with Yoga. When you learn yoga for beginners and experts alike, is very much a case of Yoga is what you make of it.
Jeff Dempsey is a student of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. He Studied and attended Kundalini Solstice celebrations in New Mexico and Florida for 7 years and is currently working on the practice of Qigong and ancient yogic pranayam.
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