Because of practicing yoga, the body becomes soft, and people who are not soft are suitable for practicing yoga. This is the misunderstanding of yoga by most people. Yoga emphasizes moderation and does not pursue the range of action completion. As long as the practitioner tries his best, he can get the ideal effect.
Myth 2: Yoga is stretching.
Yoga is a combination of mind and breathing to complete posture, which is a combination of motion and static. This is not a simple stretch. Yoga doesn't need flexibility like dancing and acrobatics, but pays attention to energy balance and uses breathing to drive body movement. The deeper you breathe, the more stretched you are. Inner breathing helps you open up the flexibility of your body. This is more a feeling of softness than physical softness.
Myth 3: Yoga is only suitable for women.
Although yoga has been greatly welcomed by women, it is not a patent for women. In fact, men need yoga to relax and relieve stress. Indian yoga masters are almost all men, and the followers of western yoga are no less than women.
Myth 4: Practicing at home saves money and time.
When you practice by yourself, you will focus on the pursuit of the action itself, thus ignoring meditation and breathing. If yoga learners don't know their body and their limits, they will fall into blind practice and increase the chance of injury.
Myth 5: The practice of posture is the most important.
Many people only care about the beauty of their posture, but don't pay attention to the coordination of movements, breathing and meditation. Yoga is an internal and external exercise of body and mind. Yoga posture is only a part of yoga, and meditation and breathing are the most important. A peaceful and healthy attitude will make your body healthier.
Myth 6: Yoga needs to eat, and you must eat on an empty stomach before practice.
Yoga never forces practitioners to be vegetarian, but with practice, you will gradually find that your body and mind are developing in a good direction, and you like a light and healthy diet.
It is best to have an empty stomach before yoga practice, but if you feel hungry, it doesn't matter to eat some fruit or drink a glass of milk, especially for practitioners with hypoglycemia, who need to add a little sugar before practice. You'd better wait for 30 minutes before eating after practice.
Myth 7: Take a bath immediately after sweating.
After yoga, you'd better wait for half an hour before taking a bath. Yoga pays attention to energy balance, so you will be upset if you take a bath immediately.
Myth 8: Practice yoga before other sports.
It is best to put yoga after other sports. Yoga can play a very good role in relaxing body and mind and relieving fatigue. If you do some strenuous exercise after yoga, it will only make your body and mind nervous and then break the energy balance.
Myth 9: Practice yoga at a fixed time every day.
It is better to integrate yoga into life instead of practicing yoga several times a week.