At some point in your practice, you will grow tired of yoga on DVD and may decide to tray creating your own practice. With enough knowledge of yoga, some meditative music and a quiet space, you can easily create your own practice. Bear in mind that when you are creating your practice that you want to incorporate pranayama breathing, relaxation techniques, and techniques for the asanas.
The first thing to consider when creating your yoga lesion is to begin with a bit of chanting, and come to your breath to let go of stress, fear or anxiety of any type. Starting in this way allows you to clear the mind of negative thoughts and begin to move the focus inward for your yoga practice.
You will need to select some quiet meditative music. There are many yoga music DVDs and downloads, as well as nature sounds and other quiet music that can work well for yoga. Once the music is selected, you will need to choose a sequence of asanas.
For a well-rounded practice, you should choose a variety of asanas that stretch and stimulate a wide range of muscles, organs, joints and areas of the body. Generally, you should start with some warm up asanas that will begin to loosen and warm the muscles and joints of the body. Move slowly to control the movements of the wrists, shoulders neck, knee and other areas of the body.
Consider adding some poses from the forward bends, twists, inversions, balance poses, and stretching. Each type of pose offers its own unique benefits and adding some of each type allows you to experience the many physical, emotional, mental and spiritual benefits of the practice.
Always end your yoga session with gentle stretching followed by relaxation into Savasana. Even if you are in a hurry or running late after your early morning yoga session, you need to take the time to fully relax the body to reduce stress.