Yoga is a great exercise for people of all ages and fitness levels, improving flexibility, strength, and balance. Even if you’ve never done it before, you can start at any age at any time. If you are a beginner to the practice or even if you have been practicing for years, a yoga kit can be a great investment.

If you are an absolute beginner and are just exploring the benefits of yoga as an exercise, a yoga kit is a great idea. Yoga kits allow you to start with all the essentials for your yoga practice with very little investment. You’ll want to explore kits that include:

Yoga Mat: A thick non-slip mat for practicing your poses. Yoga mats come in a variety of sizes and colors and are easy to roll up and store. A yoga mat is essential for the initial yoga practice.

Yoga strap: A beginner may have less flexibility than a more advanced practitioner or yoga. A yoga strap helps you modify postures that involve more flexibility and allow you to improve that area in your practice.

Yoga Block: Yoga blocks are very useful for beginners. With less flexibility it is not easy to stay in poses that require you to squat down and touch the floor, instead, you touch the yoga block making your bending less intense and allowing you to perform the poses while increasing your flexibility over time.

Instructional DVD: Instruction is the key to yoga. If you are a beginner, how are you going to know what to do differently? If you are not in an area where you can attend a yoga class for personal instruction, a DVD is the best option.

Yoga kits for kids combine fun, fitness and imagination. Making exercise fun is a critical step in raising healthy and fit children. Great kids’ kits make exercise a game that engages young children and makes exercise fun, encouraging them and reinforcing the importance of physical fitness as part of an overall healthy lifestyle.

Yoga weight loss kits add resistance with push-ups to speed up your metabolism and increase your endurance.

Something to keep in mind when researching a yoga kit is also the inclusion of a mat bag that makes it easy to transport the mat to the gym or for packing and storage.

A pose wall chart is a huge bonus. Sometimes you get bored with videos and DVDs and want to change it up a bit by choosing your favorite poses to create your own workout.

If you are a beginner or a yogi, take a look at the yoga kits available and get on with your practice today.