| I have practiced yoga for over twenty years in four | | | | confusing and when I have next gone to a class |
| different countries. I have had some great teachers | | | | realize that I have spent time learning a pose |
| and some not so great teachers. I have had to travel | | | | wrongly. |
| to other areas to attend the classes that I could not | | | | I needed something I could travel with and use |
| get in my own area. This always took time that I did | | | | quickly and easily. So I started putting together a |
| not have which took me away from my family and | | | | routine on my computer that was easy to get |
| work. | | | | through and suitable to take anywhere I was going. |
| I do believe that attending classes is the best way to | | | | After a while I shared it with my business partner |
| become competent at yoga. Mainly because a good | | | | and we decided it was such a great way to get the |
| teacher will help you physically to get the poses | | | | exercise we needed that we created an ebook for |
| (asanas) right and will align and shift your body into | | | | others who also want to keep up their exercise |
| the pose. This hands on approach by the yoga | | | | without having to move furniture or go through |
| teacher helps to move you forward quickly and | | | | DVD's that are too long and boring. |
| smoothly. It is the practice of yoga between classes | | | | Classes are essential to becoming competent at yoga |
| that moves you even faster. And if you are anything | | | | as is a really good teacher. If you find yourself at a |
| like me, it is the practice at home I find difficult to | | | | class where the teacher is not giving you what you |
| keep up without a guide. | | | | feel is needed. Stop going there and find another |
| I still own about a dozen videos for practicing yoga, | | | | class and teacher that does. A good teacher is hands |
| yet the video machine died years ago. I also have | | | | on, literally, and will physically help you get into the |
| quite a few DVD's filled with classes that take time | | | | aligned position the asana requires to get the most |
| to get through and the constant need to stop the | | | | from the exercise. Do not pay to join a class until |
| DVD player or fast forward to the next exercise | | | | you have had a few trial runs with the teacher first. |
| takes away from my enjoyment of the exercise. | | | | Between lessons keep up your yoga by yourself, it is |
| I have tried to exercise with books but find them | | | | not just for your physical body it is also for your |
| frustrating as well. I have tried yoga cards which can | | | | emotional self. Yoga helps your mind to calm and |
| be organised into a program suited to myself. These | | | | thoughts to flow more readily which helps in every |
| seem to be a great idea but the illustrations can get | | | | way in your busy life. |