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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786305150107 Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 6305150109 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: November 03, 1998 Running Time: 50 minutes Sales Rank: 2018 Studio: Sony Theatrical Release Date: 1995
Amazon.com: Fitness guru Kathy Smith leads a gentle introduction to yoga, with plenty of adaptations for special needs. She starts with very simple postures for body awareness, proper breathing, and relaxation. Smith explains how to do each pose correctly, how to use your breath, how to modify if necessary, where to focus your concentration, how the body should be aligned, and what parts are working. Her instructions are clear and explicit. Modifications are offered for both more and less flexible exercisers, letting you adapt the yoga practice to your own level. Some of the poses seem like traditional stretches you're already used to, and Smith makes the transition to the more challenging poses easy to follow. If you've been intrigued by yoga, but are intimidated by the poses you've seen among experienced yoga practitioners, this is a terrific starting place. (Floor poses: 22 minutes; standing poses: 22 minutes; guided relaxation: 10 minutes.) --Joan Price
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Buy this!
It is because of Kathy Smith that I love yoga. I've had many of her exercise tapes/DVDs over the years, and decided to try yoga several months ago. I love this DVD, and I'm happy to say that I'm getting fitter and stronger. Kathy is an excellent instructor, and doesn't speak in a sing-song voice like many do. I feel fantastic when done practicing, and am proud of myself for getting fitter. I also have and love Yoga Sculpt, also by Kathy Smith.
Rating: - I will use this one again
This is a very good DVD's for a beginner. This DVD starts lying on the ground with abdominal breathing exercises and then moves on to stretches (knees to chest etc) and then twist (knees to ground etc.)This is bit different than most yoga DVD's start, but I like the change. The practice starts out with a more relaxed and calm atmosphere.
Then on to hands and knee poses (Cat-Cow, knees to chest) and then standing. There are only a few standing poses (high lunge, side-angle, forward bend with a chair, etc) but they are held long enough so you can feel the effect of the pose.
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Rating: - Great for the fit beginner
Granted I am not the fittest person video on earth, I did find this to be an excellent yoga video if you are fit and never done yoga. If you could stand to lose some more weight like me then you might want to wait a little longer. Kathy was great in her instructions and it went at a nice easy pace. You do need a few things for the video: a chair, a strap or long bath towel. Head and wrist bands are optional. I did sweat to this video. The only down side to this video and I am not alone in this (read other people reviews) some of the poses are held a little too long and the video is fifty minutes long. ... Read More
Rating: - Perfect for beginners!
This is the first yoga video I ever bought, and it's the only one that I keep coming back to!
My only complaint is the length. At 50+ minutes long, the video is too long for me to do the whole thing every day. I tend to do just the floor poses and then I skip to the guided relaxation.
I do feel great afterward. It's a great way to get rid of a headache. I even found that it helped with my carpal tunnel symptoms, which wasn't something I was expecting it to do!
Rating: - It's okay
I have never done yoga before and I wanted to try it so I read some reviews on this particular DVD and decided to go for it. It was okay. I felt that she kind of babbled too much and the poses were held for quite a while. I didn't exactly find it as relaxing as it probably should have been.
I have only done the video once. I believe in giving things a second chance so I will do that with this video, but I'm not convinced that my star-rating or feelings will change.
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