Does anyone know of a good Yoga video to buy that will actually help you lose weight and get your body tone?

Of course my New Years resolution is to lose weight I want to do yoga in-between my running.|||Here%26#039;s the thing - purchasing a yoga vid isn%26#039;t going to cause you to lose weight or tone your body. At most you might burn a calorie or two typing in your credit card info.





You have to actually DO the exercises so it hardly matters which one you get. You%26#039;ll get out of it what you put into it. Ownership bestows no benefits.





That said, if you%26#039;re new to yoga I recommend starting elsewhere. If you have cable or whatever, check for any exercise channels. You can catch some yoga shows. Even better, if you have any %26quot;on demand%26quot; type channels, you can watch them at your leisure.





Also check into videos at your library. That way you don%26#039;t spend any money and you get to see many more and choose the one that suits you best.





And it wouldn%26#039;t hurt to take a yoga class or two. It%26#039;s important for beginners to get the positions down properly - it%26#039;s hard to learn that from a book or video. You can check around with local yoga studios and see if they offer any free classes.





As to books, it won%26#039;t hurt to check them out of the library as well. But just stick with the simple positions - there are many poses that look extremely complicated - but aren%26#039;t if you know how to get into them. But that%26#039;s what the books don%26#039;t tell you - they just show you a bound position and you have to figure out how to get from a standing position to having your arms wrapped around your legs!





Back to the videos - start with anything that has for beginners on it. It%26#039;ll be rather boring but it really is important to get your positioning right.|||First of all... take responsibility for yourself and your actions... be aware of what you eat, how you act, how you take care of your physical body.





I don%26#039;t know how long you have been practicing, or any of your background, but start with where you are today, don%26#039;t try to over do it... don%26#039;t go down the black diamond hill if you%26#039;ve never tried the bunny hill.





Knowing that... I love anything from Rodney Yee or Susan Deason. Richard Freeman is good for Ashtanga. Rodney Yee has a good one, yoga for athletes, where he gives a short summary of asanas for runners.





Borrow tapes from the library if they have any... check out any %26quot;on demand%26quot; classes on your cable|||My absolute favorites are the Ashtanga videos. It%26#039;s a great workout http://www.ashtanga.com/html/action.lass...





Here%26#039;s another good one http://www.gaiam.com/product/media-libra...





Good luck with your resolution!|||Bryan Kest%26#039;s Power Yoga is a good one. I run a lot too and it really keeps my muscles loose and keeps the small muscles toned.





Shiva Rae%26#039;s Yoga Shakti as well. This one has make-your-own-work-out feature which is cool. Kundalani Yoga with Ana Brett is awesome as well ... tough though.