Uncover the answers to the top questions I receive about starting a yoga practice. Dive into yoga tips for beginners and get ready to embark on your yoga journey.
I’ve been a yoga student since 2008, and I've been teaching yoga since 2011. These are the top three questions I get about yoga (and my answers). Learn more about my work as a yoga teacher, award-winning author and self-care speaker.
Q: Can I practice yoga if I’m not flexible?
A: Of course you can! That’s the point. We come to yoga not only to increase flexibility in our bodies but also our minds. To become flexible, we need to practice. The more we practice, the more flexible we become in mind and body.
Q: Can I be “good” at yoga?
A: Yoga is not a competition or a comparison of who can do it better or even a comparison of whether you did a pose "better" from one day to another. I often share with students that when we come to our mats, we leave our egos at the door. Our practice humbles us and calls us home to our innermost selves.
In a yoga practice, you don’t conform your body to meet the shape of an asana (pose). Instead, the pose conforms to meet you where you are today. Your Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) probably doesn’t look the same as the pose for the person on the mat next to you in a yoga class, and that’s OK. In yoga, there is no need to compare. The emphasis is on feeling better and celebrating what our bodies and minds can do in this moment.
Q: Where do I start?
A: Begin exactly where you are because that is where your yoga practice will meet you. You can launch a yoga practice at any time. You don't have to wait for the perfect time to start. You can start now.
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