How to start yoga at home
A realistic first month of home practice — what you actually need, how long to practise, which shapes to learn first, and how to avoid the most common beginner mistakes.
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Guides
Answers to the questions that come up in the first year of practice — written to be used, not admired.
All guides
- Yoga for a stiff lower backA careful, practical approach to moving with lower-back stiffness — which shapes tend to help, which to avoid, and the warning signs that mean you should stop and see a clinician.3 min read
- A practical guide to yoga propsWhat blocks, straps, bolsters and blankets actually do, which ones are worth buying first, and how to improvise at home without hurting yourself.3 min read
- Sanskrit pose names, explainedHow yoga posture names are built, the roots worth recognising, how to pronounce them, and why learning the Sanskrit is more useful than it sounds.3 min read
- Breathing basics for yoga practiceDiaphragmatic breathing, ujjayi and alternate-nostril breathing explained simply, with the ratios worth using and the mistakes that make people dizzy.4 min read
- Build a daily practice that survives a bad weekWhy daily yoga fails, what a minimum viable practice looks like, and how to design a habit that holds when work, travel and exhaustion get in the way.3 min read
Looking for a pose instead? Thepose libraryhas alignment, benefits and cautions for all thirty-six postures.
The practice letter
One email a month: a sequence to try, one pose explained properly, and something worth reading. No offers, no countdowns.