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 Yoga For Inflexible PeopleSales Rank:1229List Price: $19.95 Lowest New Price: $6.99 Lowest Used Price: $5.09 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Total Reviews: 122 Customer Reviews:Rating: 4 True to the title! I've had issues with flexibility since childhood, and I've always been intimidated by yoga for this reason. The title of this DVD appealed, and I had to try it. The Iyengar yoga techniques, which focus on alignment and precision, include modifications for beginner students using props like belts, blocks, and blankets. The instruction can seem repetitious, but since the teacher isn't really there to correct errors, this ends up being helpful in understanding the poses. Even if you end up switching to a different technique later, this provides a good background in the poses. My review would be five stars, but the instruction on breathing wasn't always clear, and there were some errors in the recording. However, there's an impressive variety of workouts from beginner to moving towards more advanced work, and true to the spirit of Iyengar yoga, I've found these techniques to really help in promoting a clearer, less stressed mind. Rating: 5 JUST WHAT WAS NEEDED! I had gone to a chiropractor for neck and back problems, and had a bit of deep tissue massage done. I kept getting the feedback, "you're so tight here." I tried a yoga class, but found doing a one hour class to begin with was too much. Then I bought this DVD. This is great. I especially like the fact that one DVD has 35 separate routines on it, varying in length from 15 minutes to an hour, and concentrating on specific areas. So if you only have 15 minutes and are having neck problems, there is a routine you can do. And they do help! I now try to do yoga with this video everyday. Even 20 minutes a day has made a prfoound difference, and best of all -- the aches and pains are gone, and I have more stamina! I highly recommend this DVD! Rating: 5 Great beginner DVD I purchased this DVD because I am interested in learning yoga for flexibility and strength, but I am very unflexible. The DVD is a great way to start yoga, increasing the exercises as your flexibility improves. Rating: 5 What I was Looking For I had a terrible accident almost 11 years ago, and after that everything hurt, so I stopped doing the things that hurt, and I became my body's worst enemy, all my muscles got tight and uncomfortable, and a few times a year my back would go out and that seemed, while terrible, normal. I got down on the fit path, and I do a very good workout routine now, but I still hated stretching because I was so inflexible, and the back still went out. I moved from stretching into this yoga video. It might not be like a complete smooth routine, but you can plan your own routine from the dvd menu screen. And you are slowly learning to move your body into a more flexible structure. I suppose the philosophy of yoga is not explained very well if at all, however, right now my concern is to get my body back to mostly limber. Once I feel that these positions have helped me do that I will hopefully move on to full routines. If you have wanted to try yoga but are either overweight or inflexible, this program is a very gentle, sensible introduction to allow you to try and not feel foolish. This program can be tailored to fit your needs every day, you can choose a strength program, a flexibility program or relaxation or energizing. You can also move between the body parts you would like to exercise, your back, your hips, your arms, your legs, you get the picture. That is how you can build up to 35 different programs. This was really what I was looking for. This is for the beginner, who has been intimidated by yoga in the past. Rating: 3 Lacks flow For the most part, positions feel too isolated in this DVD. I wish it felt more like a yoga class, with positions flowing from one to the next to create a routine. I don't like the screen going black between positions. You'll perform one position standing, the screen goes black, and then you're sitting, without having gotten there by means of a position like forward fold. I would have preferred routines which stretch my whole body in one routine and don't really like the focus on individual body parts for an hour. I would also have preferred routines which move you from standing to seated and back, instead of focusing on one or the other. Some of the positions are shown opposite of the narration - when the narrator tells you to bend your right leg, the demonstrator bends her left, which is somewhat confusing. I do like the option for shorter or longer routines, depending on how much time I have. |