Yoga for mind and body - Health Tips Lesson 1

Yoga for mind body and soul - Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word Yoga which means spirituality and exercise. Yoga has been practiced by the Indian Gurus for ages. It was the only form of exercise for the Gurus who led a simple life and were particular about meditation and mind exercises. For keeping their body fit they did yoga every morning and evening.

Yoga as an exercise consists of so many exercises which deals with all sorts exercises that can be done by the us and it exercise targets a different part of the body and some exercises are solely dedicated to the mind.

I will come to those exercises later but the fact is that these exercise need to be done in a disciplined manner.

Yoga’s do’s and dont’s

Breathing is a very crucial element of yoga and that means that Yoga will be a perfect way of doing the exercises if you can control breathing. Wrong breathing while doing yoga can cause brain damage as well as hernia.

As a beginner never try to do the complex exercise but do simple exercises.
Find yourself a good qualified instructor. With the mushrooming of yoga institutes all over the country the chances are that some of the institutes may not have qualified instructors and that can be a bad thing as wrong yoga is very harmful.

Cold start of anything is bad. Same goes for Yoga never start doing the yoga exercises directly as you are more likely to cause ligament damage as well as tissue damage. Always do some warm up exercises before you do yoga.

Clothes – Wear looses clothes when you are doing yoga exercises. What that means is that Yoga should be done in clothes which are loose fitting else the free movement of legs and arms is restricted causing one to do improper exercise.


People with back and spine problems should never do the Yoga asana without consulting the doctor. If you have any ailment like heart problem or any serious health issues make sure to get the doctors advice.

Never try to outdo others if you are in a group setting as Yoga is not a competitive sport and rather it is a very relaxation oriented exercise form. So if you are in a competitive mode then the likelihood of you doing the wrong exercise is much more as well as your mind will not be relaxing. This is complete the anti of what Yoga is supposed to be.

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If you experience pain during a particular posture avoid that exercise and ask for a doctors opinion. Yoga is no substitute for doing exercises to burn calories.