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Basic Yoga Poses for Beginners

January 3, 2018 by Fandom Yoga Leave a Comment

Any new practice can be intimidating – be it sports or music, or the geekier things I love like cosplay or learning Klingon (Qapla!, or Success! with that one). Thankfully, yoga is among the easiest practices to begin – and it’s immediately rewarding.

To start, try out these three simple beginner’s poses (Mountain Pose, Child’s Pose, and Downward Facing Dog). Start out right now on your living room carpet – or better yet, a nice squishy sticky yoga mat if you have one. For more on the specific geeky yoga things I love, click here. Or to learn a few important yoga terms – with a fandom twist – try here.

If you like, click on each for a fandom meditation – I love to connect my physical yoga practice with my mental passions.

1. Mountain Pose

Stand up, palms forward or in prayer position. Feet spread slightly. Torso over hips. Look slightly down.

2. Child’s Pose

Kneel down, knees spread or together, and touch your forehead to the ground. Arms can spread out or go under your head.

3. Downward Facing Dog

Plant your hands on the ground and step back until you feel a stretch in your calves, making a triangle shape.

 

If you want to keep going, fantastic! You can find more poses here. There is a multitude of information elsewhere about the intricacies each pose, too, so get googling.

Certainly also consider a local yoga class – there’s nothing quite like a good yoga teacher to help you get into your poses, or other students to inspire you. Yoga classes also set a meditative mood you just can’t get in your own home.

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Wondering what this has to do with yoga? Yoga means “to join” – and here I join together ideas from different fandoms of many kinds, including, of course, yoga!

Check out where yoga can take you. Or how you could start yoga with a body that might betray your love of sitting, reading, and watching? Try why yoga is great for geeks or the best benefits of yoga that aren’t exercise. How about where to start? Read this guide to the basic yoga poses for beginners.

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