Introduction to Yoga:
Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice originated in India. People nowadays benefit from the ancient knowledge. Yoga- practised properly- is the perfect way to keep your body, mind and spirit in balance.
Yoga improves your breathing. Whole experience itself is based on the different breathing exercise along with stretching and body balancing. First class may be painful and you may feel muscle pain after, however while you keep practising you can see how fast you develop in it. It is really important to choose a good teacher who along with proper way of doing the asans (Yoga figures) will show you the way you should breathe.
Yoga also improves your flexibility, opens up the space between muscles, helps to release negative energy which is accumulated within different parts of your body and after a while when you are able to control your breathing as well as be flexible and familiar with it enough, you will feel whole range of benefits coming from it.
How to choose the perfect teacher?
You can ask your friends, maybe they know somebody. There is nothing more reliable then a trusted person’s opinion. However, different teachers have different ways of teaching which not everybody gets along with. Read reviews in the Internet and choose Yoga type which would be good for you. There is Kundalini Yoga (focuses on the spiritual side), relaxing Yoga, prenatal Yoga or Baptiste Yoga. There is range of videos you can watch all over the Internet which will give you an idea and maybe inspire you to choose the right class.