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Yoga, Pilates & Flexibility

Adding yoga or pilates to your workout routine can increase your strength and flexibility. These links offer workouts for yoga, Pilates and flexibility as well as more resources for working on balance, stability and flexibility.
About.com - Healing
Check out About.com's Healing Site for information about yoga, meditation and more.
About.com Pilates
About.com's Pilates Guide, Marguerite Ogle, covers everything you need to know about Pilates. Her site includes the basics, information about Pilates equipment as well as in-depth coverage of Pilates exercises.
About.com Yoga
About.com's Yoga Guide offers in-depth information about yoga including pictures and descriptions of yoga poses, how to get started and which type of yoga is right for you.
Easy Desktop Yoga
If you work long hours at a computer, you'll enjoy this relaxing yoga workout you can do right at your desk. Get the details of the new Easy Desktop Yoga workout.
Guide Review: Pain Free Pilates with Stretch-eze
Kimberly Dye's Pain Free Pilates with Stretch-eze isn't just any old Pilates video with the same old thing. It actually involves using an interesting tool called a Stretch-eze, a gigantic stretch band that provides both support and resistance in your Pilates workout. Check out my review to find out what it's all about
Guide Review: Total Pilates for Beginners
Read my review of Rael Isacowitz's Total Pilates DVD for beginners to find out if it's right for you
Guide Review: Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge
Brooke Siler's 'Pilates Body Challenge' explains the principles of Pilates and how to take those principles into other areas of your life for better health, weight loss and quality of life.
Review - The Quick & Dirty Guide to Pilates
Check out my review of The Quick & Dirty Guide to Pilates, a programmable workout DVD for the beginning exerciser wanting to learn the basics of Pilates.
Sara Holliday's Prenatal Yoga - First Trimester
Yoga is one of the best activities you can do when you're pregnant - it's gentle on the body while helping you build endurance and flexibility. Sara Holliday's video, Prenatal Yoga offers a 45-minute workout just for pregnant women in their first trimester. Find out if it's worth it in my new guide review.
Sara Holliday's Prenatal Yoga - Second Trimester
Get the scoop on Sara Holliday's latest video, Prenatal Yoga for women in their second trimester and find out if the workout is safe, effective and fun.
Top Pilates Videos
Pilates is a great way to work those abs, as well as increase strength and flexibility. Check out the best pilates videos on the market.
Top Yoga Videos
If you're ready for a change in your routine, why not try yoga? It helps strengthen the abs, increase flexibility and it even helps reduce stress. Check out the top yoga videos.
Total Pilates - Rael System 17
Check out my review of Rael Isacowitz's Total Pilates DVD for Intermediate exercisers to find out what it's all about, from your About Exercise Guide
Yoga for Thyroid Disease
Can yoga help those with Thyroid Disease? Mary Shomon says yes! She provides resources that include postures specifically focused on the thyroid, and positions that can aid in thyroid cancer.
Yoga in Pregnancy
About.com's Pregnancy and Birth Guide gives you tips for using yoga to make your pregnancy, labor and birth a little bit easier.
All Spirit Fitness
This website offers tools, advice and tips to help your mind and body work together. Get information about yoga, exercise, mind-body workouts, healthy eating, meditation and much, much more.
Body Trends
Body Trends offers tons of flexibility products like mats, stretching balls, yoga equipment and more.
Desktop Yoga
This site is designed to show you exercises you can do right at your computer. Pictures and instructions are provided, as well as articles about things like carpal tunnel syndrome and other computer maladies.
Do Yoga
This yoga site offers instructions on poses, articles about yoga, links to resources and information about yoga workshops and classes.
Learn Yoga Online
This website offers free online yoga courses. The 4-part workshop focuses on yoga for flexibility and will teach you that basics of the yoga philosophy and how to de-stress.
Moving into Stillness
This site was created by Erich Schiffman, a respected yoga instructor who was the guide in Ali McGraw's yoga video. He has created a comprehensive site about yoga, including definitions, resources and instruction on the discipline.
Shelter Publications
This site lists some great books including Stretching, Galloway’s Book on Running and Getting Stronger. Their books are easy to read and follow and provide nice pictures so you know exactly how to do it right!
Stretch Now
Stretch Now works with businesses and schools, providing training programs about injury prevention. Their focus is the most insidious problem in the workforce--repetitive strain injuries. It provides info on RSI, as well as exercises you can do to loosen up that 'computer' neck.
StretchWare
StretchWare could possibly save your sanity! This software reminds you to stretch throughout the day and even provides specific stretches you can do while on the phone or to get the kinks out from a long day. Download your free 30-day trial. You'll love it!
The Nia Technique
It's hard to know how to classify this type of exercise. "Nia is a dynamic workout program, a lifestyle blueprint that offers personal and professional growth." Check out their site to get more information and to get their videos.
The Yoga Site
This site defines the different forms of yoga, answers your yoga questions, helps you find classes in your area and offers books and other yoga accessories.
Yoga Finder
Here you'll find search capabilities to track down a yoga instructor or yoga class in your neighborhood.
Yoga Journal
This online version of the popular magazine provides detailed information about yoga poses and practice. There's a nice section for those new to yoga and plenty of helpful tips about healthy lifestyles and the mind/body connection.
Yoga Postures Step-By-Step
If you're looking for specific yoga postures, this site allows you to search their index or choose a specific movement. It shows how each movement is performed, the level of difficulty and it even lets you print whichever postures you're interested in.
Yoga
This site offers animations of different yoga postures, as well as info about the yoga philosophy and books about yoga.

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