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Yoga links!

auddii
auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
edited January 17 in Social Groups
I keep hemming and hawing around yoga, but maybe some good links will help. I know some have been thrown around in the chat threads, but that information gets lost so easily.

So, please post links to your favorite yoga videos (free would be great, but if you have one that's amazing on DVD let me know that too).

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  • Soosannah
    Soosannah Posts: 270 Member
    I keep hemming and hawing around yoga, but maybe some good links will help. I know some have been thrown around in the chat threads, but that information gets lost so easily.

    So, please post links to your favorite yoga videos (free would be great, but if you have one that's amazing on DVD let me know that too).

    Check your PBS channel or that exercise channel fitv I think. I DVR a lady on SC PBS station that I luckily get here in NC (I'm only 20 mins from state line) who does 15 min programs in the morning. She's 70+ looks in her 50s and as limber as a snake.

    Also check out www.yogajournal.com under video section
  • hofosho1020
    hofosho1020 Posts: 179
    LOVE YOGA!!!!!! I used to teach, and I still try to go once a week or so if I can. I love anything Rodney Yee, and there is another awesome guy whose name is escaping me. I'll think. His videos are fun and not so....stuffy. Also, Bob Harper's TBL yoga video is good!
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    These are my go to sites:

    http://www.doyogawithme.com (also on YouTube)
    http://www.youtube.com/user/yogayak/videos?view=0
    http://www.youtube.com/user/SarahBethShow/videos?view=0
    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=befit+yoga
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    I absolutely love anything to do with Yoga Zone. They're two 20-minute workouts per DVD and you can do one at a time or both together. They're fairly cheap too. I have the Evening Stress Release and Intro to Power Yoga and Yoga for a Healthy Back or somesuch. They're all good, but Evening Stress Release is by far my favorite.

    Rodney Yee is always a good one, and any of the Gaiam yoga DVDs are probably a safe bet.

    Use Youtube for previews (I noticed some folk even have full-length workouts on there). Stay away from anything that says "power yoga" though because that's probably going to kick your tail right now. Stick with anything that says "for beginners" for now and you should be just fine. Your body will let you know when you can move on, and just about all of the major poses have an ez mode variation anyway (i.e. starting off with bent knees rather than straight, etc.).

    You can get hurt doing yoga if you do too much, too fast, so just FYI. Take it easy, ease into the poses, respect your limits (while pushing them just a little bit each time) and you'll do well.

    Get a mat, find a room with a flat surface (carpet is fine), get some comfy clothes on, let the tootsies free (no socks or shoes) and just have at it. If you don't have a mat, make sure you can get traction on whatever surface you happen to work out on, that's the main thing. Because trying to downward dog on carpet while constantly having to adjust due to slipping around isn't going to benefit you much. :smile:
  • tageekly
    tageekly Posts: 3,755 Member
    And DVD's I really like:

    Bob Harper's Yoga for Warrior
    Sara Ivanhoe's 20-Minutes Series (It's a series of 5-6 shorter practices)
    Most anything from Rodney Yee
  • Amazing1985RSD
    Amazing1985RSD Posts: 280
    yogadownload.com has some videos available for free. They also have yoga DVDs available at the library. Two of the instructors that I like are Rodney Yee and Shiva Rea.
  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
    Soos beat me to the Yoga Journal rec.

    I belong to www.yogaglo.com which gives me access to a butt-load of streaming classes. It's $18 a month.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Copying this link here so I don't lose it.

    http://www.myyogaonline.com/learn-more
  • zorreena
    zorreena Posts: 267 Member
    I just do the sun salutation sequence like 5 times. This is the sequence I do in the steam room. its super easy and feels great after lifting. Photo at link below. Video at YouTube second link down.

    http://benefitsofyoganow.com/sivananda.html

    If you look at the above website it explains the different types of yoga.

    Check it out a simple sequence: http://youtu.be/UjABtrkCYEA

    It may feel hard at first but if you repeat it a few times it gets easier.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    I just do the sun salutation sequence like 5 times. This is the sequence I do in the steam room. its super easy and feels great after lifting. Photo at link below. Video at YouTube second link down.

    http://benefitsofyoganow.com/sivananda.html

    If you look at the above website it explains the different types of yoga.

    Check it out a simple sequence: http://youtu.be/UjABtrkCYEA

    It may feel hard at first but if you repeat it a few times it gets easier.

    Thanks Z, I hadn't gotten to checking out your links yet. Thank you for putting them here; wouldn't want to lose them in the depths of the chat thread.
  • kirabob
    kirabob Posts: 481 Member
    I love Yoga Journal too, and Rodney Yee - but if there is any way you can take a class, I highly recommend it. Ask around about a good instructor, and give it a few chances - it makes a world of difference to have someone experienced watching you, giving you alternatives, and correcting your form.
  • chubby_checkers
    chubby_checkers Posts: 2,352 Member
    Bumping this as a reminder to myself.
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    I'm gonna be old school and recommend that you find an Iyengar teacher. Maybe an Anusara studio. Both styles specialize in alignment and form; their teachers are well-versed in injuries and other physical limitations and will help modify poses according to your anthropometry and flexibility levels. Iyengar teachers have to train for two years before they are released into the wild, unlike Ashtanga ones (who often have as little as a few months of teaching training).

    You can continue practicing at home between classes.

    I like Yoga Journal's audio podcasts with Jason Crandell (note in particular the class-like sequences at the bottom of that page):

    http://www.yogajournal.com/video/teacher/Jason_Crandell

    For non-free ones, I am fond of Patricia Walden's old Gaiam videos, and Barbara Benagh and Bryan Kest's stuff. Bryan Kest's Power Yoga DVDs are fairly advanced, not something I would recommend to a beginner, but they are as close as you get to an Ashtanga class at home.

    I have a couple of Yee's DVDs but I confess I do not like them as much as the ones I recommended above. He moves too fast for me--I like to enjoy the pose a bit before moving on to the next one.
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
    Classes? With real teachers? THAT is an interesting concept...I searched, and the closest yoga studio is almost 30 miles away in the next county.

    Gotta love rural eastern NC...Times like this I wish I did live in Raleigh or one of the larger cities... LOL
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