Fizzy yoga, or physiyoga, is a new method of exercise that has stars like Kim Cattrall lining up to learn; now, everyone wants to know what exactly it entails.

The routine incorporates yoga poses with physical therapy, which not only heals old injuries but prevents the body from more harm. Instructor Diana Zotos says she gives an evaluation before allowing anyone to take her course, to see which parts need to be focused on.

When I meet someone for the first time, I do a physical therapy evaluation, Zotos said. Then we customize a yoga program around that. It targets deficits, will strengthen muscles that are weak and stretch muscles that are tight, while focusing on the core.

Kim Cattrall spoke recently about her new love for the exercises, saying the method has saved her life.

As I get older, I find that cardio is less important to me, she said. What I want to do more of is intense stretching. Im not worried about injuring myself because a regular yoga instructor isnt versed in the way of the body like a trained physio [instructor] is.

She says that her workout routine during filming for Sex And The City was so intense that it left her with no energy to do anything else; physiyoga does the opposite.

Id do massive sessions of heavy cardio before each series started and then no exercise at all during filming, she said. Id just collapse at the weekends.

Now, she says, she can focus on gaining strength and energy without having to worry about damaging her muscles. If her figure is any indication of the results, we can probably expect to see a lot more celebrities taking up the practice.

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Topics: aaliyah warren, yoga, zama yoga toowoomba

A NEW form of yoga is literally turning the fitness world upside down.

Not many workouts defy gravity but aerial yoga, also known as antigravity yoga, will have Toowoomba's most limber twisting into knots.

It is practised using a swing suspended from the ceiling, to support and assist various postures.

For the first time in the city, Zama Yoga Toowoomba will offer beginners classes for the alternative fitness form next month.

Instructor Deb Goulding said not only was it a fun way to practise yoga, but it also had many rehabilitation benefits.

"There's decompression on the joints as all the weight is taken off," Deb said.

"But it's more about being able to let go, and find some trust and strength."

Aerial yoga began more than two decades in the US but is now gaining popularity around the world, including here in Australia.

While it may look daunting for some, Ms Goulding said it was completely safe with the body always supported in the various postures and poses.

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A mother gained notoriety with the attachment parenting set after she was photographed practicing yoga naked while her daughter breastfed.

Mother Amy Woodruff's photo of her in a yoga inversion breastfeeding went viral. The photo was not staged, Woodruff said. / Daughters of the Sun blog

Mother Amy Woodruff lives in a clothing-optional community in Hawaii.

She was practicing a yoga inversion naked when her daughter Naia crawled over, hungry. A photograph of her in this moment (links probably NSFW) went viral, and Woodruff said the photo was not staged.

"This happens all the time, by the way.

"When a breast is out and baby is around, they are going to try and get it any way they can! I have been blogging for years now, and this photo was just a simple share of a beautiful captured moment."

Woodruff said on her blog that she never guessed the photo would go viral.

"My blog at this point had been set up so that we could share our travels and Naia with our families and close friends," Woodruff wrote.

"When I posted the photo I had no idea it would be shared the way it was. There was no showing off intended, nor did I send this photo out to any websites to gain attention. A few close friends shared it on Facebook as a beautiful photo of a mama connecting with her child. It was shared again from there and so on and so forth. "

When the photo did make the rounds on the Internet, Woodruff said she was overwhelmed with the reaction.

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