My Yoga Links

• My very own 5-minute yoga video
• 30 Days of Yoga

Free Yoga Videos/Podcasts

• The very first yoga video I ever did (1 hour)
• Tom Morley’s Buns & Thighs Yoga
• Sadie Nardini’s Power Half Hour series is a fantastic workout and will make you sweat. She has a bunch of other workouts posted on YouTube, so check them out as well.
• Eoin Finn has some great free podcasts to download (mostly Ashtanga yoga; these are great for beginners)
• YogaToday.com has new classes every single day. The classes that I’ve found on YogaToday have generally been a slower and calmer form of yoga. Even the Ashtanga classes (normally faster paced) have been slower than I’m used to.
• If you’re in the Bay Area, I highly recommend the Yoga is Youthfulness studio on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View.
• Yoga to the People has 7 60-minute Power Flow classes available for download in mp3 format. They don’t have pose guides, and if you’re not familiar with yoga poses, I would hold off on these. But if you know what you’re doing, go for it!

YogaDownload Recommendations

• YogaDownload.com has yoga mp3s (with pose guides in PDF format) for download. The 20-minute ones are free; the longer sessions are reasonably priced. You can access the free downloads with iTunes. Go to the iTunes Store -> search for “yogadownload”, and subscribe. Here are my favorites…
• Gentle Hatha Yoga #1 (beginner/relaxing)
• Gentle Hatha Yoga #2 (beginner/relaxing)
• Core Yoga #1 (sweaty yoga)
• Power Vinyasa Flow #4 (sweaty yoga)
• Power Yoga #2 (sweaty yoga)
• Power Vinysas Flow #3 (sweaty yoga)
• Yoga for Runners #1 (lots of stretching, but still a workout)
• Detox Yoga #2 (lots of twisting – great for digestion/stress)
• Power Yoga #4 (full-length class – donation based)

OnDemand Exercise TV Yoga Classes

• Anything by Tom Morley
• Yoga Sculpt with Maura Barclay
• Cardio Yoga with Meaghan Townsend
• Less is More Yoga

How long have you been practicing yoga?

I did yoga off and on from summer 2001 to fall 2008. From fall of 2008 to now (fall 2010) I have done yoga almost every day. Yes, there have been weeks that I was too busy or just not feeling it, but in general I try to find time for 20 minutes of yoga every day. There are still weeks that I don’t do yoga at all, but I do almost always love it when I make it to a class or do a podcast. The type of class I take (restorative vs. vigorous) really depends on my mood and the time of day.

Prior to being a yogi I was a ballerina (10 years) and I also dabbled in tap and jazz.  I’ve done pilates off and on since 2000.  I think all of these factors contributed to my flexibility and how I was easily able to jump into yoga.  If you’re not flexi yet – keep trying!  Yoga is really amazing and it does wonders (body and mind).

What’s your favorite yoga pose?

It changes all the time! Today (Sunday, October 17, 2010) my favorite pose is probably revolved bound side angle pose or headstand (we did a lot of headstands in class yesterday).

Is there anything about yoga that you don’t like?

I do not do hot yoga and I don’t plan to. I don’t like classes that are repetitive. As for poses that I don’t like: fish pose, camel pose, frog pose, and revolving half moon.