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• How to Use Yoga DVDs and Videos to Round Out Your Practice
  
  I absolutely love using yoga DVDs and yoga videos during my practices. As a matter of fact, I use one of them almost every time I do yoga. Why do I love using them so much?
  
  They Provide Variety - I don’t know about you, but I get bored pretty easily



• Why Has Yoga Become So Popular?
  
  Did you know that over fifteen million people practiced yoga in 2003, according to a landmark study by Yoga Journal Magazine. And the numbers are expected to increase dramatically in subsequent years. Your own experiences probably confirm this study – mayb



• Is Your Baggage Holding You Back?
  
  Here you are single again and ready to re-enter the big scary world of dating, and like most everyone, you bring along “baggage”. We all have it; some more than others, however, now is the time to analyze the necessity of that baggage in your new life. No



• Stretching 101
  
  The two main purposes of stretching are prevention of injury caused by exercise or day-to-day activities and a faster rate of recovery from exercise. Stretching can also be used to improve posture and restore proper anatomical functionality.
  
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• Tools of Power
  
  Tools of Power
  by Alan Tutt
  http://www.KeysToPower.com
  
  In the long history of religion, magick, and spirituality, there have been many different tools used to try and direct Power or gain the cooperation of spirits. These tools have taken many



• Yoga for Every BODY
  
  
  
  Yoga for Every BODY
  
  We all want to feel loved, open, free and peaceful. We all desire to let go of the ideals and expectations of the “world” and be simply still. What if you had permission to be anything your heart wanted you to be? What if

• Justin Hakuta: Has Yoga Lost Its Soul? Part II: Capitalism & Opportunity
  
  Commercialization presents a mixed bag of opportunities and challenges to yoga as a discipline and cultural movement in the West. Although the benefits are substantial, the challenges present the risk of yoga becoming formulaic and commodified like so many other mature industries today.
  


• DVD Review: Exhale: Core Fusion Power Sculpt
  
  Love yoga, Pilates and strength training? Try Core Fusion
  


• Picking the right type of yoga
  
  Confused by the different styles?
  


• Pump up your yoga practice
  
  The fitness world may have stumbled upon its new power couple: Yoga and weight lifting. This 15-minute routine from the January/February issue of Women's Health magazine, published by Rodale, combines yoga postures and upper-body strength exercises into a fast-paced circuit. Three times a week, grab a pair of 3- to 5-pound weights and move from one exercise to the next without rest.
  


• Meredith Melnick: Yoga Journal 21-Day Challenge: Finding Wiggle Room In A Tight Spot
  
  Core training within the yoga tradition doesn't focus on the muscles contracting; the emphasis is on openness. Instead of putting your attention on what's being tightened or clamped down, consider the places on your body that are allowed to stretch in new ways.