VIDEOS/DVDs

YOGA for MS: Pathways Exercise Video for People with Limited Mobility
This yoga-based exercise program is suitable for people with full or limited mobility. (But you must be able to get up and down from the floor to a chair.) It includes breathing and relaxation techniques. 48 minutes.

YOGA for Arthritis and Related Conditions
Don’t let the title confuse you. This video has been used widely by thousands of people with MS. It shows five people, one of whom has MS, with varying levels of ability doing poses at different levels. It is also an appropriate video for those in wheelchairs. It includes breathing and relaxation techniques and the DVD includes a Spanish version. 52 minutes.

Both videos are by Shoosh Lettick Crotzer. To order, visit Mobility Limited or call 800-366-6038 for further information.

Yoga with Eric Small
Eric Small is a well-known yoga teacher who has been one of the most influential proponents of yoga for MS. He was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS almost half a century ago, and has been teaching yoga for many of those years. To order, call 310-479-4456 or write the Southern California Chapter of the National MS Society, 2440 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 115, Los Angeles, CA 90064. 100 minutes.

BOOKS

Yoga and Multiple Sclerosis: A Journey to Health and Healingby Eric Small and Dr. Loren Fishman. This new book provides descriptions of adapted poses along with explorations on their effects, advantages and contraindications. It also includes recommendations on postures for fatigue and spasticity. This is available from the Ohio Buckeye Chapter’s Lending Library.

In addition to everything listed below, we have videos, books, booklets, and literature available from our Lending Library on yoga, exercise, stretching, complimentary and alternative medicines, etc. Please visit our Lending Library online to see what’s available.