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Flow Alignment by Tim Maples is a 60 minute guided vinyasa flow yoga class that has a focus on correct alignment. The class is suitable for those with some experience and a knowledge of basic yoga postures. Throughout the class the Ujjayi breath is used to link the included postures together. The class uses clear, easy to follow expert tuition devised and narrated by Tim Maples in a professional sound recording studio. Tim is a leading yoga teacher who has been teaching and practising yoga since 1976.

More Yoga for the Complete Beginner is a 45-minute guided class suitable for those that have never practised yoga before. The movements and postures in this session are kind and gentle to the body and provide a natural progression for those that have practised Yoga for the Complete Beginner. The class focusses on correct alignment and will gently release stress and tension. It has been devised to help you develop a safe and effective foundation in the practice of yoga.

Yin Yoga Session 2 is a 60-minute guided session which contains a selection of held floor-based postures that will help release deep-set tension from both the muscles and connective tissues. Yin yoga also improves joint flexibility and stability. Taking the time to engage in a regular Yin-style yoga practise brings many additional benefits. These include improved posture, increased energy flow, balanced stress levels, enhanced sleep patterns and increased feelings of health and vitality.

The Yoga 2 Hear Pelvic Floor Yoga Class contains two short pelvic floor yoga sessions, one to be followed whilst lying and one to be followed whilst seated. These sessions have been devised to help strengthen and tone the pelvic floor muscles. A well-toned pelvic floor will help to maintain bladder and bowel control and could help to prevent any internal prolapses from occurring or progressing. The pelvic floor muscles also provide support for the pelvix and lower back and form part of the group of muscles referred to as the core muscles.

When treating a client who has suffered from interpersonal trauma - whether chronic childhood abuse or domestic violence, for example - talk therapy isn't always the most effective course. For these individuals, the trauma and its effects are so entrenched, so complex, that reducing their experience to a set of symptoms or suggesting a change in cognitive frame or behavioral pattern ignores a very basic but critical player: the body.  

A Yin yoga practice brings so many benefits to both body and mind. It is soothing and nurturing and releases deep set tension to help improve range of movement and agility. It provides a time and space to help clear and focus the mind. Each class includes a different selection of Yin yoga postures. The body is gently moved while your attention is directed towards a slow steady flow of breath to deeply relax and help eliminate stress and tension from both body and mind.

Yoga for Witches explores a new kind of journey, connecting two powerful spiritual disciplines, with enchanting effects! Witchcraft and yoga share many similarities that are, for the first time, explored in combination, in this groundbreaking new title from Sarah Robinson, certified yoga instructor and experienced witch. Yoga for Witches shares exercises, poses and the knowledge you need to connect to your own special magic and inner power.

In our hectic world, we need tools to help us weather life’s storms. Yoga, mindfulness, and meditation are some of the most powerful tools you can wield - and their benefits are backed by neuroscience. Using new technology in brain imaging, researchers have confirmed the ability of these practices to improve your neurobiology and overall wellness.

Forty, chronically single, and up an extra 20 pounds, TV news producer Stephanie Krikorian fell victim to the Great Recession, finding herself suddenly unemployed. One unwanted pregnancy away from being a Lifetime Original Movie, Stephanie had to reinvent herself...and fast. So, to keep her head above water, she started ghostwriting self-help and diet books for a variety of well-known experts. However, she didn't just write each book she took on, she lived it - chanting, journaling, reflecting, reframing - whatever it took to get deep into the heart of each project.

Play It Forward details the remarkable journey of Joan Barnes, founder and former CEO of Gymboree, and how she learned to align her inner life with outward success. Forty years ago Joan Barnes founded a play center in a church basement with $3,000. Determined to enable women to achieve personal and entrepreneurial success, Barnes led Gymboree to become an innovative leader in a new industry: activity-based early childhood development.

Yoga Beyond Belief offers a unique vision of contemporary yoga. It integrates scientific and practical approaches providing a much-needed integrative perspective that complements existing yoga books for all levels and styles of yoga students. Serving up a collection of valuable insights gleaned...

Beryl Bender Birch, spiritual teacher, yoga therapist, and author of Power Yoga, Beyond Power Yoga, and Boomer Yoga (Sellers Publishing) has been an avid student of yoga and the study of consciousness since 1971. With degrees in philosophy and comparative religion, Beryl has traveled extensively in India, has been teaching the classical system of ashtanga yoga for 33 years, and training yoga teachers as “spiritual revolutionaries” since 1980.

In this program recorded live in New York City, Beryl guides the listener through a 95-minute program that contains the Complete Astanga Yoga Primary Series (as taught to her by Norman Allen and Sri K.P. Jois).

Celebrated doula, healer, yoga teacher, and parenting coach Lori Bregman brings a holistic guide to being a more balanced, authentic, and joyful mother. Introducing the "five expressions of motherhood" - Action Mama, Flow Mama, Rebel Mama, Vulnerable Mama, and Free Mama - Lori offers supportive advice, exercises, meditations, and yoga practices to cultivate a healthy balanced life and stronger bonds. Accessible and encouraging, Mamaste provides foundational tools for parenting, relatable examples, and exercises to build self-awareness and mindfulness.

Jenny Eclair, with her trademark humour, will share her experience of what can be a difficult time for many women, from the emotional side of life - missing the woman you were, the empty nest, mood swings - to the health aspects of the menopause, starring the hot flush and also periods (lack of), weight problems, insomnia and other issues. Upbeat and honest, Jenny shares her new-found hobbies, the joy of pets and how to make the best of the different but still-fabulous you.  

Practicing yoga regularly can shape and tone the body, reduce excess body fat, and help us to develop a deep connection with ourselves. Over time and with regular yoga practice, lifestyle choices begin to change, and any cravings for high-calorie snacks begin to diminish. These classes are suitable for those with previous yoga experience. Sue Fuller's two in one Yoga for Weight Loss consists of two practical and effective yoga classes that will help you lose weight, improve muscle tone and body shape, and resist the temptation to snack.

Devised specifically to move beginners to the next level, Yoga for Improvers by Sue Fuller consists of three easy-to-follow audio yoga classes. Once you are familiar with all three classes, rotate them regularly to maintain variety and establish a sound technique. These audio yoga classes each run for approximately 60 minutes. They include postures that will improve strength, balance, alignment, and flexibility.

Spiritual disciplines often seem remote from the realities of our daily lives. Yet there is a Mahayana Scripture which presents a model of enlightened practice in the midst of urban living, the Vimalakirti Sutra. This teaches a non-dualistic wisdom and reconciliation of dichotomies. It challenges ordinariness and reveals systematic and effective ways of tapping higher potentials while upholding one's usual responsibilities and enriching long-term relationships.

While yoga has become a common practice for health and well-being,the ancient tools of Tibetan yoga remained secret for centuries. Translated as "magical movements," Tibetan yoga can improve physical strength and support positive emotional and mental health, healing the body-energy-mind system...