Yoga: Yoga videos are not all equal to Getting Out The Kinks

Yoga used to the kind of thing that someone eccentric aunt - a woman with a braid wrapped around her head who received the child with his foot behind his neck.

I tried screening three different videos a day, my neck and shoulder muscles were tighter than jeans last year. I had knots the size of Rhode Island, there are weeks.

Jane Fonda's Yoga Exercise (vision) the slack. Kathy Smith's New Yoga (Body Vision) to warm them. Three hours later, after falling under the spell of soothing Unworkout south actress Dixie Carter's (MCA Universal), has melted.

Here's how it happened:

An all-natural Jane Fonda appeared on a game that resembles a moonscape terrain, wearing plain red leotard and tights, and wearing a French braid up her hips. (This is an extension of hair, but it is important to us.)

They show the traditional greeting Sun, choreographed routine of yoga, traditionally used to greet the day huge diamond Ted Turner shining in the spotlight.

When they asked us to join her in a warm-up, several rounds of Sun Salutation, and relaxation and conscious segment of the respiration to 60 minutes in all.

Yoga is slow, I decided I have enough time to slow down the webbing between my toes and down on the carpet while examining each posture. So it was almost on my head, I thought that the most profound statements of Jane's: When in doubt, breathe.

After the relaxation segment, my thoughts turned to his last message: I am relaxed and I will carry this feeling with me.

She said that this time could help to stretch, tone and energy in my body. At that moment I felt apathetic, noodled, ready for lunch. The buttons are still there.

Kathy Smith also appeared in a red leotard and tights and pushed me to do training on an empty stomach, preferably just before dinner. She has worked with Rod Stryker, yoga teacher to the stars, to ancient disciplines and they will work together in training for fitness enthusiasts.

Kathy was raised in a pylon when a sportier version of the sun salutation, a half-dozen different poses and guided meditation, 60 minutes in total.

The great thing about yoga, I learned the great names of each year: the downward dog, cobra, do.