10 Mistakes While Practicing Yoga

Looking at the ease with which a yoga teacher performs varied postures, learners find themselves pushing beyond their physical capacity. In order to conquer your body & mind, you need to maneuver in a highly dexterous, well thought out manner, so that you are successful.

In the past six or seven years, yoga has become a trendy exercise regimen, with studios popping up all over suburbia and classes filling up at recreation centers and health clubs. The meditative side has been deemphasized in favor of the physical, and much of that has evolved into more of an aerobic workout than a slow stretch.

1 PUSHING TOO HARD:

Yoga injuries have increased substantially in the past few years, with overcrowded classes and disengaged instructors to blame. Pain in Low back, hamstring, knee and sacroiliac joint - result from people overdoing it in a yoga room. People need to listen to their bodies and not push themselves beyond their limits. The exercises have to be done with ease and pleasure and not with effort, tension, striving and overstraining. Modifications or yoga aids might become necessary during initial months of practice, especially in case of a beginner. Yoga does a body good, but if you up the intensity or frequency too soon, you can overtax your body and risk injury.

2 INTERRUPTED BREATHING: