If you've always thought yoga was just for thin, fit people, a new movie out on DVD wants to change your mind. "This movie is groundbreaking in that aspect, in that it brings the importance of yoga to everyone," said Tari Prinster, a yoga teacher and breast cancer survivor.
The feature documentary "Yogawoman" looks at the practice from the streets of Manhattan to the slums of Kenya. It documents how women from every aspect of society, including prisons, and those with cancer or eating issues, are using yoga to gain control over the pressures of modern life.
It was narrated by Annette Bening, and follows yoga teachers like Prinster of New York. She calls Yogawoman groundbreaking for its message that yoga is not just for the perfect woman.
"This is what the film focuses on," said Prinster, via Google+ from her home in New York. "Those that have been left out of this popularity, those that don't always look perfect in their yoga outfits, those who are not able to be flexible, or stand on their head or get into a pretzel-like position, but can still benefit from this."
Prinster says yoga is really about gaining more control over what's going on inside you. You can find links to more information about Yogawoman, and to Prinster's web site on this page.