Best yoga dvds for beginners

Bob Harper has a Biggest Loser Yoga for Weight Loss DVD that is really good.

I love yoga and started a couple of years ago with some simple videos. Now I do power yoga for an hour and can do many poses I never thought possible. I started with Sara Ivanhoe 20 minute makeover series. Since they are only 20 minutes, I would do them at the end of doing one of my other videos, or when I was short on time. I still do them once in awhile. Ellen Barrett is great for Pilates/Yoga mix - her Yogini workout. Again, I do it in addition to the other more intense videos I have. Just know that when you start doing yoga poses, your wrists might hurt. You will get past that. I was afraid at first that I might have to give it up because of the wrists, but they do get stronger and I don't even notice it anymore. After you get more used to the yoga poses, you can move on to Rodney Yee and some of the more difficult, longer videos.

She has a series of videos that are 45 minutes long and incorporate Pilates type exercises. Some standing and some floor work. The one with the yoga mixed in is called Yogini. I like to do the hard core type exercises, like Jillian MIchaels or Bob Harper. But I think the Ellen Barrett videos are good for beginners or for the days when you don't want to do hard core, or even on rest days. Although I like Jillian Michaels, I tried her yoga and wasn't thrilled. I like the Bob Harper yoga, but it is definitely a strong workout and probably not for a beginner.