Yoga has many wonderful benefits, including reducing stress, increasing flexibility, and improving your overall health.

• Over the past few years, my yoga styles guide has grown, as it mirrors yoga's popularity and the constant emergence of new styles. The guide now includes brief summaries about 23 different interpretations of the physical practice of yoga. With so many options available, there is bound to be at least one that fits your needs. Beginners often tell me how confusing it is to figure out what kind of yoga to try. My advice is to read up on these commonly available styles and pick the one that sounds the most appealing. And if at first you don't succeed.
  
  This complete guide to how to start doing yoga will have you down-dogging with the best of them in no time. It's the crucial missing link between sitting on the couch thinking about trying yoga and getting your butt on the mat.