Yoga DVDThere are products for pre-natal and post-natal women, yoga to realign your back, strengthen your core, meditative and restorative yoga, yoga for physical and mental balance. Beginners, intermediate and advanced classes, and so on. In general the best yoga DVDs cover a series of classes with a sequenced range of poses with differing emphasis. They may not be the cheapest of the yoga DVDs available, but they are the best value for money with a depth of information and detail lacking in cheaper products. Most yoga DVDs will require you only to find a roomy quiet space, dress in comfortable yoga clothes that allow you to move or move with you and a yoga mat that will prevent soreness and slipping on any floor surface. Styles of yoga include Ashtanga yoga. This is a form developed in India in the 1940s. The postures are progressive and you will produce intense internal heat and sweat profusely.
Iyengar yoga is concerned with body alignment and precise movements. You may be required to use blocks or straps if you are a beginner and lacking flexibility. Iyengar yoga is suitable for people with back pain or neck pain, as they are likely to benefit from the close attention to the poses. In Iyengar yoga the teacher focuses on alignment and inner awareness. There are other forms of yoga that are more meditative or spiritual or require a heated room, but they less suited to home use. You may have heard of Yogalates. This is a combination of yoga and pilates. Yoga focuses on flexibility, then strength. Pilates focuses on stability, then strength and flexibility. Pilates helps develop a stable core, sometimes taken for granted in yoga classes. Yogalates is perfect for home practice, being low impact yet highly effective for muscle toning and the development of core strength. It is easy to learn and highly suited to DVD instruction.
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