Do’s _ Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners

1. Do’s & Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners

2. Do’s & Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners
• Asanas should be done with proper breathing through nose only . yoga teacher
should give specific instructions which will help students to coordinate the
breath with the asanas.
• With regarding to time of practice of yoga it can be performed at any time of
the day except after meals . The best time for yoga practice is 2 hours before
and including suryodhaya ( sunrise) because at this time the atmosphere will
pure , quite , our stomach will be clear & our mind will be calm.
• Place of yoga practice should be clean, calm & quite.
• During practice of yogasanas our cloths should be loose , light , comfortable
preferably cotton cloths . we should not wore wrist watches, jewellery &

3. Do’s & Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners
• Before commencing asanas programme our stomach should be empty, the
bladder & stomach should be preferably empty this will helps us to do
yogasanas effectively & comfortably.
• We should aware of yogasanas practices because it will influences , integrates
&maintains harmony at all levels of physically , panic , mental , emotional ,
psychic & spiritually.
• While doing asanas if we feel physically and mentally tired relaxation should be
taken by doing shavasan . After completion of all asanas doing shavasan will
relax all the physical & mental tired.
• Beginners or experienced yoga practitioners should never exert undue forces

4. Do’s & Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners
• As diet is concerned for doing yogasanas there is no special dietary rules.
Vegetarian diet is not essential although it is recommended at higher stages of
yoga. For doing yogasanas half filled stomach with food , one quarter with
water and leaving remaining quarter empty is recommended this will help us do
yogasanas comfortably and successfully.
• Yogasanas can be performed by all age groups only we should see which type
of asanas is useful and beneficial for which age group of peoples for example
sivananda style of suryanamaskar, sathyananda style of suryanamaskar can
easily comfortably performed by young age & middle age persons but for old
age persons Vivekananda style of suryanamaskar can performed by easily and

5. Do’s & Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners
• Ashtanga suryanamaskar A & B cannot be performed by old age persons as it
needs strong wrist and elbow strength.
• Yogasanas cannot be performed or dangerous in persons who have fractured
bones or who are chronic ailments and diseases such as stomach ulcer ,
tuberculosis or hernia.
• We should terminate the yogasana if there is a severe pain any part of body ,
medical help can taken at that time . we inverted asanas if there is a gas or
fermented intestines. Never practice yogasanas after sun bath as asanas futher
increase the heat of the body. Females should avoid practicing yoga during
their menstruation periods.

6. Do’s & Dont’s of Yogic Practices for Beginners
• Benefits of doing yoagasanas are surplus it will help us to control the mind
through body, removes toxins from the our body , increases absoption of vital
neutrients from our intaken, food increases the longevity of living of our body
,increases immunity of the body.