SILVER SPRING, MD – The first yoga workout in the award-winning, best-selling fitness series, Exhale: Core Fusion Yoga—Energy Flow, will be released on August 24, 2010. Featuring the brand’s proven formula of five 10-minute workouts to deliver fast results and maximum flexibility, this energetic, fast-paced practice seamlessly blends traditional yoga postures with toning moves for the whole body. Husband and wife team and Core Fusion creators Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp bring the mind/body spa experience home by teaching Yoga—Energy Flow like one of exhale’s nationally renowned Core Fusion classes. Exercisers can do the full 50-minute class or choose one or more of the five segments depending on their schedule; plus three bonus segments ($16.99; Approx. 55 min.; www.AcaciaLifestyle.com).

The exercises in this program are from their popular Core Fusion classes, which have a large celebrity clientele including Charlize Theron, Heidi Klum, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Mariska Hargitay, Goldie Hawn, Ivanka Trump, Mario Lopez, Samantha Harris, and Hilary Swank. A quarter of a million people have transformed their bodies at exhale and now exercisers can get these same results at home.

Reduce inches, tighten, lift, and tone with this unique combination of yoga, cardio, and core conditioning. Get the calorie-burning benefits of cardio, the sculpting effects of Pilates, and the flexibility and balance of yoga and Chi Gong—all in one workout! The program is divided into five segments of 10 minutes each, allowing you to do a few segments for focused conditioning, or the entire 50 minutes for an intense total-body workout. The Savasana and stretching bonus offers the perfect finish to your workout, leaving you with a long, lean physique and a peaceful state of mind.

The best-selling Core Fusion DVD series also includes: Body Sculpt, Pilates Plus, Thighs & Glutes, Pure Abs & Arms, and Lean & Toned. The Core Fusion workouts also air twice weekly on Discovery’s FitTV channel. Husband and wife team and Core Fusion co-creators Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp have over 50 years of combined experience teaching Pilates, Lotte Berk Method, yoga, and dance—disciplines that comprise the Yoga—Energy Flow workout. They are founding team members of exhale, a leading mind/body spa with locations in the U.S. and the Caribbean. www.exhalespa.com.

Bonus Segments: Savasana & Stretches (5 min.); Exhale: Core Fusion Lean & Toned (10 min.); and Weight Loss Cardio Sculpt (8 min.).

Street: August 24, 2010
SRP: $16.99
Approx. 55 min., including bonus

In just four years, Acacia has become a leading distributor of original and authentic yoga, fitness, and wellness DVD programming, and, this past year, Acacia DVDs received more major magazine awards/“best of” selections than any other fitness distributor. Acacia DVDs are available from select retailers, catalog companies, www.Amazon.com/acacia, and direct from Acacia at (800) 944-0474 or www.AcaciaLifestyle.com