Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Yoga
September is National Yoga Month! Time to unroll our mats, loosen up and chill out.
If you've never tried yoga, this is a great time to check out a class. Throughout the month, studios across the country are offering even more free classes than usual. (Many studios also offer at least one free or donation-based class a week on a regular basis.)
In honor of National Yoga Month, we've put together a list of Everything* You'll Ever Need to Know about Yoga. From easy at-home workouts for all levels to your most-asked questions about yoga and what to know before you step foot in your first class, this roundup of our best blogs, articles, and exercises is, well, everything you'll ever need to know about yoga!
Easy At-Home Yoga Workouts
Books:
Will you participate in National Yoga Month? Have you taken advantage of a free class in your area? Do you have a question about yoga that you'd like me to answer?
*Disclaimer: Everything=hyperbole. In yoga, as with anything in life, you never stop learning!
If you've never tried yoga, this is a great time to check out a class. Throughout the month, studios across the country are offering even more free classes than usual. (Many studios also offer at least one free or donation-based class a week on a regular basis.)
In honor of National Yoga Month, we've put together a list of Everything* You'll Ever Need to Know about Yoga. From easy at-home workouts for all levels to your most-asked questions about yoga and what to know before you step foot in your first class, this roundup of our best blogs, articles, and exercises is, well, everything you'll ever need to know about yoga!
Before You Begin: Answers to Your Most-Asked Questions about Yoga
Why Yoga Works: Health Benefits and Side Effects
| | 19 Reasons Why You Need Yoga in Your Life |
| | How Yoga Helps Relieve Pain |
| | Yoga and You'll Go to Sleep |
Easy At-Home Yoga Workouts
A Yoga Teacher's Best Tips and Gear Recommendations
At-Home Practice Options
DVDs:
| Beginners (New to Exercise) | |
| | HeavyWeight Yoga with Abby Lentz (We love her!) |
| | HeavyWeight Yoga 2 |
| | Rodney Yee's Yoga for Beginners |
| | Complete Yoga Fitness Beginners with Lilias Folan, the Cincinnati-based grande dame of yoga |
| Beginners (New to Yoga but Not Exercise) | |
| | Shiva Rea - Flow Yoga for Beginners |
| | Yoga Zone beginners pack |
| Intermediate/Advanced : | |
| | Crunch: Yoga Body Sculpt |
| | Ashtanga Yoga: The Primary Series |
| | Yoga Shakti with Shiva Rea |
| | Tara Stiles This is Yoga: 4 DVD Set |
Books:
| Beginners: | |
| | Yoga Journal's Yoga Basics: The Essential Beginner's Guide to Yoga For a Lifetime of Health and Fitness |
| Intermediate/Advanced: | |
| | The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga |
| | Yin Yoga by Paul Grilley |
| | Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual: An Illustrated Guide to Personal Practice by David Swenson |
Will you participate in National Yoga Month? Have you taken advantage of a free class in your area? Do you have a question about yoga that you'd like me to answer?
*Disclaimer: Everything=hyperbole. In yoga, as with anything in life, you never stop learning!
