Yoga DVDs

February 16, 2008

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For a few years when I was in my 20’s I took a yoga class (Iyengar), twice per week. I loved it and found it really helpful physically and mentally. Then I had to move for work. The small town where I moved had one yoga class, with a woman who had no idea what she was doing and was way too “new age-y”. I felt it was a recipe for some serious injuries and her babble was really irritating. I stopped doing yoga, and over the years have become very inflexible.

About 6 months ago, I started yoga again. It was more by accident than design. I got a catalog in the mail with community classes run by the local school district. Browsing through it (probably while having a “just home from work” snack), I saw there was a class at the middle school, round the comer from my house, on a convenient night. Without thinking about it (likely on a high from the snack), I went to my computer and registered. Think it was one of my better impulse actions in a while. The class is for the inflexible, goes at a slow pace with lots of explanation, is friendly but has also turned out to be quite social.

Now I am even doing some yoga at home. Not exactly regularly, but I am doing some. I was thinking about getting some Yoga DVDs and was looking at the DVDs on the Gaiam website, where I recently ordered my Ceramic Neti Pot (see Going to try a Neti Pot for allergies). They now have videos introductions for each Yoga DVD. Trying to decide what to order. Thinking about two Patricia Walden Yoga DVD’s, Yoga for Beginners and Flexibility Yoga DVD. I was surprised to read in the blurb about the Yoga for Beginners DVD on the site, “this is the program that 2 million people have chosen to help them begin their yoga practice”. Guess I will find out if 2 million people made the right choice.

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