The Yoga Market is now flooded with many Yoga Books / Yoga DVDs /CDs etc and people are confused as to which Book /DVD to buy but more than that some ask whether it is advisable to learn yoga from books / DVDs .I am not against any Yoga Book /DVD but I feel that if someone is new to Yoga ( i.e a total beginner ) then he/she must first visit a Yoga Centre and learn the basics from a real life yoga teacher at lest for a few weeks .The reason is each person's body structure is different and these books /DVDs have top class professionals with amazing and perfect bodies performing wonderfully those poses and many beginners feel that they are unable to do those poses as given in the book or as demonstrated in the DVD .Some may even develop pain/ injury attempting them and that leads to frustration and they give it up .
So best for a beginner is to select a yoga school /style first and attend their beginners Yoga Course with the guidance of a real life teacher . A real life teacher will help modify the poses according to your flexibility levels and will also prevent you from doing some poses based on your health and medical history .This is very vital as many people in an eagerness to learn yoga start doing the poses given in the book /DVD as it is without going through the warnings there or without making any assessment as to whether those poses are right form them .This will lead only to injury .So it is highly essential that a beginner takes the help of a real life Yoga teacher .Once a person has had a very solid foundation of a particular yoga practice then he /she can always supplement their knowledge and practice by reading books /journals related to Yoga or watching Yoga DVDs .
So best for a beginner is to select a yoga school /style first and attend their beginners Yoga Course with the guidance of a real life teacher . A real life teacher will help modify the poses according to your flexibility levels and will also prevent you from doing some poses based on your health and medical history .This is very vital as many people in an eagerness to learn yoga start doing the poses given in the book /DVD as it is without going through the warnings there or without making any assessment as to whether those poses are right form them .This will lead only to injury .So it is highly essential that a beginner takes the help of a real life Yoga teacher .Once a person has had a very solid foundation of a particular yoga practice then he /she can always supplement their knowledge and practice by reading books /journals related to Yoga or watching Yoga DVDs .
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