Yoga has become very widespread throughout the United States. As I have mentioned several times, despite the wide array of yoga classes, podcasts, books, and DVDs, it's not that easy finding yoga instruction that is truly user friendly for the novice and especially the novice non-athlete like myself.
The wonderful publication, Yoga Journal, has a Home Practice column. However, I have noticed that many of the poses taught can be intimidating for the novice. One yoga instructor commented in the letters to the editor section of the December 2008 issue of Yoga Journal that she enthusiastically anticipated reading "Build Arm and Core Strength: 10 Poses to Do at Home." However, she noted that she was disappointed because the sequence presented was designed for an advanced yogi and that "these types of articles scare beginning and elderly students."
This has definitely been my experience. I would be intimidated by most of the yoga instructional material out in the marketplace. That's why I am creating my yoga e-book (and print book) for the absolute, non-athletic beginner. My mission is to make the essence and all key benefits of hatha yoga accessible to virtually anyone.
Wisdom of the Day: "Yoga is an active self-performed step toward health and real inner peace."~Eugene Rawls and Eve Diskin, Yoga for Beauty and Health.
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