Yoga 101 | So I learned a few yoga poses… now what?

Now that you have learned some yoga poses, what do you do with them?

Here are some ideas:

1. Practise the poses you know in the morning, or evening – one after the other. (Just like we explore in the miniflows!)
2. Try a yoga pose as you’re waiting for the coffee to brew, the toast to pop, the water to boil – it doesn’t have to be a full on half hour commitment! Can you get some extended standing pose stretches in as you connect to your breath for a moment?
3. Third time is the charm – try a yoga pose you’ve learned already but see if you can switch any part of it up, maybe putting your arms up when you had them down, or trying goal post arms and then do that twice more so you’ve tried the same pose (just slightly different) three times.
4. Put on a YouTube video (or fitness app) that will guide you through a yoga flow. This is a great way to see how the poses you know can flow into each other – and learn new ones!
5. Check the new #YPB | Yoga Pose Breakdown page out & catch up on any poses you haven’t looked at yet. 🎉

Learn a new yoga pose each week with me & expand the yoga poses that you know! I am so pleased to bring the “visual catalogue” of yoga poses to life over on my new page: #YPB | Yoga Pose Breakdowns. This new page shows you the Sanskrit & English names of the poses, as well as an in-frame video of the yoga pose demo-ed for you! No jumping in and out of apps or tabs – it’s all in one spot. On the side of each pose I have broken down some key cues for you to keep in mind as you learn the pose.

When I started learning yoga at home, I wished there was a visual catalgoue of the poses I could follow. As I upgrade my Yoga Teacher Training from 200 to 500 hours, I am honoured to bring you this library of yoga poses to help you learn from the comfort of your own home!

This is just a friendly reminder that yoga poses are made up – so adjusting them for your body isn’t bad. Not every pose is good for every body. If it hurts, don’t do it. Support yourself with blocks, or a chair or the wall as you build balance and strength!

If we keep the yoga pose goal as: breathing fully & exploring the mobility of each pose – we will get so much more out of the practise, than you would trying to yank or push our bodies into a position it doesn’t want to be in.

Wishing you little moments of yoga throughout the weekend!

With Love,

Esta