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 When I first started yoga (and I’m still learning), I wanted to get better at it as fast as possible. I think that’s especially the case for someone who joins a yoga class and sees everyone doing great.                                     Yoga is about the process, the flow, feeling in harmony with your own body and mind. Never forget that! Thus, you should enjoy every bit of it. But, if you want to learn how to get better at yoga, that’s perfectly fine. How to Get Better at Yoga? Here are some tips that will help you to get better at yoga. These are just suggestions that I have personally found to be very useful. 1. Decide What You Want to Accomplish It’s important to ask yourself why you’re doing yoga in the first place. Or why do you even want to get better at it? Do you have a painful back? Perhaps you just want to be more flexible? Your goals should be reasonable and yet motivate you. My...

 For so many of us who start yoga, gaining flexibility is the main goal. Am I right? While there is far more to yoga, a more supple and bendy body is indeed one of the many benefits of regular asana practice. While we might want some flexibility to boost our ego, it’s important for our body to stay healthy, pain-free, and to be able to sit comfortably and for a long time in meditation. Which is the actual goal of the asana practice? 10 Yoga Poses for Flexibility Here are 10 yoga poses for flexibility that will also make you feel calm and in control. At the end of the day, that’s all we want, isn’t it? 1. Half Monkey Pose                                             The main muscles that get stretched in a yoga practice are the hamstrings, running along the back of our legs. As opposed to full-on splits, in half splits you can easily control how deep you want your stretch to ...