Want to Practice Yoga? Here’s How to Start

A yoga teacher’s top tips for beginner yogis.

Mike Peterson
ILLUMINATION
Published in
5 min readFeb 2, 2024

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A woman in gray capri leggings and a black sports bra practicing yoga in her apartment
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Every yoga teacher on the planet has a secret — they were beginners once, too.

Okay, maybe that’s not much of a secret. Before you get good at any particular skill, you have to start at the bottom. Even the most graceful and bendy of yogis you see on social media probably started off as…

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Mike Peterson
ILLUMINATION

Writer. Yoga, meditation & breathwork teacher. Nature lover. | San Diego, Calif. | he/him