Health Benefits of Yoga for Body, Mind, and Soul
Wow, “Power Yoga for Happiness with Eoin Finn” is not like other yoga DVDs. I completed the routine, “Daily Dose of Bliss,” an intermediate routine that takes 40 minutes. The style is Power Yoga aka Vinyasa Yoga aka Ashtanga Yoga. It is not easy, exactly, but not impossible, either. The first thing you notice about [...]
For many years when I was younger, I struggled to find help for overeating problems. For a long time, I was overly influenced by “anti-diet” gurus such as Geneen Roth, Carol Munter, and Jane Hirschmann. Following the advice of these experts never helped me to become more peaceful about food, and my persistent efforts to [...]
“Walking Yoga: Incorporate Yoga Principles into Dynamic Walking Routines for Physical Health, Mental Peace, and Spiritual Enrichment,” is a book I found reassuring. I liked it because often when I decide to take a walk rather than practice yoga, I feel like I am cheating on my true love. This book outlines a strategy to [...]
If you are pregnant and seeking a qualified prenatal yoga instructor, please note that this directory is organized by home location but many of these teachers/authors/speakers are available nationally and internationally. Please visit their websites for more information. If you are a prenatal yoga instructor and you would like to be listed here, please send [...]
Yoga during pregnancy often offers tremendous physical and emotional health benefits for women and their babies. Ginger Garner, author of the upcoming book, “Fit & Fearless Birth: The Powerful Woman’s Guide to Yoga for the Season of Motherhood and Beyond,” says, “Prenatal yoga practice addresses the health and well-being of mom and unborn child through [...]
This AM / PM Yoga for Beginners DVD offers two different routines, one for the morning and one for the evening. AM Yoga features instructor Rodney Yee practicing yoga on the beach in Maui. The AM yoga routine includes 3 minutes of conscious relaxation, 12 minutes of a flowing sequence of gentle yoga poses, and 2 [...]
Practicing yoga for weight loss is not just good for changing your body, it is good for changing your emotional well-being, too. Recently I interviewed Larry Sherman, who dropped his weight from 538 pounds to 190 pounds while practicing yoga five times per week. Mr. Sherman says that his experience with losing weight by practicing [...]
Larry Sherman once weighed 538 pounds. In 2006, Larry was so overweight he was in physical pain, to the point where he suffered a heart attack and he didn’t even realize it because chest pain felt normal to him. Larry was in emotional pain as well, constantly blaming himself for being overweight and calling himself [...]
“Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss” with Suzanne Deason is the DVD that I would take with me if I were to be stranded on a desert island. Don’t let the title fool you…this DVD is more than a weight loss yoga routine. The full DVD takes about 45 minutes to complete: 10 minutes of a [...]
This “Yoga Complete for Weight Loss” DVD features instructor Mary Pappas-Sandonas and offers 20 different routines with varying difficulty levels. I used the “Fatigue Fighter” routine on a weekend after I woke up feeling so tired and out of sorts, I just wanted to go back to bed. Instead, I decided to test whether the [...]
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