| Online yoga instruction is a great way to reduce stress | | | | not only yoga instruction, but also pranayama |
| in the convenience of your own home. | | | | (breathing) and meditation. The yoga instruction is |
| Busy? Tired? Strapped for cash? | | | | available in beginning, intermediate and advanced |
| Maybe your city doesn't have a yoga studio? | | | | classes and there are many adaptations for lots of |
| Maybe you don't like the crowded, body-to-body yoga | | | | physical complaints. Both programs offer video and |
| classes at the studio. | | | | MP3 formats and both have a forum. |
| Or maybe you don't want to be seen in yoga tights. | | | | How is the Program Structured? |
| Yoga is a great remedy for stress. It relaxes your | | | | The basic difference between the two best online |
| muscles and increases circulation. It calms the breath | | | | yoga programs is how the program is structured. And |
| and restores your heart rhythm to a balanced state. It | | | | this difference in structure is the main reason to |
| focuses and calms your mind. It can help clear the | | | | choose one online yoga program over the other. |
| many tangled thoughts that crush us when we're | | | | My first favorite online yoga site offers a progressive, |
| stressed. | | | | step-by-step program which builds from one week to |
| But sometimes getting to a yoga class can be so | | | | the next, so that you learn yoga in a sequenced, |
| difficult that it increases the stress you're trying to | | | | organized fashion. It's like taking a formal yoga course. |
| reduce. | | | | One class leads to the next. |
| Online yoga instruction is a great alternative to yoga in | | | | My other favorite online yoga instruction is more like a |
| a studio. But how do you choose an online yoga | | | | "yoga buffet", a large library of yoga options that |
| program? What should you look for? | | | | allows you to pick your yoga sequence depending on |
| When you are picking the online yoga instruction which | | | | your mood and your needs for the day. It has dozens |
| is right for you, ask these questions: | | | | and dozens of different routines, short and long, easy |
| - Who are the teachers who teach and what is their | | | | and difficult, in many yoga styles, and for many |
| experience level? | | | | different physical conditions. It allows you to create |
| - Does the yoga instruction include just yoga or does it | | | | your own program to meet your own criteria. If I want |
| have yoga, pranayama (breathing) and meditation? | | | | to reduce stress, I can pick out the routines that |
| - Are there variations to the yoga routines for different | | | | restore the body. |
| ability levels and physical limitations? What happens | | | | Each program offers different benefits and will suit |
| when your ability grows, can the program grow with | | | | different people at different times. Maybe you would |
| you? What about injuries? Will the program suggest | | | | want to start with a progressive program to learn |
| variations to prevent injuries and to accommodate | | | | yoga and establish your personal practice, and then |
| injuries you may have? | | | | switch to the yoga buffet for variation and to delve |
| - What format does the online yoga instruction come | | | | more deeply into the areas of yoga that interest you. |
| in? If you only get videos, you must be near your | | | | If you want to use yoga as one of your stress |
| computer to work out. MP3's give you the flexibility of | | | | reduction tools, online yoga is a good way to practice |
| practicing anywhere. Is this important to you. | | | | yoga. You will want to find excellent online yoga |
| - Is there a support community (a forum, or blog)? | | | | instruction, taught by good, experienced teachers in |
| Where do you go with questions? | | | | order to prevent injury and to reap the benefits of |
| My two favorite programs score highly for all of these | | | | yoga. Think about how you want to use your yoga |
| questions. They have fabulous, experienced teachers | | | | instruction to pick the best online yoga instruction for |
| with great reputations in the yoga world. They provide | | | | you. |