Basic Yoga Workout for Dummies
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VHS Movie Reviews of Basic Yoga Workout for Dummies
Movie Review: Good Intro
Summary: 4 Stars
We didn't know much about yoga and didn't want to go to a class. This is a good introduction and she teaches clearly. However, after you learn them - you wish the directions weren't explained so slowly. Movie Review: Basic Yogas for Dummies
Summary: 3 Stars
The instructions were simple but there were many positions to learn and that made it difficult for beginners to understand and follow.Movie Review: the sun salutation
Summary: 5 Stars
Just commenting on the sun-salute --
Sara Ivanhoe does a great job. She does more of a modified sun-salutation, but fine. I think she enriches it.
She models it for you, and you follow her. My only pet-peeve, is that she doesn't explain, at all, what it is. If it were more clear, perhaps it would be more meaningful.
The book, Yoga for Dummies, by the way, is great. They explain, that the sun-salutation is a 'dynamic posture,' meaning, as I understand it, a series of moving stretches, like, a flowing stretch routine.
Flowing stretch routines are really good if you want to build strength and flexibility. The Sun Salutation really helps me with that. This workout is really good for your spine and lungs.
Back to the yoga book, (bear with me here) we benefit from the sun's life-giving powers. (Like, no sun, no life) Feuerstein and Payne say ?remember that your body is condensed sunlight!? So, from a spiritual viewpoint, the light in you (your spirit) salutes its own provider, the sun itself.
As far as the ''workout'' goes, it is 5 min. of warm-up, that she flows into the sun-salute. She presents the sun salute, adding the components, piece by piece. It is about 15 min of more strenuous reps. She does about 10 minutes of cool-down, including spine-twist seated-stretches (you have to see it).
Great video. I do use it all the time. It is applicable to all levels. For a beginner, this is a total workout. For the expert, it is an interesting variation of a very established set of postures.
Movie Review: I just don't reach for this one
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm fairly new to yoga, and this was one of the first DVDs I tried. The format is fairly simple--Sara Ivanhoe introduces 12 yoga poses, which you hold for six (deep) breaths each. The poses are easy in the beginning and end, and hardest in the middle.
I can't say enough great things about Sara--she's encouraging and soothing, not grating. Her explanations are thorough and easy to understand. This DVD made me want to check out her other DVDs, which I also like. But I find that I just don't want to do this DVD anymore. At 46 minutes, it's a long workout, yet you only do 12 yoga poses in that time period. That's just too slow for me, and fast-forwarding through all the instruction is not practical. For daily practice, you really need something that flows better than this. Basic Yoga for Dummies is a good introduction to yoga, but you will outgrow it quickly. Look into Sara's Crunch: Candlelight Yoga for a relaxing, flowing practice, with a similar difficulty level.
There's also a bonus 30 minute workout on the DVD. It basically teaches you sun salutations, a basic flowing routine of yoga poses. It moves at a much faster pace than the regular workout and gets my heart rate up a bit. However, I find 30 minutes of sun salutations to be extremely boring, so I don't find myself using this one either.
Movie Review: Compose A Song Of Your Own
Summary: 5 Stars
Are you looking to learn yoga, but you can't get to or can't afford classes? While classes are the best way to learn, I believe that this video might be a good second. The title is a bit of a misnomer, in that this really isn't much of a workout. A yoga workout, or a series, is a sequence of poses strung together in a certain way, being done without pausing between. Imagine musical notes being put together to form a song. What this video does, in a very thorough way, is gently teach you a majority of the poses that other yoga videos will use. Each pose is explained thoroughly, but held for only six in-and-out breaths. Another key to correct yoga is the synchronization between breath and movement, and in this, the instructor's cueing is excellent. My advice to you would be to rent this video to learn the asanas (poses) then when you feel comfortable with each pose, grab some of the Yoga Zone beginner videos to string those poses together and make a song of your own.
- William Mize
PWA Shamus Award nominee, the Denton Ward and Monty Crocetti mystery series