Hi Krystle,
Isn’t there a tiny teacher inside that box or at least a booklet or a warning from the surgeon general? Anything?
Bear in mind the answers I’m giving are based on what you’ve shared and they are not absolutes.
You may practice several times a week but to start trice 2 or three times with a day or two off between sessions. If you tend to lead a sedentary life your body will respond in one way while a person with an active life tends to respond in a different way. So start slowly and after several weeks of consistent practice (be it 2x/week or 4x/week) experiment a bit as long as you are JOYFUL in the practice. If it becomes a chore, task, or punishment then you’ve wandered awry.
Since you have not mentioned the particulars of the sessions you are doing I can’t speak to the intensity or how the body may feel from it or whether you should be completing it. I suspect it is designed such that a raw beginner cannot complete it otherwise it wouldn’t hold much value for much time. Do what you can and focus on the nature of the doing rather than the completion. Effort and feeling over achievement.
If the practice you have is very active and frisky then the beginning of it should gradually warm you in preparation. The best time of day is ultimately that time that you can commit to the practice with discipline and therefore regularity. That having been said, the body is stiff inthe morning but the mind fresh. In the evening the body is warmed up but the mind tends to be sluggish. Pick your time(s) based on these things.
Other activities at this point is a premature topic. You “may” do anything you’d like. However to have a more robust chat about what does and dos not go well (for you) requires you put a bit of yoga in your bod first.
Diet is a very broad topic in Yoga. I could fill a page. some will feedback about when you should eat while others may feedback about what you should eat. Still others will tell you what to avoid. For now try not to stuff food into your belly before you practice. If you surf through this forum and others I’m certain you’ll find more dietary info than you could possibly employ in one lifetime.
I personally would avoid the wearing of shoes at all times that you can, including your practice. he reasons are too numerous to get into here.
Above all, have fun and get started. Most of the things we’re chatting about don’t matter as much as they seem to.
gordon
