While giving your spine an invigorating twist, this exercise releases your groin and stretches your legs and sides. You can hold this pose for 30 to 60 seconds on each side. On days when your body feels stiff, you can do repetitions instead. If you opt for the faster version, repeat the motion slowly at […]
Our neck is designed to move in a variety of ways. Holding it in one position for a long period of time can overwork and weaken our neck muscles. For example, sitting for hours at a computer with our head in a fixed position often results in neck tension and stiffness. These exercises provide the
Can you change from a dog to a cat and back again? This pose gives your back and belly a gentle stretch. Cats know that stretching wakes them up. You can do it too whenever you feel sleepy! Come onto your hands and knees so that your body is the shape of a table. Now
If you’ve ever wanted to try yoga, you have to check out this video. Call 1800 640 524 (toll-free in Australia) or go to www.wailana.com.au. —Barbie Mag (Australia), January 2004
For years Wai Lana has been passing the benefits of yoga and meditation along to adults. Now she introduces the entire family to yoga with her video Little Yogis. With cooler weather just around the corner, parents are eager to find ways to keep their youngsters active indoors. And once they flip on this video, your
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“Feel like doing something a little different? Not something we typically feature?” This was the email that I received from the editors of ADVANCE recently. What? A pediatric yoga video? What interest would physical therapists and PT assistants have in that? Surprisingly, this video MAY interest you. Yoga is a Hindu discipline aimed at training the consciousness
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Wai Lana’s Little Yogis Kit entertains and delights children while leading them through stretching and strengthening exercises. Specially designed for children ages 3 to 8, this kit contains a 60-minute video, a kid-sized yoga mat, a sturdy mat bag, and a colorful poster with 21 yoga exercises. —Idea Health & Fitness Source, November-December 2003
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Wai Lana is well known as an expert at teaching yoga through videotapes and public TV series. The series is for adults and can give experienced practitioners a challenging hour. In the Little Yogis video she applies her knowledge of yoga moves and how the body works to helping kiddies enjoy the pleasures of yoga. There is
If your kids want to get into yoga but are too young to go to an adult class, then Wai Lana’s Little Yogis Kit is a must-buy. The see-through plastic mat bag contains a poster of all the poses, a video of Wai Lana’s yoga class, which has been given an Award of Excellence from
The best time to begin practicing yoga is as a child, when the body is naturally flexible. As adults who do yoga know, it is an enjoyable way to reduce stress and improve mental clarity. Yoga also is the perfect way to help overweight children get in shape safely and noncompetitively. Wai Lana, host of
