Foras Aje was born in Washington DC and at the age of four moved with his family to Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, Nigeria. It was here that he was endowed by his father with a desire to delve into the cause and reasons for occurrences and results.
This lent itself into finding the solutions to the maladies acne and asthma, of which he was suffering, after other conventional methods proved unsuccessful. Consequently, this placed him on the path of naturopathy otherwise known as drugless healing.
Through a radical change in diet and exercise: (Yoga and Calisthenics), he was able to banish close to a decade of his marring acne and a lifetime of asthma. Along with this came the disappearance of depression, lethargy and a marked increase in overall health and fitness.
Convinced of the efficiency of the methods passed down from great health pioneers, in his words: "My goal is to show as many people as I can the wonderful results of Nature's way of healing the body if she's only given half a chance! There is no limit to the potential the human body has when it adheres to her laws! With proper diet, positive mental attunement and exercise, any and everyone can unshackle the bondage of misery and disease in one's own life."
One has to crawl first to walk.
This fact is especially true in regards to keeping fit, as anyone who knows anything about fitness and exercise knows that you have to start somewhere AND slowly, and the same principle applies to Yoga.
When I mentioned to my friend that I practice Yoga, she asked me for clues on the best yoga tips for starters and how to apply them for maximum efficiency.
In no particular order, I gave her this list:
- Get a good Yoga Mat.
- Get some nice Yoga apparel
- Make sufficient space in her room.
- Get a metronome for accurate timing needs.
Now, I handed her information on the very core of yoga tips for starters, in fact the very core of Yoga itself (and in some circles, Martial Arts AND Indian Wrestling. These babies are called the Sun Salutations.
Besides being an essential element in yoga tips for starters, they are quite indispensable as they stimulate and balance all the systems of the body including the endocrine, circulatory, reproductive and digestive system.
Other Poses for Yoga tips for starters include the following:
- The Shoulderstand.
- The Bridge Pose
- The Fish Pose
- The Head to Knee Pose
- Backward Bending Poses
- Twisting Poses
- The corpse pose.
Purposely, I ommitted the mentioning of the abdominal and breathing exercises, for now, till I felt she would be ready to learn and use them in her yoga routine.
I also stressed that for using yoga tips for starters, she perhaps may only need to practice mainly the afore-mentioned sun salutations for time constraints and all. I mean 24 reps of them IS a workout friends.
So, if like my friend you are in need of assistance with getting started with yoga, it is my hope that these tips will come in handy to aiding you in striking your favorite yoga pose.
Om,
Foras Aje is an independent researcher and co-founder of BodyHealthSoul LLC. Stop by His Yoga for Beginners Blog today for more information on beginner yoga exercises