Feel better in less than 20 minutes a day! Easy, peaceful and therapeutic, Gentle Fitness has 6 short routines of gentle stretches and exercises. This multiple award-winning video is recommended by Mayo Clinic, Beth Israel, Johns Hopkins, Kaiser Permanente and Providence Health Systems. Perfect for people who want an inspiring program to use at home or with groups, it gently builds strength, improves balance, helps people sleep better, and look better. A holistic program, Gentle Fitness is great for people who get cramps in their feet or legs, get tired easily or have stiff joints. The video (mostly sitting) is for people with fibromyalgia, arthritis, stress, pain, fatigue, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, diabetes, Parkinson's, post polio, emphysema, cancer, job or home conditions that cause pain or fatigue. Gentle Fitness helps people self-manage their health and keep medication to a minimum. Includes a free, 20-page Guide to Exercise. 90 mins. (2005) DVD-All-Region.
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$ 39.95
Beat Fatigue with Yoga really is a unique DVD release. There are several DVDs available on yoga but most of them involve supermodels and perfect bodies. This DVD is for the ordinary person who gets tired; and that includes almost anyone. The programs on this DVD are designed for people in different conditions. The DVD features Sue Delf, one of the UK's most experienced yoga teachers who teaches at the famous TRIYOGA centre in London, and Fiona Agombar, author of the well known book also titled "Beat Fatigue with Yoga." Both have gentle and encouraging style, perfect for those just starting doing yoga, and those who already have a practice. 110 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region.
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$ 59.95
Yoga Journal teams with Dr. Baxter Bell to bring you this unique, medically-grounded program to help you become stress hardy. In this DVD, you’ll learn to recognize and modify your body’s fight-or-flight response to stress. You’ll also discover how yoga can relieve stress-related problems like muscular tension, headaches, insomnia, depression, and panic attacks. Baxter Bell, M.D., is a California-based physician, yoga teacher, and medical acupuncturist with more than 15 years of family medical practice. He teaches, writes, and lectures internationally on stress because it addresses the underlying causes, not just the symptoms. The easy to follow program features: Stress prevention workout to help you develop stress hardiness (35 mins); stress relief practice to calm you down and release tension (35 mins); three quick relaxation techniques; in-depth interview with Dr. Bell about the physiology of stress; alternate practice mode which allows you to practice with less verbal instruction once you’ve learned the yoga sequences; built in timer that lets you practice at your own pace; and a bonus DVD-ROM that links you to Yoga Journal articles about stress. 110 mins. (2006) DVD-Region 1.
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Heal your pain and change your life. As a young dancer, Elaine Petrone suffered a debilitating injury. Her quest to heal herself led to this revolutionary program of controlled breathing and gentle movements using soft balls to target problem areas. Recommended by doctors and therapists who use it with patients suffering from headache, backache, arthritis, fatigue, joint pain, stress, and tension. Includes two 4" balls. 54 mins. (2006) DVD-Region 1.
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This DVD provides a 50 minute beginning home practice for anyone with a major scoliosis to minor imbalances throughout the body. The practice is divided into three sections, approx. 17 minutes each that can be practiced individually or in its entirety. It also includes information on scoliosis by an orthopedic surgeon, and a bonus section for students, yoga teachers and health professionals showing how to use props and specific adjustments for poses specifically for scoliosis. The poses in this video will empower you to take charge of your own back to improve posture and reduce pain and discomfort. This video is based upon a therapeutic yoga program that Elise has developed for her own scoliosis and has been used with clients around the world. 50 mins. (2006) DVD-All-Region.
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$ 59.95
This video is for people of all ages who suffer from arthritis. This therapeutic exercise program will help you manage your arthritis by increasing flexibility in your joints and strengthening surrounding muscles. All movements are doctor recommended and approved (though you should always check with your personal physician before starting any new fitness program). This workout can be performed seated or standing and includes: a gentle warm-up; movements to improve range of motion; deep breathing and relaxation; focus on hands, wrists and fingers; invigorating massage to increase circulation; relaxing stretch. 45 mins.DVD-All-Region.
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A one hour Bone Loading video to help combat osteoporosis by leading exercise expert, Mirabai Holland, M.F.A. Bones are living tissue and become more dense with exercise. Studies show that tennis players, through repeated practice, will develop thicker, stronger bones in their racquet arm than in their other arm. This process is called bone loading. This program is a comprehensive bone loading program for the whole body, with special emphasis on the areas at risk for osteoporotic fracture: the spine, thigh bone at the hip, and forearm at the wrist. Included in this workout: A one-on-one bone loading workout divided into six color coded sections making it easy for beginners to stop and go, or fast forward to any section that needs work; advanced exercisers can do the full body workout end to end; plus two information sections packed with important facts and illustrations about your bones and Osteoporosis. 60 mins. (1998) DVD-Region 1.
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$ 59.95
This workout will improve your posture and strengthen your neck and spine. Workout includes an energizing pre-warm-up, a standing warm-up, muscle firming, and lengthening mat work, a 6-minute deep abdominal workout that tightens the abdominals while it strengthens the back, and a restorative section with relaxation. 90 mins. (2005) DVD-All-Region.
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$ 39.95
Workout includes an energizing prewarm-up, a standing warm-up, muscle firming, and lengthening mat work, a 6-minute deep abdominal workout that tightens the abdominals while it strengthens the back, and a restorative section with relaxation. 90 mins. (2005) DVD-All Region.
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$ 39.95
A holistic solution including poses to ease pain, strengthen the back and torso, and improve flexibility. Includes a medical analysis of yoga's effectiveness for back health, plus bonus sequence to improve posture while seated. With Rodney Yee. 60 mins. (2004) DVD-All-Region.
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