Product Description : Practice yoga with Bare Bones Yoga Founder, Karen Fabian. Karen is a Certified Baptiste Yoga Teacher and an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. Teaching since 2002, her clear instruction will support you in your practice. This DVD contains 3 sequences of different lengths: 10 minutes, 20 minutes and 40 minutes so you always have a way to fit yoga into your day. Karen's motto is "keeping yoga simple" which reflects her commitment to providing the essentials to help develop strength, increase flexibility and promote relaxation. Karen lives in Boston. See her website, www.barebonesyoga.com for more information. there are many yoga DVDs to choose from and most have fundamentally the same instruction/poseswhat differentiates one from the other, then, I believe, is the tone and approach of the instructor.that is what distinguishes this DVD and makes me keep coming back to it.Karen has a very calming, straightforward, approachable style. She seems to be "like the rest of us". She doesn't anticipate or expect perfection and understands that everyone comes to the practice with a different level of fitness or experience. She exudes a positive "you can do it" attitude in a very low key, supportive and understated way.Her "bare bones" style makes one feel accepted at whatever level -- and she guides everyone through the poses in a way that experienced people and lesser experienced people will equally appreciate.What a great way to start the day - either with the 10, 20 or 40 minute routine - I always feel more relaxed and energized.Being an athlete who pushes myself in another sport, these yoga routines help me relax, stretch, stay limber and also to improve my balance and focus.Thanks, Karen! This DVD has really added to my at home practice. Having the option of a ten minute, twenty minute, or forty minute yoga routine means that I can do something every day. Quite often we think we are less than perfect if we don't attend an hour or a ninety minute class. Not true! Anytime we can center ourselves with a few poses, we are improving our practice. The Bare Bones Yoga DVD allows me to practice yoga at home when my little ones are fast asleep. I have owned many yoga DVDs in my lifetime, but this is the only one I watch consistently. I love how I can choose to practice for 40, 20 or 10-minutes depending on how I am feeling. I also appreciate that there is no music in the background of this DVD, and that the instructor's voice is relaxing and energetic at the same time. Sometimes I put on my own music if I feel like adding it to the practice. I strongly recommend this DVD if you are looking to practice yoga in the comforts of your own home.
