I am stiff and have no foundation. Can I practice yoga?

Practicing yoga doesn't really need a foundation. You don't need a body as soft as dancing, and it won't be hard to break. Yoga is a posture, not so coherent, and has no special requirements for the body. You can practice at any age. Yoga asana practice is to conform to the body, so that your body can bear it, and don't force yourself to be like others. Because everyone's figure is different, some people are soft, some people are stiff, take your positions, and don't compare with others.

Many people will say, "My bones are so hard that I can't practice yoga". In fact, if the body is stiff, it is not a hard bone. Hard bones prove that our own bodies are strong. The "hard bone" we often say is actually that our muscles are tense and it is difficult to stretch. If our bodies are stiff, we need to practice yoga. As the saying goes, "An inch long tendon will last ten years". Yoga practice does not mean that reaching a certain position is correct. Everyone has their own standards, which are different, as long as they are comfortable. Flexibility is slowly opened in the process of practice.

Many beginners think that practicing yoga requires good flexibility. In fact, there are not many flexible exercises in a basic yoga class except Yin yoga. There are several poses in a class, and others are basically strength exercises. So after a class, you will feel very tired. Beginners practicing yoga are actually more lack of strength. They usually do little exercise, and a lot of arm strength and leg strength are insufficient. After practicing for a period of time, they will gradually get better.

Yoga is a national sport, which can be practiced by people up to seventy or eighty years old and children down to several years old (children can practice special children's yoga). Practicing yoga has many benefits. First of all, you can lose weight and improve your temperament. Plasticity works well, because yoga needs to stretch your back, abdomen, shoulders and so on. So after practicing for a period of time, you will find yourself tall and straight and have a temperament. Then you can adjust your endocrine, improve your sleep quality, and adjust your mood, especially when you are in a bad mood. You will feel much better after practicing yoga. Of course, it will also improve some physical conditions, such as low back pain, scapulohumeral periarthritis and cervical spondylosis. Practicing yoga under the guidance of professional teachers will improve. There are still some diseases that need to be consulted by a doctor before deciding whether to practice.

In a word, yoga has many benefits. When you really practice yoga, you will find that yoga is not what you see in the video. Every pose has a lot of details. When you really do it, you will find that practicing yoga is actually very tiring. If you want to practice yoga, I suggest you go to a yoga studio and find a professional yoga teacher to practice. Don't blindly follow the video to practice, because yoga has many postures, and the teacher in the video can't adjust according to everyone's figure, which is easy to cause some physical harm.