 [Larger view] | Power Yoga for Beginners - Flexibility
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| Great for flexability, focus, and strength | |
| This is a great tape if you are somewhat flexible already and want to prepare yourself for the more challenging poses. Make sure you have done some beginners workouts so you know some of the poses already. This definitely should not be you're first workout tape. This is a well paced workout that not only works on you're flexability but your'e strength and concentration too.This has alot of downward facing dog poses in it. This seemed to help prepare me for the headstands and handstands in the Yoga Journal's Yoga for intermediates by getting me used to having my head down and blood flowing to it. Rodney Yee is a great instructor. I love how he incorporates small meditations at the end of each of his videos. I am glad I purchased this tape. It brings me 20 min. of peace and serenity and leaves me feeling focused, energised and peaceful throughout the day. | |
| Give It Time | |
| The first time I did this tape, I felt the same as several of the other reviewers...this is not for beginners! I am not at all flexible and have never done yoga before but I have stuck with this and another of Rodney Yee's tapes for 4 weeks now and they are now a joy to do. I still cannot mold myself into the poses as beautifully as he has, but my flexibility has increased tremendously and the workout becomes easier and easier each time I do it. I no longer am watching the video out of the corner of my eye, but am concentrating on each move and my breathing. The result is increased flexibility and a more relaxed me. My advice is to stick with the program a few weeks and you will be very pleased. If he made the routine any simpler the video would not be useful to you after only a week or two. Instead you have a program that will challenge you for several months. | |
| Just remember that this is power yoga | |
| This is a beginner's POWER YOGA video. If you are a complete beginner, please keep in mind that Power yoga (ashtanga) is the most vigorous and dynamic type of yoga, emphasizing continuous flow of movement. And this means that to be able to do this video, you need to be fit and flexible enough to link poses in rapid succession! If you can't do this, don't buy it. If you can - even if you have never tried yoga before - this video is for you! Rodney Yee will lead you through a variety of postures (mostly back bends, no balance poses) interspersed with "sun salutations" (set sequence of poses executed rapidly). The whole video is about 30 minutes long. Production and music are very nice, not too distracting and not too new-agy. There's a short meditation/relaxation at the end. In short, if you are somewhat fit and flexible, you'll probably enjoy this video. |
