Buying a yoga DVD is one of the best ways to start improving your physical fitness and well-being. While caloric expenditure can vary, depending on the kind of yoga you do, even basic stretching yoga can burn hundreds of calories per hour. With dozens of yoga videos lining the shelves of bookstores and video outlets, picking one can be daunting. Thankfully, yoga advocates and fitness experts have specific recommendations to guide you.
Shiva Rea Flow Yoga for Beginners
With this yoga DVD, you'll get a vigorous workout, reports "Health" magazine, "without feeling like you're putting in tons of effort." The publication picked it as one of America's healthiest fitness buys and the best yoga video on the market. The yoga guide takes you through both stretching and strength-building yoga moves, all set against outdoor backdrops filmed on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Yoga to the Rescue for Neck & Shoulders
Yoga master instructor Desirée Rumbaugh takes you through anusara yoga using 30-minute sessions designed to target your shoulders and neck. It was listed in "Real Simple" magazine's list of the best workout DVDs, with the publication praising its detailed how-to guides and the instructor's clear instructions. The video also includes a timed flowing session, which lets you practice the various yoga poses and exercises you've learned in a free-form, unstructured manner.
Chakra Balancing Yoga
"Fitness" magazine's editors call this balancing yoga DVD one of the best yoga exercise videos they've watched, saying it's essential for both emotional and physical fitness. The movie focuses around hour-long practice sessions. It goes beyond just simple fitness routines by including mantras, chants and affirmations. Additional features give you historical backgrounds and guides to yoga and the related meditation strategies.
Fluid Power
Shiva Rea's "Fluid Power" DVD comes recommended by "Body+Soul" magazine, which calls it "invigorating yoga" that's ideal for people who don't have enough time to attend a real-life yoga class. The instructions and videos comes on two DVDs, and includes 20 yoga sequences and six practice videos. Once you've got the poses down, you can set the DVD to its integrated audio-only option so you only hear the music.
References
- "NEAtoday"; Feel Great in '08; Gini Wallace; January 2008
- "Health" magazine; America's Healthiest Fitness Buys; Editors of Health; June 2009
- "Real Simple" magazine; The Best Workout DVDs; Sarah Smith; Undated
- "Fitness" magazine; Our Best Yoga and Pilates Exercise Videos; Editors of Fitness; Undated
- "Body+Soul" magazine; B+S Yoga DVDs Recommendations; Kate Hanley; October 2007
- Harvard Medical School: Calories Burned in 30 Minutes
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