Yoga Journal's Yoga for Relaxation and Meditation
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $13.29
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Manufacturer: Living Arts
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781930814462
Format: Color
ISBN: 1930814461
Label: Living Arts
Manufacturer: Living Arts
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Living Arts
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2001-10-22
Running Time: 180
Studio: Living Arts
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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This Yoga Journal DVD combines two workout programs, "Yoga Practice for Relaxation" and "Yoga Practice for Meditation." "Yoga Practice for Relaxation" helps stress slide away with restorative yoga poses that replenish your body's energy and rejuvenate your spirit. With these poses you're not working your body, but "undoing, allowing nature to restore you ... [and] the healing powers of yoga to reveal themselves to you," explains Patricia Walden, who teaches the first 30-minute session of resting poses. Your body is supported by props, such as folded blankets, a bolster, or a wall, so the stretches are not intense. The second 30-minute session, taught by Rodney Yee, emphasizes forward bends, often done seated on the floor in various positions, with your forehead and arms resting on a chair for support. In Yoga Practice for Meditation, Rodney explains, "Meditation is awareness of posture, ease of breath, and attentiveness of the mind." Yee quietly and expertly leads you through five yoga practices that release bodily tension, improve posture, and open up breathing in the gorgeous setting of Yosemite National Park. The practice is divided into five segments: Mountain, a series that moves from pose to pose, used for making the transition from daily activities to a sitting meditation (12 minutes); Garden, gentle movements that open the hips and stretch the back (10 minutes); Tree, four sitting poses, using props to modify the poses to your personal flexibility level (10 minutes); Wind, a series with a focus on breathing, releasing tension, and relaxing deeply (10 minutes); Sky, a meditation focusing on posture and breath and "inviting the mind into the present moment, time and time again" (8 minutes). --Joan Price
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Summary: Great Relaxation Poses
Comment: I have several Gaiam yoga DVDs, and this one is the best for stress relief.
The idea of "un-doing" really appeals to me in Patricia's relaxation session. I don't have a bolster, but I use a lot of pillows to get into the positions. I like it that the video gives some time to stay in the poses and let the body relax. This session is great before going to bed, and I find that I sleep better after winding down this way.
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Summary: perfect for beginner with anxiety issues
Comment: This dvd has been a major part of my relaxation which I desperatly need to help with my anxiety and panic attacks. love it.
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Summary: Mixed bag
Comment: I bought this DVD for the relaxation routines, but it turns out the first 2 series in Yoga for Meditation have become part of my regular routine, and I hardly ever watch the rest of it.
Mountain, the first routine, is "a quiet flow series" done on a mat. Garden, the second, is a "hip-opening series" that uses a chair. One of my complaints about this disc is that there is not a lot of time between the end of Mountain and the beginning of Garden, so if you don't stop the disc, you have to hurry to switch gears. It doesn't give you much opportunity to "sit in the stillness of the moment".
You could program the disc to go to Wind or Sky, the last 2 chapters, after finishing one of the active series. Wind takes you through a couple of poses, but mostly focuses on breathing. Sky is mostly a guided meditation. You need to quit meditating before you get to the end of the credits after Sky though, as it cuts straight to an annoying ad.
They suggest that you watch the video through once before doing the exercises. I would recommend that in this case because it was filmed in Yosemite Valley and has some really beautiful cinematography, which is pretty much wasted if you are lying on your back with your eyes closed meditating.
The first of the 2 relaxation series uses a lot of pillows and bolsters to support the poses, and I found that fussing around with the props distracted from actually relaxing. I suppose I should watch it to learn the poses, rather than trying to do the poses along with the disc. The second relaxation series uses a chair, and, for 1 pose, a folded blanket, but in general there was less fussing and I thought it worked better as a video to relax to.
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Summary: good warm-up for zen sitting
Comment: If you are deepening your meditation, and longer sitting is required, then try the Rodney Yee yoga techniques. They will loosen the thighs, hips and lower back considerably. A zen practioner's various lotus positions will greatly benefit from Yee's wholistic approach. He manages to stretch muscles and tendons in subtle and profound ways. Give this DVD a try when you're in need of some strengthening before sitting for the longer spells.
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Summary: Not their best work....
Comment: This is the yoga session that they always recommend women who are menstruating should use whenever you turn on any living arts tape, but it's dreadful for any time of the month. Patricia Walden's session gave me the worst back ache in the world, because the session is out of balance ... to many postures bending in one direction and none in the opposite direction. The 1 star is for the Rodney Yee session which isn't as bad as the first one, but it is so advanced you won't believe they put it on there. I don't understand why these two sessions are sold together, or why they are being sold at all. Don't waste your money on a tape you may never use again. Instead of this one, I would highly recommend "Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss" with Suzanne Deason, "Yoga Conditioning for Athletes" with Rodney Yee, "Back Care Yoga for Beginners" with Rodney Yee, "A.M Yoga for Beginners" with Rodney Yee, P.M. Yoga for Beginners" with Suzanne Deason, "Stress Relief Yoga for Beginners" with Patricia Walden & "Yoga Journal's Yoga for Meditation" with Rodney Yee which has 5 beautiful sessions with him all one tape which are filmed at the foot of a snow peaked mountain top.
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