Yoga 101: An intro and primer on the practice

Feel the yoga trend has left you behind? Not to worry, because Derek Noble and Urban Fitness TV explore the basics and benefits of yoga with Julie Notto, Yoga instructor. Yoga is a body mind spirit form of exercise that works out the entire body. Yoga was founded in India and dates back to 3000 B.C. The Sanskrit word ""Yoga"" literally means to focus one's attention. It is a great from of meditation, and also stretches out all the organs in your body and all the muscle parts. There are so many types of yoga, including:

Hatha (gentle and slow)
Ashtanga (vigourous and breath centered)
Ayengar (precise and alignment focused)
Kripalu (fluid and heart center)
Kundalini (energy from the spine)

Yoga is a great form of exercise and meditation for athletes, the elderly and for the young.

Derek Duke Noble (www.bodynoble.com), the host and creator of Urban Fitness TV (www.urbanfitnesstv.com), is a world-renowned celebrity lifestyle and fitness guru.

As a personal lifestyle fitness guru and trainer, I have had the good fortune to work with some of Hollywood’s hottest celebrities (John McEnroe, Demi Moore, Maria Shriver, Tatum O’Neil, and Michael J. Fox) and most recently, I got the opportunity to serve as both host and executive producer of Urban Fitness TV on the Fit TV channel. After working with an extensive list of high performance athletes, high fashion models and actors who have little time to work out, but still have to look as if they live at the gym, I created the ‘focus touch’ visualization technique that can boost the effectiveness of any exercise. This technique is part of the Body Noble Method, which is a safe,...

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