Yoga Here & Now DVD | Simple Meditations CD
Yoga Here + Now, Yoga video for beginners in English and Spanish (DVD)
Learn to practice Yoga with this video for true beginners.
As a yoga teacher, I enjoy teaching the foundations of yoga every day, because I want all interested students to receive the benefits of yoga. However, many students have told me that the beginning level videos they have tried are too difficult, too technical or too fast. Unfortunately, some students have even said that the videos they have tried have been discouraging and have made them feel that yoga is not for them. I am grateful to my students for inspiring me to create a DVD that is appropriate for most beginning students.
In this DVD you find:
- A clear and concise introduction to Yoga
- Simple guidelines for practice
- Easy to follow explanation of breathing
- 7 different sessions combining a set of fundamental postures
- 1 session focused on relaxation, breathing and meditation, very useful for stress relief
- Original soundtrack created to complement each practice perfectly.
- English and Spanish soundtracks
I practice yoga every day and I know that yoga is more than just physical exercises. Yoga is a complete holistic practice for integrating the actions of our body, breath, mind and spirit. Each practice session in this video includes all of the elements of yoga including postures, movement, breathing, relaxation, concentration and meditation. All the sessions in the DVD are designed for beginners and the pace makes it easy for you to enjoy the practice and received all of the benefits that yoga offers.
A testimonial from a Yoga Teacher
“I think the DVD is excellent in many ways:
- Your voice is clear, calm and concise when you teach. The way you choose your words and use your voice leads students into the experience of “steady and comfortable” in their yoga postures, just as Yoga Sutra 2:46 instructs.
- Your sequences are logical and flow from one posture into another seamlessly.
- It is excellent that you teach Ujjayi breathe at the beginning of the DVD, and bring students back to an awareness of/practice of that breath throughout the asana portions of practice.
- I very much enjoyed the sequence through which you take students through shavasana.
- The pranayama practice at the end of every session is excellent. I have never been taken through a practice quite like it before, and it certainly does create a strong sense of calm centeredness.
- I like the way you create some of the longer classes by putting together parts of the shorter classes. For a student who works with your DVD over time, that will be a great help in the mastery of the poses.
I would most definitely recommend your DVD to anybody”
D.M. – Yoga teacher
This DVD makes it easy to get started
- For beginners
- Easy-to-follow
- Enjoyable pace
- 8 Sessions (15 mins to 1 hour)
- English & Spanish
Video samples
Basic Principles for Yoga Practice (from Yoga Here + Now)
Ujjayi Breath (from Yoga Here + Now)
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Simple Meditations CD
Enjoy the practice and benefits of meditation at your own pace and in your own time.
Meditation is a journey to the depths of inner stillness and clarity. Emerging research suggests that meditation can offer benefits at the physical, cognitive and emotional levels for people who practice with some regularity. Perhaps, one of the greatest benefits of meditation is that through meditation we gain a better understanding of ourselves. As a result, we empower ourselves to establish a more meaningful relationship with ourselves and with others.
The Simple Meditations CD offers you:
- A concise introduction to Meditation
- Useful suggestions to help you enjoy practicing
- Simple and effective techniques that anybody can use
- A relaxing approach to meditation
- Effortless pace that is easy to follow
- A complete progressive practice combining 6 different techniques
- Flexibility to use each track individually
- 15+ possible combinations of tracks to customize your practice to your needs and time availability
Track samples
7 Tracks offering you a progressive journey into inner joy
- Introduction & Suggestions – Learn how to make your meditation practice fluid and effortless.
- Relax – Feel completely relaxed and at ease through this guided body scan that moves your awareness through your whole body.
- Breathing – Increase your concentration by connecting to the power of your breath and its effects in different areas of the body.
- Expanded Breathing Deepen your focus by enhancing the depth and quality of your inhalations and exhalations while also gaining a greater understanding of your own breath.
- Bija Clear your mind through the vibrations of your own voice chanting the seed (Bija) sounds at each one of the 6 lower chakras: Root (Muladhara), Sacral (Svadhishthana), Solar Plexus (Manipura), Heart (Anahata), Throat (Vishuddha), Third Eye (Ajña)
- AUM Enjoy immersing yourself into deeper inner silence through a gradual progression of chanting the eternal sound AUM (ॐ)
- Bowls Savor the deep peace and stillness conveyed by the harmonious and relaxing sound of Tibetan bowls.
For over 20 years I have been a dedicated student of meditation. I still practice meditation every day, because I like it, I enjoy it, and most importantly, because meditation contributes to make all aspects of my life better. Meditation is the most effective tool I have found to show up to my own life everyday with a positive attitude and ready to make my presence in the world count.
This meditation CD is the result of a dedicated daily practice and of working with many students since 2005. The meditation techniques in this CD provide effective ways to establish your own enjoyable and sustainable meditation practice.
As for many practitioners in the past, I hope that you will enjoy how the practices unfold gradually from relaxation to breathing and deeper into more subtle ways of exploring your internal landscapes.
All my gratitude goes to all the students who over the years have taught me so much about meditation. I would also like to acknowledge the tremendous debt I feel towards my favorite musicians, my sister Adriana Vásquez and her husband Carlos Taboada for their invaluable work and support in recording, editing, mixing and producing this CD. Thanks should also be extended to Felipe López for mastering the final version. Finally, without the unwavering love and support of my brilliant wife, Camilla, my meditation journey would have never unfolded as nicely as it has.
The Simple Meditations CD gives you the flexibility to choose from different tracks to be used individually, in a variety of combinations or as a complete meditation journey unfolding progressively from the outer body to the depths of your inner self.
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FREE Video: Yoga postures for Lower Back Pain
This is a brief 12 minute video to help release tightness and tension from the lower back and to help increase mobility and flexibility in the hip joints and thighs.
Basic Standing Posture to Start Practicing Yoga at Home
Easy Chair Yoga Postures to Release Tension
Correct Sitting Posture to Prevent Back Pain
Simple Yoga Meditation for Beginners
FREE Video: Yoga movements for Shoulder Pain
This is a 10-minute Simple yoga sequence to release tension in shoulders and neck. The focal point is to reverse a tendency to roll the shoulders forward in combination with increasing the range of movement of the shoulders in order to help the neck relax.
FREE Video: Yoga postures to Improve Shoulder Flexibility
This is a 10-minute clear and simple sequence of exercises to help us explore range of movement in the shoulder, to relax shoulder, neck and upper back and to restore the natural flexibility of the shoulders.
Free Video: Easy Posture to Relax your Back and Shoulders
A simple and effective posture to let go of back and shoulder tension.
Free Video: Yoga Posture to Help Restore Balance in Hips, Legs and Lower Back
This simple posture can help us notice imbalances in Hips, Legs and Back and, at the same time, can help us correct such imbalances.
Free Video: Sequence of Yoga Postures to Prevent Pelvic Imbalance and Reduce Lower Back Pain
This sequence of simple yoga postures in 17 minutes helps you discover and correct imbalances in your pelvis to prevent lower back pain.
Complete Yogic Breathing for calmness, health and concentration
This simple exercise can help you clarify your relationship with you breath and improve your breathing capacity while also relaxing and focusing your mind.
Easy meditation for beginners to relax, reduce stress and calm the mind
This exercise offers easy suggestions to start meditation with a video of a sunset by the ocean. Quite effective to calm, relax and to assist in concentration.
Simple and easy movements for healthy joints
This video offers a very easy and simple sequence of movements to help us keep our joints healthy by maintaining the natural range of movement in our joints.
Suggestions for Meditation
A few simple suggestions to enjoy meditation and its benefits.
Moving Meditation: Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Basics
This is a simple, effective and enjoyable technique to improve concentration, coordination and mental processing capacity.
Moving Meditation: Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Combining Horizontal and Vertical
Expanding our repertoire and therefore our abilities through putting two simple patterns together.
Moving Meditation: Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Modified Initial Position
When you know the basics and want to add slightly more complexity to enhance improve concentration, coordination and mental processing capacity.
Moving Meditation Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Links Horizontal – Vertical
To expand our capacity and to clarify our movements, we can connect each position in one pattern to each one of the positions in the other pattern.
Moving Meditation Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Transquarters – skipping one position
Change in the order of arm movements so that instead of going from 1 to 2, you skip 2 and go directly to 3.
Moving Meditation Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Arms and Legs
Increase the level of complexity by adding movement of the leg while you move your arms.
Moving Meditation Dance of Shiva (Shiva Nata) Arms and Legs with Movement in 3D space
When combining arm and leg movements because effortless and fluid, consider adding movement in 3D space to keep your focus and coordination expanding.
Introduction to Meditation in 5 minutes
A very simple approach to meditation.
11 Steps to Learn to Meditate
11 simple steps to help us establish a meditation practice. (Details on the 11 Steps to Learn Meditation)
Chair Yoga
Complete yoga asana practice in a chair to expand perspective and clarify interrelationships between body parts and joint actions.
Yoga for Improving Joint Flexibility
This 30 minute practice is focused on enhancing joint flexibility through awareness and regulation of movement. This practice of yoga asanas also helps us explore connections between different joints.
10 minute meditation for calmness and peace of mind
Enjoy this 10 minute meditation observing the flow of a gentle breeze on a water lily pond.
Relaxing practice for overall flexibility (1 hour)
Complete yoga practice including exploration of full range of movement in various joints in the limbs and in spinal column. This sequence is also directed to notice relationships between different body structures, arms, legs, shoulder girdle, hip girdle, legs and spine. Includes guided breathing and brief meditation.
Simple being – Backyard meditation (5 minutes)
Sit back, relax and take a break for your busy life to recharge and energize.
