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A.M. and P.M. Yoga for Beginners :: 0698114094
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A.M. Yoga for Beginners
"The morning is a precious time," says the narrator of A.M. Yoga for Beginners. "Just as the sun rises and falls, so do our natural rhythms. The morning is perfect time to open our bodies and center our minds." This 20-minute yoga practice with supple instructor Rodney Yee is the perfect way to start your day by energizing your body and calming your mind. Filmed on the beach at Maui at sunrise, the video starts with a 4-minute Conscious Relaxation focusing on breathing, then glides into a 14-minute series of yoga poses that are simultaneously relaxing and energizing. It ends with a 2-minute seated Guided Meditation to center your body and mind. Yee's instruction is detailed and gentle. The video is beautifully filmed: you watch the waves roll in as Yee demonstrates yoga poses on a sandy beach. The yoga practice awakens and stretches your muscles gently, leaving you balanced and focused. "Yoga is the foundation of my day," says Yee. "A few minutes in the morning will help give meaning to your day." --Joan Price P.M. Yoga for Beginners
"The evening is the perfect time to calmly transition between being active and being quiet," says Patricia Walden, instructor of P.M. Yoga for Beginners. "One of the greatest gifts yoga has to offer is deep relaxation." This 20-minute program is designed to balance, calm, and revitalize you at the end of the day. It starts with centering poses: gentle stretches bringing awareness and quiet to your senses. Next are standing poses to release tension, increase circulation, expand the lungs, and help you breathe more deeply. Next, forward bends cool the body and bring quiet to the nervous system. The final restorative poses are so relaxing that you may fall asleep. Walden tells you not only how to do the poses, but what you should feel, and how to quiet your body and your mind. Instruction is soothing and explicit. Although this video is aimed at beginners, seldom are modifications given for the less flexible novice, so if any pose causes discomfort or seems impossible, don't push beyond your personal comfort level. The video was filmed on the windswept sands of Death Valley. --Joan Price Editorial Descriptions are usually submitted by the manufacturers, publishers and authors. Contact us if you are one of them, and wish to change the above description. |
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Author: Guest
I have been practicing yoga for several years and I use this DVD about once a week. My boyfriend (not genearlly a yoga person) joins me with this DVD. When they say "beginner" I think they mean otherwise in reasonable shape and able to do basic stretching already. This DVD is not "how-to" do yoga -- it's more of a "let's try the basics" type of thing. My boyfriend finds the video challenging but not impossible and over time he has gained some flexibility... which is part of the point of yoga. I find the DVD very relaxing and a good way to suppliment my other practices. I think this DVD is really good for what it is and I'm very pleased with it.
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Author: Guest
This was one of the very first really good yoga dvd's, and as such, it deserves a place in everyone's collection who enjoys doing yoga in the privacy of one's own living room. A classic, and well worth the money.
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Author: Guest
OK I did quite a bit of yoga way back when, but I had an eight year hiatus and had become too decrepit to do an hour and a half of asana. A friend told me to start small--this tape is only about 20 minutes long. She also said that she (a very serously fit person) had found this tape a huge comfort while she was going thrugh a divorce. So I started doing it every morning four months ago followed by one or another of the relaxations on Yee's Relaxation for Meditation CD. (I need more than the two minute meditation on the AM Tape. In fact I had trouble meditating anyway and prefered a guided relaxation.) Very nice combination
Then I started throwing in Yoga for Abs or Yoga for Arm Strength (in between the other two)That worked wonderfully--I'd feel really nice--calm and cheerful afterwards.
Recently, if I get up early eonough I do Maritza's incredible tape for beginning meditation instead of the Relaxation CD. I come away feeling peaceful and filled with joy.
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Author: Guest
This DVD was supposed to be "relaxing" .. It didn't relax me. I am new to yoga-- and I kept turning my head in attempt to see what the people were doing.. when they would change positions. Half the time, the video would start showing nature scenes without the person-- ie. flying through the sky or over the sea. I guess you're not supposed to be looking at the TV screen?
After awhile, I got used to the exercises and didn't need to watch the screen. So I guess I could have enjoyed the scenery... but I just thought of it as a waste of my time...
I prefer the Yoga offered though Yourself!Fitness' Meditation Garden option... (Sarah Ivanhoe's 20 minute yoga [5 dvds 20 mins each] and Yoga Beauty [2 dvds 55 minutes each]also really nice)
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Author: Guest
The AM part of this video is excellent. It is definately geared towards a yoga beginner and it is a great way to start the day. However, the PM portion of the video is very challenging and I find it way too difficult. Definately not for beginners.
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