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January 12, 2021

Common Mistakes in Vinyasa Yoga Classes

Vinyasa yoga is all about movements and flows from one posture to another. There are numerous benefits of Vinyasa yoga practice and if you want to see these benefits in your life, you must practice it according to certain rules. If you do not practice it properly, you will not be able to get the benefits of Vinyasa yoga practice. That is why, during the Vinyasa yoga teacher training programs, Vinyasa yoga teachers are told about all the basic mistakes that people can make during the practice of Vinyasa yoga and how to rectify all those mistakes.  

You need to make sure that you avoid all these mistakes during the practice and when you are teaching, you need to make sure that your students are also avoiding those mistakes. By doing this, you will be able to amplify the positive impact of Vinyasa yoga. Below is the list of these common mistakes and how to avoid them.  

  • Losing focus: distractions are a great issue. You lose your focus while practicing Vinyasa yoga. If you lose your focus due to any of the distractions, there is a chance that you will forget your pose and you might end up discontinuing it. That is why you must keep your attention on your position or pose. 
  • Holding the breathing: many practitioners either hold their breathing during certain poses or they start inhaling and exhaling quickly. This leads to breathing problems and you might even feel suffocation. Working on your breathing is important but you do not need to hold your breathing during certain positions. You should keep breathing properly during the whole session.    
  • Not hydrating yourself: It is important to be hydrated enough. If you are not hydrated enough, there is a chance that you might have to drink in between your flow, that is because Vinyasa yoga creates a lot of hotness inside you and your body produces sweat and your heat dissipates through the sweating process. But if you are not hydrated enough this heat will not be able to escape from your body.
  • Forgetting to stabilize yourself: Most people forget to stabilize themselves when they enter a pose or transition into another pose. This creates imbalance and you can fell on the ground as well. Also, this creates a lot of other problems during the practice as well, so you should focus on stabilizing yourself before the transitions.                                                                                                                               
  • Incorrect position of your arms and feet: In almost all of the Vinyasa yoga poses, you need to move your arms and your feet, and you need to keep them in certain positions. 

Conclusion: 

As said earlier, you must avoid all those mistakes when practicing Vinyasa yoga to get the best results. You can learn more about Vinyasa yoga poses and how to perfectly perform them from the Vinyasa yoga teacher’s training courses and you can also get a certification as well. So that you can teach Vinyasa yoga to others.  

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