Cupping guides

Yoga for beginners at home: 10 poses with correct technique, a 10-minute morning session and a 15-minute evening session, pilates or yoga, common mistakes, and cupping that loosens you up before the session

Yoga at home needs a mat, ten minutes and ten poses that cover most of it: the parts of the sun salutation, warrior, triangle, downward dog, child's pose, cat-cow, pigeon, supine twist. Here are the poses with technique and modifications for stiff hips, sore knees and wrists, a 10-minute morning session that wakes the body and a 15-minute evening session that winds down, how to choose a yoga style (hatha, vinyasa, yin, restorative) by goal and body, the difference from pilates and when that suits better, the most common beginner mistakes (locked knees, held breath, too deep too soon), when to abstain or modify, and how five minutes of cupping of hips, upper back and hamstrings before the session makes the poses accessible.