When is the best time to practice yoga?

Regular physical exercise can make our bodies healthier. Yoga is the most popular aerobic exercise. Persisting in yoga exercise can greatly improve the body's immunity. Different yoga movements have different effects on the body. However, if you want to improve your body through yoga, you must master the time. Let's find out when is the best time to practice yoga.

When is the best time to practice yoga?

It is recommended to practice yoga in the early morning or evening. Morning exercises are active and you can do a full range of exercises. Each time you finish practicing, regardless of the time or season, you should end the exercise in the corpse pose. The afternoon practice is different in approach and can also be done as a separate exercise, emphasizing a series of seated forward bends. There are bound angle pose, single-leg forward bend with head touching knee, seated open angle pose, and back stretch. Then practice gentle back bends like Snake Pose, simple twists that tone the spine like Spinal Twist or Half Lord of the Fishes Pose, and an inversion.

Every season brings different yoga practices. If you live in an area with hot summers, it's best not to use too high an intensity. If the temperature is above 80, 90, or even 100 degrees Fahrenheit, you should pay attention to the appropriateness of the exercise during practice.

Do a set of combination exercises in the summer. Start with seated meditation, cold breathing, and a complete set of yang prayer poses. Next comes the back bend to restore mental and physical strength, such as practicing it while lying down with a rolled-up blanket tucked under the shoulder blades. Then there are inverted positions, such as raising your legs against the wall and shoulder stand. These two handstands are less strenuous than the headstand. After completing the above exercises, wash your hands, face and feet with a cold towel soaked in lavender scent, and then do the corpse pose.

The mild and cool weather of fall allows for vigorous movements such as back bends.

Winter is for quiet thoughts. If you feel depressed during the winter, focus on practicing calming and restorative forward bends, back bends, and chest-expanding exercises such as camel pose, one-legged pigeon pose, and reverse arch pose. There are also hand balances such as handstand, crane pose, and octagon pose that can evoke energy and an open mind. Because it is cold in winter, even if it is warm indoors, you still need to take time to warm up your muscles, such as doing a few half-poses of the Qi Yang pose. During this season, don't dwell on how stiff your joints are; focus on cultivating the feeling of your body.

Spring is the best time to perform the Yang-praying ceremony. As the days get longer, practicing sun salutes can feel like there's a beautiful call and response between you and the sun. Spring is also a time of new beginnings, a great opportunity to add new positions to your practice.

Finally find your own reflection and experience of the four seasons. At the same time, be careful not to change the content of your practice too often, and cultivate a sense of change within yourself. You can establish a relatively stable practice method of your own, with fixed content for daily practice and changes in key practice. This is a very powerful way to make progress.

The above is an introduction to when is the best time to practice yoga. After understanding it, we know that the time and method of yoga exercises must be adjusted in different seasons. In addition, we must continue to choose according to our physical condition. If we want to do better physical exercise, we must persist for a long time to achieve better results.