When I talk about the timing of your practice,
it doesn’t have to be in the morning. The
schedule is a personal thing and depends both
on your preferences and external
circumstances you may find yourself in.
The benefit of morning practice is that you can
include all sorts of things in it. You need to
feel awake and have the strength to do things
throughout the day, so it’s a good idea to
focus on energizing asanas. It can be Twists,
Backbends, Standing asanas, asanas that work
on core muscles and heating Inversions like
Handstand and Headstand. These are mainly
the things my body likes, so I usually go for
morning practice.
Now, morning practice can mean very early in
the morning, or it can be a bit later. You might
be familiar with the concept of
Brahmamuhurtha (or ‘The Creator’s hour’). It’s
the time that begins 1 hour and 36 minutes
before the sunrise. It’s considered the best
time to do yoga and meditative practices, for
the mind is still, and the practitioner is likely
to enter into deeper meditative states.
I have to say that I enjoy waking up early, but
doing yoga first thing in the morning doesn’t