1-Hour Yoga Class For Beginners - Like Yoga Class At The Gym

Name: 1-Hour Yoga Class For Beginners - Like Yoga Class At The Gym
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)

Introduction to Yoga class like you would take at your gym, but in the comfort of your own home without the awkwardness

Created byCrystal Sene, Alex Genadinik's Teaching Assistant

Last updated 10/2018

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What you'll learn

Do a full yoga class like you would in a gym
Do the basic yoga poses
Learn the right way to breathe
Do this course just like you would do an exercise video every day, and make it a part of your exercise routine

Course content

4 sections • 20 lectures • 1h 15m total length

Course introduction0:39
Learn a 1-hour beginner yoga routine you can do at home, guided from start to finish. Practice daily and progress to doing it on your own.
Instructor introduction0:54
Join a beginner yoga class led by a 500-hour practitioner with about 10 years of experience, emphasizing personal practice, comfort, and learning from mistakes.
Basic yoga equiment0:33
Begin with the proper yoga equipment, remove shoes to improve balance and grip, evaluate socks for texture, and use blocks to assist poses as you start.

Initial relaxation pose and getting into our practice1:47
Sit in a comfortable cross-legged pose to ground yourself and straighten the spine; roll the shoulder blades back and breathe for 30 seconds to expand the rib cage.
More beginning relaxation, breathing and basic sitting posture4:14
Settle into a cross-legged posture, relax your shoulders, and connect with deep breath. Focus on chest expansion and grounding as you begin your yoga practice.
Initial twisting poses2:58
Practice an initial twist with arm support, open the chest, and breathe diaphragmatically for five to six deep breaths in this beginner yoga class.
Beginning table top positions7:52
Master the table top position with shoulder alignment and engaged hands, guiding a breath-led sequence of gentle shoulder openers and safe extensions for beginners.
Balancing positions2:39
Develop balance through transitions from tabletop to extended leg, keeping the gaze between the palms, and engage the transversus abdominis to stabilize the spine.
Cat, cow and downward dog positions3:41
Learn cat, cow, and downward dog poses with breath-guided transitions. Align wrists, fingers, toes, and heels, and move at your own pace to build safe, beginner yoga.
Chataranga dandasana4:08
Explore a beginner-friendly 1-hour yoga class that covers Chataranga dandasana and essential poses like cobra, downward dog, and plank, with guided breathing and safe alignment for posture and flexibility.
Flowing into standing poses5:48
Flow into standing poses with breath-led transitions from forward folds to downward facing dog, using blocks for elevation and grounding, while opening the chest in a beginner-friendly yoga flow.
Flowing into the child pose, and explanation of the child pose1:14
Use child pose as a counterpose when your heart rate rises or you need a break, stay as long as you like, reconnect with your breath, then rejoin when ready.
Flowing into more standing poses & putting together things we previously did11:49
Flow through standing poses and transitions, from downward facing dog to warrior and lunge, with breath driven twists, hip opens, and alignment focus for beginners.
Calming your heart rate2:33
Calm your heart rate by practicing a conscious standing posture, aligning the spine, engaging the pelvic tuck, and coordinating breath with balance through the kinetic chain.
Flowing into more stretching, balancing and the Warrior 3 pose5:22
Flow through stretching and balancing sequences into Warrior 3, using a focal point to stabilize alignment, breathe through challenges, and recover from falls.
Cooling exercises5:18

The right way to breathe to improve performance about 10%a2:24
Discover how proper breathing can boost performance by about 10%. Practice inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth to maintain breath, speed recovery, and sustain effort during exercise.
NEW! What to eat before workouts to improve performance and have more energy4:31
Learn practical pre-workout nutrition to boost energy and performance with complex carbs, apples, and caffeine, plus timing tips for 30 to 45 minutes before workouts.

Requirements

Be open to yoga
Be open to sticking with this as a part of your routine long term, or at least try it

Description

This course is designed to make it easy for you to start practicing Yoga on a regular basis, and get the physical and mental health benefits for which Yoga is widely known for.

In this course, Crystal Sens, who is a licensed Yoga instructor with 10 years of experience, takes you through a beginning Yoga class that you can follow along as you follow it in the course.

The other person in the course is Alex Genadinik who is an absolute Yoga beginner. If you are a beginner, you can watch what mistakes Alex makes, and see where Crystal corrects Alex. Chances are that if Alex makes some mistakes, you might make similar mistakes if you are also a beginner. And this is a good way to see what common mistakes there are so that you don't make them.

Yoga health benefits

The potential health benefits of yoga include:

Stress reduction. A number of studies have shown that yoga can help reduce stress and anxiety. It can also enhance your mood and overall sense of well-being.
Improved fitness. Practicing yoga can lead to improved balance, flexibility, range of motion and strength. And this means you're less likely to injure yourself in other physical endeavors or in your daily activities.
Management of chronic conditions. Yoga can help reduce risk factors for chronic diseases, such as heart disease and high blood pressure. Yoga might also help alleviate chronic conditions, such as depression, pain, anxiety and insomnia.

Try the course risk-free

Every Udemy course has a 30-day money back guarantee. So if there something you don't like about the course, you can just get your money back. But we are sure that you will love the course.

Who this course is for:

This course is for yoga or exercise beginner
If you are an experienced yoga practitioner, this course is NOT for you

1-Hour Yoga Class For Beginners - Like Yoga Class At The Gym

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Course content

Introduction section3 lectures • 2min

Starting the class13 lectures • 59min

Natural ways to improve performance (more coming in October and late 2015)2 lectures • 7min

Conclusion2 lectures • 7min

Requirements

Description

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