Om Videos

By Kristen Dollard

Who needs yoga class? These DVD's bring the teachers home

Two reasons we like at-home DVD sessions: no show-offs in the room, and no gnarly toenails on the next mat. Besides, they’re easy, convenient, cost-efficient, and give you a chance to rewind instructions if you need to. These are some of our recently released favorites:

FOR ALL LEVELS
Ashtanga Yoga Beginners Practice with Nicki Doane; amazon.com; $20
Our gym-rat tester didn’t know a chataranga from a chimichanga, but she found the simple Ashtanga sequence taught by Doane easy to follow. Ashtangis (students of Ashtanga—a style of power yoga) are all brute strength and breathy prowess. Doane’s inspirational demonstration of the Ashtanga series 1-4 puts Hawaii’s beautiful background to shame. A good choice if you want a TK-minute, level-one sequence that builds you a better body and teaches you everything you need to know about yoga.  

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