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Beginning Yoga Tips

Yoga uses the breath to connect the mind and body. Learn more tips for beginning yoga with information from a certified yoga instructor in this free yoga lesson video.

Video Transcript

In this series, we'll be practicing gentle yoga. We'll be focusing on some basic yoga postures, and gentle stretches. We'll also be balancing that out with some strength postures, in order to balance out the flexibility postures as well. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word, meaning union. Which represents the union of mind and body that we ultimately hope to achieve through yoga. And our breath can help us achieve that union. So we'll be starting our series with some basic abdominal breathing, moving through the postures, some warm up, and ultimately, finishing with our relaxation. It's always important, also, to listen to your own body when you're practicing yoga, not pushing yourself too far. Listening to the internal signals that your body might be telling you at any given moment. So we'll be going through some modifications to demonstrate those modifications that can be taken with straps, and blocks and so forth.

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