Sessions from 2007 Inner IDEA® Conference Products

How can individuals sort out truth from fact and myth from fiction when it comes to weight loss, fitness, and health? It’s a challenge for anyone! Health, Fitness, Weight Loss, and Life! is designed to help people understand why old solutions (eat less, exercise more) don’t work, the role of hormones, genetics, emotions, and metabolism, and what actually works for weight loss and what doesn’t.

Why do some people get sick frequently, while others almost never do? The answer lies in the strength of a person’s immune system. Nutritional Immunity for the 21st Century presents an overview of what individuals can do to boost immunity and increase resistance to illness, epidemic outbreaks, and the daily stresses of life.

The focus of Meridian exercises/stretches is unique for most people. Meridian-imagery exercises/stretches require the individual to exert conscious control to get the body into each position. Once the position is reached, however, the primary objective is to let go and experience and observe what is going on in the body.

Relaxation skills, clear thinking, and self-awareness are all essential ingredients of sound stress management. Stress Management for Body, Mind, and Spirit provides an opportunity for viewers to learn and experience skills, such as progressive muscular relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and mindfulness.

The authentic and time-tested classical style of raja yoga is inclusive of all yogas. Raja Yoga: The Authentic Yoga Practice combines flowing physical postures, utilizing the breath, with an explanation of the yoga philosophy and psychological aspects of each pose.

Pilates-Based Sculpting Techniques explains how integrating the Pilates concept into a sculpting class can create a very effective and interesting workout. The DVD presents a detailed overview of the key factors and techniques involved in such a class, and features several new cues, alignments, and variations.

Coaching Students to Flow presents a detailed overview of the key factors involved in the theory of flow—a seminal theory of positive psychology developed by the internationally-renowned Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. The DVD reviews the underlying characteristics of the flow state, which has been proven to lead to greater life satisfaction.

Sensing precisely how they feel during a workout is the best way for individuals to become their own best teacher and guide. The Nia® Technique—The Five Sensations of Feeling Fitness offers a compelling overview of how and why learning to feel fitness as it happens gives exercisers the tools to realign, balance, and repattern the whole body to help them achieve optimal functioning and results.

Introduction to Yoga Sutras presents a detailed review of the key factors involved in the yoga sutras of Patanjali. The DVD provides an insightful introduction to aspects of yoga, as described by what is considered to be the most essential text on the philosophy of yoga.

Tai Chi Fitness presents an overview of basic tai chi movements in a fitness-class format. Based on Yang-style tai chi, the workout emphasizes coordination, balance, and body awareness, starting with hand techniques, stationary stance, and footwork, which is then followed by moving stances and combination drills.

The strong links between a person’s physical world, mental and emotional well-being, and spiritual connectedness must not be ignored. Heartfelt Eating: Intuitive Wisdom explains why connecting with, acknowledging, and using intuitive wisdom when eating is as important as meeting guidelines for healthfully fueling an active body.

Ashtanga Yoga Tradition and Etiquette provides a detailed overview of the postures from the primary series of the ashtanga yoga system in its traditional form, based on the teachings of Sri K. Phattabi Jois. The DVD also addresses the how and why of proper yoga etiquette, and reviews the balance between yoga’s deep roots versus the Western world’s typical modern urban practitioner.

Support and Strengthen Your Immune System explains how easy it is for individuals to support and balance their immune system. The DVD offers insights and ideas that will enable people to explore how to successfully relate to their immune system as they better understand the science behind this incredible gift.

Muscle imbalances need to be addressed asymmetrically in order to create balance and symmetry. Everything, from the way individuals stand, lift and carry, affects this asymmetry. The Art of Asymmetrical Exercise teaches assessment of hypermobility and rigidity, and how to correct problems involving asymmetry, from scoliosis to sports-related imbalances.

For thousands of years, the Five Tibetan Rites have been reputed to spin the chakras and stimulate the endocrine system. The Seven Steps to WillPower takes the Five Rites to the next level, combining tradition with fitness–science development. These exercises, repeated daily, along with strong directive affirmations, are the perfect way to begin each day, and will change the bodies of exercisers from the inside out.

Launch! Your Guide to a Mind-Body Business presents a detailed overview of the key steps involved in developing a community-based Pilates mind, body, and spirit start-up program. The DVD details how two women launched thriving, safe, and fun fitness ventures in their hometowns.

Feeling unbalanced? Realignment of the Chakras Through Movement realigns the meridians of the exerciser’s body through unique exercises utilizing a reformer. When chakras are out of balance, so is the individual. This DVD details how to use specific movement to make exercisers feel energized and alive.

Yoga—A Powerful Tool for Metabolic Enhancement, Weight Loss and Anti-Aging presents recent research and an overview of how yoga can promote weight loss by increasing metabolic efficiency, and how yoga can produce anti-aging effects.

Namasté Yoga Flow presents a workout that features a fluid integration of meditative motion with the creative energy of breath. The DVD enables practitioners to experience a unique and dynamic presentation of enhanced sun salutations that combines ways to strengthen and lengthen the body, and stimulates the mind to be alert, creative, and focused.

Assessing Alignment Utilizing Pilates trains your eyes to see postural discrepancies utilizing a SynergySystems® Pilates Posture Grid. The DVD details how to use plumb lines and bony landmarks to assess postural discrepancies.

Using sun salutations A and B of ashtanga yoga, Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutations) explains how to weave standing and balancing poses into the flow to create a dynamic sequence of postures that will leave yoga practitioners wanting more.

Explains that the self is magnificent in its ability to heal and live well—and it all begins with the mind. The gift of science has a new understanding of the extraordinary impact of mental state on the physical self. Join Pamela Peeke on this journey to mental, physical and spiritual healing.