How does your seated yoga program compare with a regular yoga class?
Although a consistent yoga program of standing, balancing, lying poses and inversions is a more complete practice; yoga need not be relegated to a full yoga class. Sitting Fit Anytime is a seated yoga program for those who sit too much...at work, at our computers, traveling, or any activity that makes us forget we have a body. Doing a seated pose or two hourly throughout the day can give you some of the benefits of a yoga practice and help relieve the inevitable stiffness that comes with sitting too long. Yoga poses adapted to small interludes may not have the same intensity as a full yoga class, but the benefits of yoga are readily available to those who nibble on yoga throughout the day.

Sitting Fit Anytime is available as a CD Rom & ScreenSaver for the computer bound, or as a DVD for people who are physically challenged. Seniors can benefit from Sitting Fit Anytime to assist in building the strength and flexibility that will enable them to do a standing yoga practice if they so desire.

Can people who are confined to a wheelchair do seated yoga?
People who are physically challenged due to age, illness, or who just can't get down on the floor, don't need to miss out on the many benefits of yoga. Those confined to wheelchairs or recovering from injury, with their physician's approval, can benefit from their own adaptation of the breathing and gentle seated poses. Sitting Fit Anytime, seated yoga can build the strength and flexibility, needed to progress to more and more challenging poses. Breathing, stretching and strengthening can be introduced at a slow pace, gently bringing bodies to new levels of fitness, increasing circulation and bringing in healing energy and vitality.

If I feel agitated when I sit at my computer, what can I do about that?
Your body is asking you to move! Sitting needs to be balanced with moving, breathing and stretching, so try some simple yoga stretches: twists, arms overhead, forward bends and deep conscious breathing for a "mini yoga break." With the Sitting Fit Anytime program, you'll feel the difference and return your attention to your work refreshed, more relaxed and with a clearer mind.

Susan, thank you for sharing your insight and knowledge with us. We appreciate your depth of experience in this wonderful area of exercise we call yoga. In conclusion, what can you tell about the mental or spiritual aspects of yoga?
Yoga is widely recognized as a spiritual path as well as a physical fitness practice. In all of my programs, I incorporate the spiritual and physical. Through yoga we learn to focus, to bring ourselves to center and to calm our minds. By quieting the mind, we can hear more clearly our quiet inner voice. That voice is our highest wisdom that can guide us to our highest path in life. We become more centered, more insightful and more peaceful. Then we can take that inner strength and peace out into the chaos of the world and hold a calm, peaceful perspective. this is how world peace can be achieved...one heart at a time.