It is possible to get the benefits of yoga without ever leaving your chair. Certified Anusara Yoga teacher, Susan Winter Ward shows you how in her DVD - Sitting Fit Anytime: Easy & Effective Chair Yoga. One in her series of 'Yoga for the Young at Heart' DVDs designed specifically for baby boomers, seniors, and beginning students of all ages looking for a gentle accessible approach to yoga.
In Sitting Fit Anytime, Susan guides you through simple effective seated exercises that are perfect if you have limited mobility or want to do a little yoga at your desk. All the yoga stretches, which are done from the comfort of your chair, will help relieve stress and tension and improve circulation while building strength and flexibility.
The DVD includes the following nine 3 to 5 minute segments:
- Breathing - A series of breathing exercises to help you relax and get centered.
- Head, Neck & Shoulders - Simple poses like shoulder rolls and various neck stretches to help relax those areas where many of us hold loads of tension.
- Hands & Wrists - A few simple stretches that are particularly useful if you spend too much time at the keyboard.
- Arms & Upper Back - Poses in this section include lateral side stretches and a seated twist.
- Hips & Lower Back - Spending too much time seated can wreak havoc with our hips and low back. These stretches will help to stretch out these key areas.
- Hamstrings & Forward Bends - Poses designed to stretch and strengthen the hamstrings and back. Moves include knee-to-chest hugs, extended leg stretches, and forward folds.
- Abdominals - A few tummy strengtheners you can do in a chair are featured in this segment.
- Feet - Our feet really are our foundation and they deserve more attention than they usually receive. Susan demonstrates a few moves to stretch out your feet, including a quick foot massage.
- Meditation - The Sitting Fit DVD concludes with a brief guided meditation designed to help you reach a quiet place of inner peace, which is critical to being able to counter the negative effects of stress we are facing.
There is nothing particularly exciting or sexy about this DVD. The set is simple - just Susan seated in an oversized ladder back chair demonstrating each pose while she provides detailed verbal instruction in a calm and soothing manner. The set backdrop suggests blue sky and clouds, while subtle flute/guitar music plays quietly in the background. This DVD is also available in a CD-Rom with screen saver format designed to prompt you to take intermittent yoga at your desk breaks.
This Chair yoga DVD is a great way to get introduced to the benefits of yoga from the comfort of your chair or desk. Don't be put off by the introduction where Susan is shown doing more advanced yoga poses with the chair as a prop. Nothing closely resembling these moves is included in the instructional portion of the DVD.
Highly recommended, especially for those with limited mobility who want to experience the benefits of yoga.
To Purchase this DVD from Amazon: Sitting Fit Anytime: Easy & Effective Chair Yoga (DVD)
with Susan Winter Ward
