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Yoga practice in the western world is perceived as a form of escape from the material and money-oriented life we live. Therefore, a yoga class can easily turn into an oasis of peace and tranquility, a refuge from the crazy rhythm of the day. People who for one reason or another cannot attend an organized session, still have the possibility to learn something from a yoga DVD.

The DVDs available on the market fall into a wide range of categories addressing the various needs of people, there is for instance yoga for beginners, yoga for traveling, yoga for pregnancy, yoga for good health, complete yoga workout, yoga for disease curing and many others.

There are good parts and negative parts on a yoga DVD, and just to make things very clear from the beginning, watching a video recording is not the same thing as getting one-to-one instructions. In direct sessions the instructor can point out and correct what you don’t do right in a posture, and you can ask questions so as to understand one aspect or another, whereas a DVD doesn’t have the benefits that result from direct interaction. A DVD only gives a basic knowledge level such as breathing techniques, meditation, relaxation and other sorts of beginner stuff.

It is not unusual to hear about one student or another who got injured while using some yoga DVD instructions to practice an asana. Also, experts don’t really recommend this kind of informational product because of the potential hazards for beginners who are in the early stage of learning. Teachers, yoga interns and trainers are the ones to really take advantage of the information on a yoga DVD, because they have achieved and reached a certain knowledge, which allows them to see the instructions about new yoga postures in a different way.

It is fair to say some trainers use a yoga DVD in their classes as a teaching tool, but the applications per se vary according to the structure of the course and the way the instructor sees fit. If you have less than six months of yoga practice, then it is safer not to rely on a yoga DVD to work out exercises alone.

Even after six months to a year, you may still experience difficulties when trying to apply one technique or another, therefore do not exaggerate, and remember that yoga is both a fitness and spiritual practice.

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