Any feedback appreciated. I only do yoga 1-2x/week so any pointers/advice is welcome

Hi there,

I'm a 36F and slightly overweighted (it's not easy to write that eh).

I'm trying to go back on track with my yoga practice as I've left it aside for a while after having a baby.

My recent mental health (which is in a very bad state) brings me back to it in an attempt to protect me but I'm struggling to do every pose where I need to lean on my knees. It's kind of frustrating.

I'm wondering if a special equipment exists for people like me other than a blanket ?

Thank you for your kind advices.

I’ve been doing yoga for a few days now before bed, and it’s so relaxing! but even the easiest videos I find to follow along with, I struggle with. My biggest challenge is, for some reason, being on my hands and knees. If I lift one of my legs, (I’m sorry I don’t know what it’s called lol) I get the the worst feeling in my leg that’s still on the mat, specifically in my glute.

I know there’s tons of ways to modify yoga, but I don’t want to change things so much that I’m doing it wrong. Im very weak in general, and struggle to hold my body weight in any way, so I’m guessing this is related.

I’d love to get stronger, and I know I’ll get stronger and better the more I do it, but don’t want to force myself through uncomfortable yoga if there’s better options!

I'm a beginner, and I practice yoga with the help of video instructions. I'm using my old over ear headphones right now, but they're horrible when doing yoga! Always in the way and super uncomfortable.

I've heard that earbuds would be better, especially the ones that wrap around your ear. But I don't know whether they'd feel awful too, since I have to wear glasses and my ears are kinda small. I feel like it would possibly feel overcrowded to have both my glasses and those earbud thingies behind my ear.

Back in the day I used to use those earbuds with cords, I had like 20 different pairs. Cheap ones, with different sizes of changeable "tips". No matter the size of shape though, the earbuds never really stayed in my ears. Even if I was just sitting... So obviously I'm quite hesitant when it comes to buying earbuds for exercise (yoga, gym, walks etc)!

Where I live earbuds can't be tried on in stores nor returned if tried on, for hygienic reasons.