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56 Pounds and Counting - How Julia Gray Shed Her Weight and Her Struggles 56 Pounds and Counting - How Julia Gray Shed Her Weight and Her Struggles
After five years of weight gain, anxiety and sleep deprivation, Gray found support and decided to make a change.
Julia Gray's story about turning to Gaiam fitness, yoga and meditation DVDs to lose weight and fight insomnia following her battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after the 9/11 terrorists attacks.

Can You Lose Weight with Pilates? Expert Mari Winsor Weighs In Can You Lose Weight with Pilates? Expert Mari Winsor Weighs In
Think Pilates is too tame to help you lose weight? Pilates expert Mari Winsor begs to differ. She says you can step up the pace of classical Pilates and add resistance to increase this method's weight loss power. Here's the skinny from the woman who created the best-selling home Pilates programs in America.

Alicia Silverstone's 3 Best Ways to Get Fit Inside & Out Alicia Silverstone's 3 Best Ways to Get Fit Inside & Out
How can you reach your most vibrant, energetic and healthy self? Taking care of yourself -- both inside and out -- is the secret. Actress, activist and conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares her favorite ways to keep her body and mind fit and toned, in this excerpt from her book "The Kind Diet."

Pink Slip to Bliss: Job Loss Leads One Woman to Find Herself Through Yoga Pink Slip to Bliss: Job Loss Leads One Woman to Find Herself Through Yoga
When Mary Ann Lopez lost her job, she found more peace and happiness! She did it by digging into yoga. Here's her story.


Blogs

Leslie Garrett

6 Simple Pearls of Wisdom to Learn from a Yoga Instructor

Karen, my yoga instructor, doesn’t claim to offer answers. Actually, she’s more of an “ask a question” type of ...

Rodney Yee

Start Your Yoga Practice with 3 Building Blocks

The first exposure to yoga is crucial. Most of us identify and define subjects so quickly — we build an ...

Gaiam Staff

Trudie Styler on Martha Stewart’s 2010 Yoga Show!

Trudie Styler will join Martha Stewart in her 2010 Yoga Show to discuss the wonderful benefits of yoga practice, talk ...


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How Yoga Helped a Type-A Survive When Things Fell Apart

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

Gaiam Media

2 Pilates Workouts to Tighten Your Abs 2 Pilates Workouts to Tighten Your Abs

These two simple Pilates exercises will help you flatten your tummy and form rock-hard abs.

How to Use the Body Lift for Headstands How to Use the Body Lift for Headstands

Learn how to use a yoga lift to safely do a perfect headstand in this two-minute how-to video. Regularly inverting your body offers several health benefits, including relieving fatigue and headaches, improving your sense of balance, increasing blood flow to your head, and stimulating abdominal organs.

How to Do Relaxation Pose with an Extra 'Ahhh' Factor How to Do Relaxation Pose with an Extra 'Ahhh' Factor

Learn how to use a chair to support the legs and relieve pressure on the spine for a more therapeutic take on the yoga relaxation pose. From Smart Start Yoga with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman.


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