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Pranayamas are breathing techniques taught in yoga to increase and expand the vital life force (prana or qi) within the body. Regular breathing exercises can help reduce stress and tension, clear and focus the mind, and increase overall health and vitality. Pranayamas are easy to do and can be performed at a time and place that is most convenient for you.

Deep yoga Stretches is a 75 minute guided yin style yoga session. The session uses floor based postures that are held for several minutes. This type of yoga releases deep set tension that may have built up over many years and also greatly increases joint mobility and flexibility. Deep Yoga Stretches is suitable for those with previous yoga experience who wish to deepen their yoga practice.

There are seven main energy centers (chakras) positioned between the base of the spine and the crown of the head. Each influences a different area of physical and emotional well-being. To maintain optimum levels of health and vitality, it is important that energy flows freely around the body and through each energy center. These yoga and meditation sessions have been devised to do just that.

This easy to follow yoga class contains simple floor based postures to provide support to help you achieve and maintain a healthy back. This yoga class is suitable for beginners and those with experience; it will improve alignment, core strength, agility and flexibility all of which can influence the back. This class has been devised and narrated by leading yoga teacher Sue Fuller. Sue has been teaching yoga since 1995. She is a course author for The British School of Yoga and a regular columnist for Natural Health Magazine and the Yoga Magazine.

Bedtime Relaxations for Children contains six guided relaxations to help calm the busiest of young minds at the end of the day. The sessions can be listened to night after night to help your child relax and drift off to sleep peacefully. Having a child that struggles to fall asleep can be stressful for both child and parent. This audio has been devised with that in mind. Each session will guide your child through a series of relaxation exercises and then take them on a different imaginary journey that will help them clear their minds and relax, making it easy to fall asleep.

Practicing yoga while seated in a chair is perfect for the absolute beginner, or anyone who might find standing postures or floor-based postures uncomfortable.

This easy to follow class is suitable for those with previous experience of yoga. It has been created by Sue Fuller, a leading yoga teacher and the resident yoga expert at Natural Health Magazine, to strengthen and bring awareness to the inner and outer muscles of the torso, lumbar spine, pelvis, hamstrings and glutei muscles that make up the greater core area.

Improvers AM - PM Yoga contains two easy to follow yoga classes. The AM Yoga class includes more energising yoga practices to prepare you for your day ahead and the PM Yoga class includes more gentle restorative practices to help you unwind at the end of the day.

Gentle Yoga Vinyasas contains two different 30-minute nurturing floor based flowing yoga practices. Each class guides moves mindfully through a series of floor-based yoga postures, each movement is synchronised to the smooth steady flow of the breath. Moving in such a way induces a deep sense of inner peace and relaxation.

Yin Yoga Session 3 is a 65-minute guided session which contains a selection of held floor-based postures that will help release deep-set tension from both the muscles and connective tissues. Yin yoga also improves joint flexibility and stability. Taking the time to engage in a regular Yin-style yoga practise brings many additional benefits. These include improved posture, increased energy flow, balanced stress levels, enhanced sleep patterns and increased feelings of health and vitality.

Restore and Relax is a 60-minute guided restorative yoga session, created specifically to induce a state of deep relaxation whilst releasing stored tension. The session contains a body scan and a series of effective held postures to help identify and remove areas of tension. Restore and Relax will provide the body and mind with the time and space to rest, recharge, recover and rejuvenate.

The Yoga 2 Hear Pelvic Floor Yoga Class contains two short pelvic floor yoga sessions, one to be followed whilst lying and one to be followed whilst seated. These sessions have been devised to help strengthen and tone the pelvic floor muscles. A well-toned pelvic floor will help to maintain bladder and bowel control and could help to prevent any internal prolapses from occurring or progressing. The pelvic floor muscles also provide support for the pelvix and lower back and form part of the group of muscles referred to as the core muscles.

Gentle Yoga consists of two different 30 minute gentle yoga classes. The easy-to-follow classes are not physically demanding; they have been devised to gently mobilise and nurture the body and help to release stress and tension from both body and mind. These gentle yoga sessions are ideal for those with restricted movement, those recovering from an injury or an illness, those who have not exercised before or had a long break from exercise, and those who have never practised yoga before.

Here's an easy to follow yoga class suitable for the absolute beginner. This class has been created by Sue Fuller, a leading yoga professional, to offer a practical and achievable introduction to basic Hatha Yoga techniques.

Yoga Vinyasas for Beginners is made up of three progressive 26-minute flowing yoga sequences suitable for those with a little yoga experience. Each session instructs an effective series of basic yoga postures that are linked to the flow of your breath. Yoga Vinyasa sessions move at a faster pace than normal classes and are a very effective way of building strength. They help to shape and tone all of the major muscle groups of the body, reduce excess body fat and clear and focus the mind.

Devised specifically to move beginners to the next level, Yoga for Improvers by Sue Fuller consists of three easy-to-follow audio yoga classes. Once you are familiar with all three classes, rotate them regularly to maintain variety and establish a sound technique. These audio yoga classes each run for approximately 60 minutes. They include postures that will improve strength, balance, alignment, and flexibility.

Here's an easy to follow yoga class suitable for the absolute beginner. This class has been created by Sue Fuller, a leading yoga professional, to offer a practical and achievable introduction to basic Hatha Yoga techniques.

Improvers Daily Yoga contains 5 easy to follow yoga classes that are short enough to fit into the busiest days. The Yoga 2 Hear Improver level classes are devised specifically for those wishing to move on from a beginner level. The techniques and postures included will help you move from a beginner level as these yoga classes include some stronger and more challenging practices. Improvers Daily Yoga will help you to establish a daily yoga practice and enjoy all the many benefits that this brings.

Yoga for balance is an easy to follow yoga class suitable for those with previous yoga experience. It contains a series of carefully selected asanas (postures), pranayamas (breathing exercises) and mudras (gestures) to encourage physical and emotional balance. As the body is rarely symmetrical to help prevent injury or any imbalances from creating discomfort it is important to take time to tune into your body with a clear and focussed mind and work to rebalance both body and mind.

The class includes both held and flowing yoga postures combined with visualisation techniques that will stimulate, balance and clear the seven main chakras. Stimulating the chakras encourages our vital life force (prana) to flow freely around the body; it helps remove blockages and clears the mind and balances emotions, which enables us to experience good physical and emotional health.