Yoga DVD
Everyone has done it. You buy a Yoga DVD planning on using it to supplement your workout routine, but instead it gathers dust sitting on top of your television in the movie rack. It can’t help you there of course and the money you spent on it is going to waste. When you buy a yoga DVD you should consider these bad choices careful and consider this purchase with the same care as you would when buying any other piece of workout equipment.
Ask yourself why the unused yoga DVD didn’t work out for you. Was it too hard? Was it too much of a beginner class for you causing an unexpected nap while doing the Downward-Facing-Dog position? Did you find out after buying the yoga DVD that you’d need equipment you don’t have or perhaps the positions were impossible to do in the space you have for working out?
Consider these questions while looking over some possible replacements, which might actually spend more time playing on your television than laying on it next to the blockbuster movies you’ve already seen.
Ana Brett and Ravi Singh are big names in yoga classes and yoga DVD’s. They have DVD’s for beginners, intermediates, and a variety of specially classes.
Some of their yoga DVD’s include:
Fat Free Yoga: Lose Weight and Feel Great. This DVD is for beginners and beyond.
Warrior Workout: Kundalini Yoga This is a fast paced DVD featuring both positions and mediation. From this DVD, you’ll get a good stretching, cardio and meditation fix. You’ll need room to stretch out for this DVD workout.
Gillian Marloth is one of the top fitness and yoga instructors in America, and it shows in her yoga DVD Yoga Booty Ballet Complete Workout System. This has the feel of a dance class. You’ll need to move any breakable objects out of the area since this a workout heavy on balance. You won’t be spending much time on the floor.
Alan Finger began studying yoga at the age of 16 in his home in South Africa with some of the most revered swamis of this age. It’s no surprise he created his own yoga style called ISHTA Yoga a flowing breath based workout, which teaches alignment, mediation and healing.
As part of the Yoga Zone DVD series his Introduction to Yoga is for beginners, but you won’t get bored too quickly with this choice. This DVD covers all the basic positions with patience, detail and care. You’ll need lots of floor room and a mat.