Have you ever wanted to do yoga, but were nervous about going to a class for the first time? Maybe you didn’t want to feel like a complete beginner in front of a bunch of strangers…? Don’t you wish there could be some way to learn the basics of yoga in the comfort and privacy of your own home, so you could walk into that first yoga class with confidence and self-assurance? Why not learn yoga at home?
Yoga has so many benefits. On a physical level, yoga is excellent for your health in general, and will increase your fitness, help you loose weight, increase your flexibility, and can even massage and stimulate the internal organs of your body to help keep away disease. Yoga is also wonderful for detoxing the body, toning your muscles and removing stress and worry from your life. It is the ultimate fitness activity.
But walking into a yoga class for the first time and knowing absolutely nothing can be a very daunting experience.
I know how that feels. When I started yoga a few years ago, I had no idea what I was in for. I had some vague memories of attending one yoga class when I was in high school, but that was it. Would I be fit enough? Would I be able to do all those poses? Would everyone be looking at me?
What I wanted was to learn yoga at home, and then, as soon as I felt comfortable and confident with the basics attend a class. And so I did. Learning yoga at home is possible through a wide variety of DVDs, books or, as I did, through the internet. I subscribed to an online yoga course that gave me video tutorials, diagrams, as well as ebooks to absorb and learn the lingo. I also recommend subscribing to a magazine such as Yoga Journal
Learning yoga at home using an online e-course gives you the chance to learn at your own pace and to practice at your own speed (no stress keeping up with everyone else in the class.) An e-course will give you the techniques and the understanding to maintain your own yoga practice. You can practice whenever you have the time, when it suits you. And learning yoga at home will save you hundreds of dollars too in the long run.
Prasara Yoga Primer offers a yoga e-course which is ideal for beginners as well as those who have already begun to explore yoga. The course is designed to be completed in your own time and at your own pace, but promises you will see results in your desired body shape after just 3-4 weeks practicing as little as 20 minutes per day. In that time you will have learned enough about yoga to know which styles you wish to pursue AND be confident about walking into a real-life yoga class and look good!
