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Gaiam Gift Guide for Everyone on Your List Gaiam Gift Guide for Everyone on Your List
Whether you're shopping for the yogi, fitness buff, eco-fashionista, green queen, worldly giver, gadget guy, day spa diva or eco-decorating enthusiast, our holiday gift guide is your one-stop page for 75 gifts hand-picked for eight colorful personalities on your list.

Irreverence Embraced: A 'Challenged' Catholic Charts Her Own Yogic Course Irreverence Embraced: A 'Challenged' Catholic Charts Her Own Yogic Course
Bernadette Birney never felt at home with her Roman Catholic childhood. Then Rajanaka Tantra and Anasura yoga helped Birney accept and embrace her freedom, irreverence and paradoxical persona. Plus: Birney's tips on overcoming some of the most common fears of practicing yoga.

Chronically Ill to Quite Well: How One Woman Found Answers in Alternative Healthcare Chronically Ill to Quite Well: How One Woman Found Answers in Alternative Healthcare
Lynn DuBord suffered from illnesses for so long that she forgot what it was like to feel "good." She saw several medical specialists, underwent a battery of health tests, and tried different medications -- but nothing made her feel better. Discover how Lynn was able to overcome her sickness and reach ultimate health and wellness through alternative therapies, lifestyle changes, a strong will and a positive mind.

How Yoga Helped a Type-A Survive When Things Fell Apart How Yoga Helped a Type-A Survive When Things Fell Apart
"I was so tired of living my life without me noticing," says former executive stress-ball Sandi McCann. "I was trying to juggle everything and make everyone happy." See how yoga not only helped her slow down, but also pulled her through when it was crisis time. Plus, read Sandi's inspiring tips for surviving, thriving and finding your own inner yogi.


Blogs

Jill Miller

Short on Time? Try This All-in-One Yoga Pose!

"Even if you only do one pose a day, you will make a huge difference in your body, brain and ...

Jill Miller

Learn from Our Ancestors: Walking Daily Improves Health

How did our ancestors stay so healthy? From walking dozens of miles daily, that’s how! See how walking more often ...

Sadie Nardini

Bandhas 101: How to Amplify the Benefits of Any Pose

What exactly are bandhas, and how can they give you power in your poses? Learn how to activate these muscular ...


More Articles

Butterfly Stretch: Autistic Boy Finds Comfort in the Calm of Yoga

Yoga Answers and Solutions Go-To Guide

How to Choose the Right Yoga Mat

Can Yoga Replace Strength Training?

Yoga As Medicine: An M.D. and Yogi on How It Works

How to Lose Weight with Yoga

Couples Yoga: Tips for Starting + Sample Tandem Pose Sequence

Study Finds Pilates Helps Back Pain Sufferers More than Other Therapies

Think Outside the Studio: Guide to Starting a Home Yoga Practice

Top 10 Gifts for Yoga Lovers

Kids’ Yoga: Get-Started Guide for Grade-Schoolers, Tweeners & Teens

Should You Do Pilates on a Mat or on a Reformer?

A Beginner's Guide to 8 Major Styles of Yoga

How Pilates Can Help You Lose Weight

What Does Your Favorite Yoga Pose Say About You?

Finding the Best Yoga Class for You

Yoga for Detox

How to Choose a Mind-Body Exercise

Gaiam Media

Chair Stretches to Get Your Body Ready for Meditation Chair Stretches to Get Your Body Ready for Meditation

This sequence of stretches is excellent at opening the hip joints, releasing back muscles, and quieting mental chatter, so you can sit in meditation positions more comfortably for longer periods of time. From Rodney Yee's Yoga for Meditation DVD.

3 Pilates Butt Toners, Supercharged Without a Reformer 3 Pilates Butt Toners, Supercharged Without a Reformer

Pilates queen Mari Winsor shows how to add 4-way resistance to 3 classic Pilates butt and thigh exercises to get the toning power of doing the same moves on an expensive reformer machine.

How to Flex a Muscle While Stretching It, to Help Protect Joints How to Flex a Muscle While Stretching It, to Help Protect Joints

Yoga expert Jill Miller shows how to use active stretching or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in a runner's lunge to protect joints and build strength. From Jill's Yoga for Weight Loss Workout Kit by Gaiam.


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