Yoga Workout Clothes
Pretty much anything that you use for your normal gym workout will work for Yoga. For the first of several months that I tried it, I would simply wear soccer shorts and a T-shirt as my yoga workout clothes. A lot of other people in the class invested more seriously in yoga workout clothing, but I didn't really see any advantage to it. My clothes were as flexible as theirs, and I had no trouble doing stretches in them at least no trouble that stemmed from the clothing I was wearing! They were also a good deal cheaper, which I viewed as a big advantage.
After I got pretty serious about it, however, I decided to pick up a few yoga workout outfits. I had to admit that in certain ways they really helped. The thing about yoga is that it requires intense and perfect concentration to do it right. Any physical discomfort should be limited as much as possible, and everything should be done to help you relax and feel at ease. Yoga workout clothes do this by covering your body more evenly in that comfortable, stretchy material. You feel comfortably encased in a warm protective layer which wicks sweat away from your skin and keeps you at just the right temperature. Because yoga workout clothes are stretchy, they don't ride up and ride down as you're stretching, eliminating one distraction that shorts have. They also start to look pretty good on you once you get fit and in shape.
My recommendations for new yoga practitioners is to skip yoga workout clothes at first. Just use whatever you have bought to wear when you go to the gym, provided that it is flexible enough or baggy enough to let you do yoga. Once you've been at it for a couple months, however, try ordering some yoga clothes. Start with one or two outfits just to get a feel for it, then decide what you like. You may find that you do better in normal gym clothes, and that is alright. Many people, however, say that they find using yoga workout clothes more comfortable. It is all just a matter of personal preference.
You also don't have to confine yourself to workout clothes for yoga just to find something good to stretch in. Aerobics workout clothes, clothes for dancing, and anything else they can be used in physical activities that involve difficult stretching work great. The motions involved in yoga are far from unique. They are used in many different forms of physical exercise, so clothing that works for those exercises will work well for yoga as well. Still, yoga workout clothes are some of the most comfortable ones out there.
