We hope that within these pages you will be guided as a beginner, through the maze and obtain help and advice that will deepen your practice.
To begin with - a good mat is essential.
We have seen the number of beginners who produce a beach towel or training mat and proceed to slip across the studio as if on ice!
Not great for others and even worse for the confidence of the first timer.
Certainly a mat can be chosen as a cheap yoga mat option but safety needs to be paramount. A mat that is eco friendly and thus helps the sustainable mat option to be adopted, is perfect.
When it comes to kitting out yoga supplies, in the West there is a penchant for trendy looks and fasion statements. Albeit this was not a concern for the originators of yoga practice, todays yogis and yoginis are excused their 'need' for looks and a fashion statement in their choice of supplies.
When it comes to mixing fashion and function we have found that the Ruth Abela Organic yoga bag is a great mix of all that is good in the art of yoga. A yoga bag that is organic, and eco friendly gets our vote.
Although we wholly subscribe to the origins of the yoga path and philosophy, accomodating modern personal tastes are totally acceptable.
Sidebar:
As an aside, we wholly endorse Georg Feuerstein's contribution to keeping the original yoga tradtions alive and can highly recommend his two audio works that must become an essential for anyone truly into yoga.
Choosing with the utmost regard for ethical manufacture, fair trade, health and respect for all life makes the precepts of living a yoga life part of one's daily practice.
So you know that when you purchase yoga supplies that are ethical, eco sustainable and healthy - you are getting and contributing to much more than great product.
You are helping develop a whole commitment to sustainable lifestyle, respect, well being and fair trade for all.
In a range of blocks for support in the practice, we believe, the very best in their line must be the Yoga Buddy. As an essential supply, the block supports are tremendously useful for both beginners and adepts alike.
For help in understanding the using of blocks and a really useful insight to the why, hows and wherefores - read here
Belts
For additional and/or independant support, belts are very useful yoga supplies. There are a range of belts from standard to luxury models.
Find out how useful yoga belts can be and the sort of postures they might be used for and that also help to improve and support your practice.
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Books
There is the practice - classes, one to one and perhaps learning from a good video or DVD - but often the introduction to yoga can come from a book dropping into one's lap or appealing at a particular time.
It may not even be a yoga book. There are so many ways that trigger a life change and so many books that might ignite our pursuit of yoga .
Here are a collection of books that have been, in our experience, seminal and profoundly enjoyable. As a part of essential yoga supplies we think, therefore, that books hold an important place.
Yoga books, self help books
This collection, that by its very nature can never be complete or definitive is in a constant state of flux. ( just like life really! )
Along with books there are excellent audio CDs, videos and DVDs that help develop the body, mind and soul and as a growing resource and important adjunct to yoga supplies.
For body Mind Health experts and essential adjuncts for yoga supplies read about the mind body connection
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Good reading, listening and enjoy!
