Mind-Body Exercise and Inspiration

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