So, many people, especially beginners in yoga, may wonder in their hearts: What kind of ghost is consciousness? However, due to various reasons such as popular courses and limited time, it is also difficult to explain it clearly to practitioners. So, today I will talk to you about the “awareness” of the body in yoga practice, why it is so important, and how to improve it..
1、 What is “bodily awareness”?.
From a physical perspective, “bodily awareness” refers to the ability to perceive and feel the body. In simple terms, it means whether you can feel or feel the stiffness or softness of a certain part of your body, such as when you want to separate your toes, can you separate them, and can you feel this separation..
From an anatomical perspective, “bodily awareness” means the ability of skeletal muscles in the body to be controlled by nerves. Simply put, it is the proprioceptive sensation of the body..
Proprioceptive sensation refers to the sensation produced by moving organs such as muscles, tendons, and joints themselves in different states (movement or stillness). For example, when a person closes their eyes, they can perceive the position of various parts of their body, eat, dress, use the bathroom, perform yoga movements.
2、 Why do beginners need to improve their body’s awareness?.
After beginners in yoga improve their body awareness, they can not only better understand the effects of each pose on the body, keep the body in a correct position, avoid injury, perform yoga poses well, and progress faster, but also lay the foundation for higher-level breathing control practice after the pose, allowing their body and mind to gradually move from a rough and dull state to a fine state, and then move towards the ultimate goal of yoga – infinite joy..
3、 From a physical perspective, the main problems that beginners may face in yoga practice are poor body awareness.
1. I made a mistake in my posture, I don’t know I made a mistake.
Many beginners in yoga may have the feeling that they are not doing it correctly when they first start practicing yoga, and they do not even know about it, such as collapsing their waist, arching their back, overstretching their knees, etc. They also do not know their body’s ability to withstand it. They either do not apply enough force or overdo it… The effect of practicing can be imagined.
2. Knowing that one has made a mistake in posture, but unable to self correct, can easily lead to injury.
Many beginners in yoga learn about their problems under the guidance of their teachers, but when given a command to correct them, they are unable to do so..
The most common example is that many Ga people have uncontrollable toes that cannot be opened, no matter how hard they exert. There are still many people who arch their backs very badly, but it is difficult or even impossible to correct them. Moreover, this can easily lead to injuries..
4、 Several stages that beginners in yoga need to go through to improve their “awareness”.
1. Unconsciously, just concave the shape, imitating the yoga teacher’s posture movements, and drawing gourds and ladles..
2. There is a bit of awareness, but it is not long-lasting, such as being able to activate a muscle in the body but often losing control..
3. Perception that can be touched, fully aware, aware of one’s own body, what is being done, knowing to move when wanting to move, knowing to stop when wanting to stop, nerves can control muscles, and proprioception is good..
5、 How to improve the body’s awareness.
