Yoga exercise DVD recommendations?

[untonuggan]

I've been trying to do some extra yoga at home as everyone seems to recommend it for fibromyalgia (which I have), and I do feel better when I've stretched my muscles and myofascial tissue. I've taken yoga classes in the past but they're currently out of my price range.

I've been using the yoga section in the Mayo Clinic Back Pain Solutions DVD, which is led by Rodney Yee. I've enjoyed it so far, but it does tend to focus rather exclusively on the low back...so my low back feels lovely and float-y at the end of it, but the rest of me could use some extra stretching.

I was wondering if anyone else with chronic pain/mobility issues has recommendations for some yoga home workout DVDs. I'm (currently) able to do more than just seated exercises, although I have trouble with downward facing dog or too many exercises in which weight rests on my wrists (although I can modify/skip those). I don't want to jump into any Yoga for Calorie Burn X-Treme Muscle Workouts, because I think that would be Bad. I also don't want to buy a bunch of DVDs and waste money on them (because then I might as well take the class). I'm going to be investigating what my local library has, but since they have about 100 yoga DVDs that's a lot of titles to sift through...

Any thoughts?

cross-posted to disability 

Comments

Free stuff

[rydra_wong]

I can't remember if I've recced them at you before before, but I really like Jason Crandell's free video classes for Yoga Journal -- you can download them in iTunes, or find them on the site here:

http://www.yogajournal.com/video/length/16-35

I don't have chronic pain/mobility issues, so I can't comment on them from that perspective, but his teaching on alignment is excellent.

It might also be worth looking through the other video categories there; they've got seated classes, restorative ones, standing ones, etc.. which might enable you to find ones which suit your needs on a given day (and are light on the down dogs).

Re: Free stuff

[untonuggan]

Awesome, thanks, I'll check it out...*plots*

[muck_a_luck]

If you are looking for deep tissue stretching, maybe yin yoga would be better? Over at sun_salutation there is a tag for it: http://sun-salutation.dreamwidth.org/tag/yin+yoga.

You could try posting this same question over there, where people are more yoga focused.

If you are interestd in something more vinyasa, less yin, Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti - an expensive DVD, but very full of good stuff - has a really good lunar flow routine. Also, Yoga Radiance has a really nice lunar flow at the end - about 20 minutes.

Weirdly, you could check out Sadie Nardini on YouTube. She has a bunch of free stuff on her channel there. Probably she is more strenuous than you are looking for, overall, but she really knows how to baby you and treat you right at the end of a practice. If you poke and prod youtube, some of her restorative stuff might fall out.

[untonuggan]

I generally practice hatha yoga, but might be up for trying some of the other forms.

I'll check out that YouTube channel - thanks!