The Complete Yoga Collection: For Beginners, Am & Pm Yoga, Conditioning for Weight Loss

The Complete Yoga Collection! GAIAM Live Balanced. Live Happy. Yoga for Beginners: Experience the joy of yoga and the health benefits of a daily practice with Yoga For Beginners. Join internationally acclaimed yoga instructor Patricia Walden as she presents a contemporary, easy-to-follow approach to the centuries-old practice of hatha yoga. You'll learn a complete range of basic moves - called asanas - including standing, seated, inverted and relaxation poses. Providing a great introduction to this powerful and effective practice, Yoga For Beginners is the program people throughout the world have chosen to begin their yoga practice. A.M. & P.M. Yoga: The Gaiam AM/PM Yoga DVD series combines 2 yoga programs. A.M. Yoga is an energizing morning workout to help revitalize the body and center the mind, balancing the body's natural rhythms. P.M. Yoga is a soothing workout practiced at the end of the day to combat stress and a sedentary lifestyle. Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss: Although pitched toward a weight loss clientele, this video also serves the general population as an excellent multi-level yoga class, taught by respected Iyengar instructor Suzanne Deason. Three students, representing three different ability levels, participate in the class, set on a gorgeous Southwestern mesa. Deason demonstrates each posture, thereby modeling a fourth, more advanced, level. Her instructions are clear and delivered in a calm and nurturing voice that resounds with encouragement. Deason covers standing poses, seated poses and twists. Postures flagged with a "personal instructor" on-screen icon are explored in more depth in the bonus features. A multi-angle feature allows viewers to observe the entire class and all its participants, or to toggle from one ability level to the next. This flexibility in viewing creates a program that remains relevant and challenging as viewers advance in their practice.