Top 10 Exercise and Wellness Programs Now Streaming on IdahoPTV Passport

Megan Joyce

• Published on January 12, 2023 • Last modified on December 19, 2023 • Comments

What are your goals for the new year?
If you're looking to focus on mind and body, we have just the programs to help you get started.

1. Easy Yoga with Peggy Cappy

Discover how yoga can aid anyone, of any age. In this 3-part series, learn how yoga and diet can have a positive impact on life with diabetes, how to increase strength and improve balance, and certain yoga exercises designed to address arthritis problems.

2. Joyful Pain Free Living with Lee Albert

As a neuromuscular therapist, meditation teacher and yoga instructor, Lee Albert addresses three systems of the body that contribute to pain, stress and premature aging. He also provides a step-by-step “owner’s manual” for our bodies to maintain a pain-free life and, when necessary, find the way to resolve pain in our knees, back, neck or elsewhere.

3. Deepak Chopra: Becoming MetaHuman

Become happier, more joyful and energetic with a simple three-step process that unlocks the secrets of moving beyond our limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities. Includes interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Martha Beck and more.

4. The Transformational Power of Yoga

Internationally recognized yoga instructor Desirée Rumbaugh shares her wisdom with you in The Transformational Power of Yoga. This program promotes enthusiasm for life, for love and for healthy living. Increase your strength and flexibility and learn how your breathing affects your state of mind, Use these powerful poses to add energy and spirit to your life.

5. Why Am I Like This?

Being a human can be weird. Even when everything is "normal" (whatever that means), you might not always get what your body is doing…or why. Dr. Tina Lasisi, full-time biological anthropologist and part-time human, is here to help you make sense of how and why our bodies do what they do.

6. YNDI Yoga

Travel through atmospheric environments and custom soundscapes with YNDI Yoga. The series helps viewers bring their bodies and minds to optimal health, while also nourishing the soul. The series features 13 half-hour episodes designed to improve one’s mental and physical wellbeing.

7. Your Fountain of Youth with Lee Holden

Qi Gong is said to be "the art of preventing disease and prolonging life" through a combination of breathing, stretching, strengthening, relaxation, meditation and flow in a single, simple yet highly effective practice. Join Lee Holden in beautiful locations such as Yosemite National Park, Croatia, and the California Redwoods as he takes you on a journey into this profound healing art.

8. The Stress Solution with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

Stress and anxiety can have devastating consequences for our work, our relationships, and our mental health. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee provides a roadmap for relief, identifying the key daily stresses and offering a four-step plan to help you take back control and lead a more fulfilled, calmer life.

9. Step It Up with Steph

A weekly dose of health, diet and fitness instruction, Step It Up with Steph helps viewers regain control of their health and wellness with holistic solutions to the lifestyle problems that plague women every day, such as weight loss, low energy, menopause or career burnout.

10. Secrets to Pain-Free Sitting with Esther Gokhale

Sitting has gathered a negative reputation in recent decades. But if done skillfully, in moderation, and punctuated with exercise breaks, sitting can be comfortable, restful, and even therapeutic. In this special, viewers learn how to heal their backs as they sit by using gentle traction to elongate their backs and breathing to naturally massage their spines.

IdahoPTV Passport is a member benefit that provides IdahoPTV donors extended on-demand access to a rich library of quality public television programs on your television with a number of streaming video devices as well as on your computer, tablet, and smartphone.

To learn more or sign up for Passport, visit idahoptv.org/passport.