Mind-Body Exercise and Inspiration

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Expand your mind-body-spirit knowledge with this new IDEA Resource Series. Gather insights from the world’s leading mind-body experts on meditation, Pilates, yoga, tai chi, Ai Chi, Gyrotonic® exercises, yin-yang and chi balance, the Nia Technique and more. Also learn exercise tips for effective cuing, exercise program design for relaxation, and how to ignite mind-body-spirit awareness in your clients or participants.

Mind-Body Exercise and Inspiration Highlights

  • Mind-body
    • What is mind-body-spirit exercise
    • Mind-body basics and principles, the mind-body connection
    • Mind-body exercise programs and exercise modifications for kids, seniors and other age groups
    • Balancing yin and yang
    • Healing back pain and the mind-body connection
  • Meditation
    • Benefits of daily meditation
    • Meditation techniques - meditation for beginners, daily meditation for stress reduction, concentration meditation, mindfulness meditation and other meditation techniques
  • Yoga
    • Creative yoga classes – warm-ups, strengthening and balancing yoga poses, cool-downs, relaxation
    • Yoga poses – sport-specific and fitness yoga poses; yoga poses for relaxation, breathing, stretching and more
    • Health benefits of yoga – recommendations for clients with arthritis, hypertention (high blood pressure), hypotention (low blood pressure), osteoporosis; yoga for back care; yoga and kids with ADHD and more
    • Yoga exercise programs for different age groups, yoga injury preventions
    • Sports and fitness yoga conditioning – running, swimming, golf, skiing, tennis and cycling
    • Deciding on the right yoga style - Bikram yoga or “hot yoga”, hatha yoga pradipika, Ashtanga yoga or “power yoga”, Kundalini yoga and more
  • Pilates
    • Pilates workouts and exercise program modifications
    • Pilates mat abs exercise and calories burn stats
    • Pilates classes for men
    • Benefits of Pilates


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