How to Start a Home Yoga Practice

Did you know yoga was designed to be taught one-on-one? Not in classroom settings?

The reason? Yoga is individual. Not everybody’s body is the same. Not everyone needs the same thing.

While launching a home yoga practice is a great way to advance your practice—and a huge time saver—it’s no easy task!

One of the fastest ways to launch your home practice is to do a yoga teacher training. I can’t speak for other programs, but I know in mine everyone is encouraged and expected to develop one. Though it’s challenging while in process, many graduates thank me years later.

For years before I opened the first dedicated yoga studio in Columbus, I practiced alone at home. There simply wasn’t anywhere else to go or take class.  There were a few things that really worked to get me going.

So here are some of the ground breaking tips we teach in the training to help get your home practice going.

Tip #1:

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither is a home practice.  Start with something small and realistic.  You wouldn’t run a marathon cold turkey.

Tips #2:

Set a daily practice time, even if it’s only 15 minutes—and keep it.  Even if you take classes, there’s no substitute for a personal home practice.  Your home practice will teach you to listen very closely to your body and what it needs.  Even if all you do is sit on your mat for the 15 minutes, you’re making progress. Choose a time that works every day. My favorite is 6am.  I get the most important—and possibly most difficult thing—done before my work day begins. And, I feel like a million bucks.

Enjoying learning these tips?

If so, it may be time to consider enrolling in my Yoga Teacher Training Program.  In it, you’ll learn mat skill secrets to advance your practice and much more.  The next one starts July 11th and there are still some seats open.

Then let me know here how your practice is going!

Love and brilliance,

Laurel

 

 

 

 

 

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