ANOTHER way to Improve Yoga Practice

1. Close your eyes, soften your eyes. Yoga is just fitness if you are working on a form, not on content. Yes, you can rebuild the position of asanas, work on flexibility, stand a minute in Chaturanga, but all this will not bring that benefit, thanks to which yoga is known. How to take the focus of attention inward? Modern man to do this the easiest way, just closing his eyes or defocusing his eyes in those asanas where eyes are not recommended to be closed. It is then that our sensations become brighter, we begin to awaken awareness, develop intuition. Begin each of your practice with settings: sit up straight, cover your eyes, go to deep breathing and empty the consciousness. If, however, in some asana (for example, in the posture of War II) you need to look at the thumb, then soften the look, look, but do not look, try to be inside.
2. Take care of yourself carefully. Beginners make a common mistake - they begin to force their body to quickly achieve a spectacular result (stand on your head, sit in a string and so on). All this is fraught with trauma or simply disrespectful towards oneself. Instead of imagining how many likes will get your photo of the steep asana on Instagram, remember the sweet feeling of healing. We all had injuries, because of which our body was limited to pain and immobility. But time passed, and our wounds healed, bringing a pleasant feeling of recovery, freedom. Each correctly executed asana revitalizes our body, removes clamps, pain, tension - it's fine. Do not give up this for the sake of the desire to quickly get into Bakasana. Do not rush, listen to yourself, do not forget to breathe. Priority should always be your health,
3. Make the practice smooth. If you are used to going in and out of the asana literally on the fly, then it will be useful for you to know that such a habit does not work. It does not allow you to feel the pose, while the smooth transitions rebuild the asana, do not get bogged down, enrich the body with oxygen. How to achieve this smoothness? To begin with, do not stand through force in asanas, too difficult for you - rest in the child's pose and come back again. Then you will not fall to the floor in exhaustion, and the benefits will be much greater.
4. Scan the body for tension. Although a person likes to relax, his lifestyle forces him to strain and resist relaxation. Fortunately, with the help of yoga, this can be changed. Then your body will be flexible and soft, which, of course, brings the practice to a new level. With the unaccustomed release of tension is difficult, but you can train in Shavasan. Most beginners adore this pose since it supposedly does not need to do anything. And yet this is one of the most complicated asanas in yoga. Lie on your back and scan the body with attention, in time you will learn to notice the tension and relax it with one thought power.
5. Be interested in the work of muscles and ligaments. Without a basic knowledge of anatomy, it is difficult to build a literate practice. You need to know which muscles are involved in this or that asana, how the asana affects the internal organs, how the respiratory system works. Sincerely interested in this issue.
6. Begin with a simple, go to the complex. Instead of incorrectly performing a complex asana, master ideally it's simpler variation. If something does not work out for you, acknowledge it and work on the problem area. It seems a trivial truth, but our ego often ignores it.
7. Make a list of asanas that you need to practice daily. Each of us has our weak and strong sides. Analyze them. What should I stretch, what should I strengthen? Based on this analysis, make a list of asanas that you will practice every day. Already after a few months, you will feel that the results of the practice have become more impressive due to this strategy. A good idea is to do themed weeks, for example, devoted to their sagging or stamina and so on.