I've been doing yoga about once a week in a class for a year or so. I recently bought a yoga mat to practice at home as well. I LOVE my teacher, but always am so forgetful of the poses or stretches we've learned. At home so far, I've found a few youtube videos that do yoga walk-thrus. But I need new ideas! Does anybody have sites, videos, tips or books to recommend? It'd be greatly appreciated!:sunny:
You can try Anmol Mehta's site at anmolmehta.com. If you want some great insight on how to sequence your poses, breathing exercises, etc, try reading the book called Yoga Sequencing: Designing Transformative Yoga Classes. It's written for teachers, but you'll get lots of ideas on how to sequence them for a more meditative state of mind. The book is written for yoga teachers, but it will help you sequence whatever poses you learn on the internet. Light On Yoga by Iyengar is also a comprehensive book on yoga poses. You can also google yoga sequencing to get lots of ideas without buying a book. There are tons of yoga poses and pranayama exercises. Learn a few of them and then learn how to sequence them for maximum benefit. Find respectable sources who won't lead you to harm. I don't teach asanas because I'm not properly trained to help people avoid the physiological pitfalls. Notice that teachers usually do "adjustments" during class because hatha yoga and its offshoots can be somewhat delicate. Be safe.
Depends what you are looking for but for an at-home workout I have enjoyed Power Yoga DVDs with Rodney Yee. In particular, I like one of his called "slow burn yoga" or "yoga burn."
A good sequence that you can do pretty much any time is a sun salutation: inhale - tadasana (mountain pose) hands overhead exhale - forward-fold (chest to thighs) inhale - rise up halfway for length, roll shoulders back, long spine exhale - forward fold, chest to thighs plant your hands, then inhale - jump or step back to plank pose exhale - chatturanga dandasana (push-up pose) lower down 2-3 inches from the ground inhale - upward dog, cobra, or sphinx exhale - push back to downward dog inhale exhale - jump or step feet to hands for forward fold repeat as desired this sequence is a great breath linkage, and in between the forward fold and the plank (or between the downward dog and the next forward fold) you can interpose any number of lunges or twists, such as low lunge (both sides), crescent lunge (or warrior 1 - both sides), parvritta-parasvokonasana (revolved side-angle lunge), parasvokonasana (side-angle lunge), three-legged dog, warrior 2 and trikonasana (triangle pose).
