Keep your gaze toward your legs and continue pressing your chest toward your thighs to create a nice flat back. Pushing into your palms, lift your hips up toward the sky and press back into your heels, pressing them flat into the ground.
Walk your hands out about three to four feet in front of your toes. Downward-Facing Dog Image: Ashley Britton/SheKnowsįrom Mountain pose, reach your hands down to the floor, bending your knees if need be. Gently closing your eyes, begin taking deep breaths in and out through your nose, releasing any tension in the body and face and calming the mind. Standing straight up, feet about hips-width distance apart, let your hands hang alongside your body, palms facing forward to receive more energy, or bring your hands to a prayer position at your heart. Mountain pose Image: Ashley Britton/SheKnows More: A Step-by-Step Guide to Practicing the 5 Tibetan Rites Yoga Poses 1. So if you’re just starting out, kudos to you! Welcome to the world of yoga. But it’s important to remember that regardless of how long you have (or haven’t) been practicing, we all come to class with the same intention: to better our mind, body and soul. Trying something new is always a bit intimidating, even when it comes to yoga. Over 10 years, too many classes and one instructor certification later, I feel pretty confident in saying that almost all yogis, both young and old, have shared these same sentiments.
Between the poses, props and pranayama, I was more than a little perplexed by this practice they called an “asana.” Those were a few of the thoughts that crossed my mind when I stepped barefoot into a yoga class for the very first time.
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