There are a lot of reasons behind practicing yoga at home - different ones for different people.
Some of the most common ones include having freedom of doing desired poses, hectically busy lifestyle, Occasional Workload, listening to your own body and having a chance of playing and exploring your body in greater details.
Whatever is your reason, it's always beneficial to do a home practice of yoga.
But despite my hardest tries in the beginning, it took me weeks to start doing home practice.
Do you know why? Because I was focusing too much on some common myths about yoga home practice.
But things changed once I attended a class of one of my yoga teachers.
That class was on the topic of "demystifying yoga home practice.
" And I learnt a simple lesson by the end of that class and demystified all the myths that were preventing me from starting my home practice - it doesn't have to be very complicated.
Take it easy.
For making your work a bit easier I'm going to talk about 4 of those most common myths: 1.
Myth: I have to find out a place and time to stay uninterrupted while doing yoga.
Fact: This one is heard commonly in the yoga community.
But if you keep waiting for the perfect time and perfect place to start your practice, then most probably you're not going to begin ever.
This is probably one of the best lessons that I've learnt during my home practice.
When you're practicing at home, there will be a lot of interruptions, a lot of "oh nos" and several "uh ohs" when you practice at home.
But once get right, you can just take a deep breathe and position yourself again in your desired pose.
2.
Myth: You need to have a dedicated space for yoga Fact: In reality, you don't need it actually.
You can try doing yoga on the floor of your living room, in your lobby, in your garden on your roof or wherever you find it fine.
3.
MythYou've to practice for long hours to see a difference.
Fact: Only a few minutes of stretching your body and deep breathes can entirely shift the direction of your day.
4.
Myth: You need to be a yoga expert who knows how to sequence a class Fact: Even if you know a lot about sequencing the class, still it'll be a fun experience to try something new and work on your desired poses.
It helps in finding the poses that work best for your body.
I love doing yoga at home because I can break all the extra barriers of rules and regulations and practice only the poses which seem fun and interesting to me.
But yeah, I don't break the rules of doing every pose in a proper way (otherwise this much freedom can instantly backfire).