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Lets talk about doing yoga at home.
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Yoga helps us find balance and chill within ourselves when those qualities are in short supply in our environments.
Plus, it can be adapted for every body key in and lifestyle.
And you dont need to buy special clothes or even leave your house.
Bobby Quillard
Heres how to get started, whether youre brand-new to yoga or have been practicing in classes and studios.
Instead of making a huge time commitment right off the bat, start by making small, sustainable commitments.
Let your body tell you how much it wants to move.
As my sisAdriene Mishlersays, Find what feels good.
Use stuff around the house as accessories
If you dont have a yoga mat, dont worry about it.
If you need extra traction on your cheap mat, throw a towel on top of it.
you’ve got the option to make yoga props out of whatever you have handy.
Couch cushions are a good stand-in for yoga bolsters if youve got em handy.
You dont need to buy special clothesjust find something that you could move in comfortably.
And if youre at home, dont be afraid to practice naked.
And if youre fat and/or tall, you might eventually crave a mat thats built to accommodate your size.
Plus, sometimes personalized attention can bemajorlydistracting to your practice.
Especially if youre like me and have difficulty receiving criticism about your body.
In my opinion, online classes are much more low pressure than IRL classes.
In online classes youre not distracted by the other practitioners in the room.
Youre not concerned with what anyone else thinks.
You dont even have to find childcare, because your kids can join you on the mat.
Or you’re able to just cut off the class and give it another spin tomorrow.
Its called a practicenot a perfect.
It is yoga.Everythingis yoga.
For me, yoga is the only way to handle this key in of crisis.
The calm youre seeking already exists inside of you.
