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 On the Ball With Sara Ivanhoe: Yoga Workout for Beginners :: 078798664X
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| Transform your body and your mind with this innovative and highly effective approach to getting and staying in great shape. A fusion of the ultimate mind/body practice of yoga and ball work, this practice will give you the flexibility and strength that result from yoga and the core stabilizing and balancing qualities that result from working with the stability ball. For beginners as well as seasoned fitness practitioners, this program is designed to get and keep you working at the level that is appropriate for you. Instructor Sara Ivanhoe takes special care to provide modifications along with detailed instruction to make this program safe, fun and challenging for every body. How On The Ball Yoga will benefit you: •Strengthen and tone the entire body •Center awareness and improve mind/body balance •Increase flexibility 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 am completely new to Yoga, and fairly new to the stability ball; I was extremely impressed with the quality of the workout and the production quality of the DVD. I highly recommend this DVD for anyone who wants a basic workout combining Yoga and the stability ball. I got the stability ball to improve my horseback riding, and the Yoga has really helped my balance and flexibility.
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Author: Guest
I"m not a big yoga fan, but I really liked this DVD. I just love the stability ball. It makes you focus on your total core and what a great way to work out.
The stability ball can really help you to do many exercises that would otherwise be difficult.
I work out to this DVD when I want a work out that gives me stretching and streghthening in my entire body. You just feel good all over after you do this work out.
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Author: Guest
I find most yoga videos very difficult, simply because I am not very flexible or very good at balancing. That's why I love this DVD. The ball is used as a prop to keep you balanced and properly aligned. Many poses which I find difficult to impossible become doable with the ball. For this reason, this DVD is probably too easy for anyone who is not a beginner. But for a beginner, it is a perfect way to build up confidence and flexibility. I also love Sara Ivanhoe, the instructor. She is encouraging without being obnoxiously bubbly and has a soothing voice.
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Author: Guest
My sister the yogi insisted I get started doing this ancient form of exercise. She's been doing yoga for years, and while I did yoga in high school, I've been a drop-out for decades. Ok, ok, I'm getting started, really, I am, Sis!
I chose this Yoga DVD because it was labeled for "beginners" and also because I have a large exercise ball gathering dust. I liked the idea of using the ball for support because I am clumsy as hell, and the ball acts as a sort of yoga block as well as making you use your small muscles as you strive to balance. (I was told by a professional trainer that this is why free weights and walking are superior to static machine exercises, because the act of balancing uses many more muscles.) So I pumped up the big ball and dusted it off, got out a sticky mat (you need one for this) and took off my shoes and put on some suitable yogi pants and a soft tee shirt. I then tested the ball, as the DVD instructs you, to make sure it was at the right firmness to position me correctly.
Ms. Ivanhoe has a clear, pleasant voice, the filming is bright, well-positioned and easy to follow. The workout was moderately challenging for me--nothing I couldn't do, but not overly easy. I felt the workout immediately in my abdominals, while getting a pleasant stretch to my entire back. You start with a series of movements, each position flowing into two or three more "asanas" to make a set of exercises. The first set uses the puppy pose (head down, back arched inward) and the pyramid pose (rather like stretching the hamstrings before working out.) You roll the ball down and put your hands on the ball rather than on the mat as an advanced pose might have you do. A nice back stretch. The second set used the cat pose (arching and swaying your back) and ending up in the plank pose--lying prone on the ball, using your hands to support you in a horizontal position that makes you use your abdominals. The next set was the "Salute to the Sun" --four more moves. Throughout, the instructor tells you which asana to inhale on, and which to exhale on--this is important, says my sister. The key to Yoga is knowing when to breath and this is not always part of every instructional tape or DVD. When I was done, I felt my abdominals had been worked--I felt "centered" which is the aim of this set of yoga exercises.
I rate this five stars--definitely good for a beginner (assuming you have no health issues you must discuss with your physician) and a great way to get started in yoga. I enjoyed every moment of this workout on the ball.
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Author: Guest
Sara has such nice way about her - she is measured, patient and has a soothing voice. This dvd is really geared towards those that can't do yoga positions on their own and need the ball as a means of support. For a true yoga enthusiast, it offers variation but not enough stretch to fulfill.The sun salutation series is almost pointless with a ball if you are used to doing them on the floor. Don't confuse this with a stability ball exercise tape - this is a beginner's yoga tape with a ball as a prop. Great tape if you don't expect more than it offers.
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