Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners
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Manufacturer: Gaiam
Starring: Patricia Walden
Directed By: Steve Adams
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: GAIAM AMERICAS
EAN: 9781930814820
Format: Color
ISBN: 1930814828
Label: Gaiam
Manufacturer: Gaiam
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Gaiam
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-05-28
Running Time: 180
Studio: Gaiam
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Studio: Gaiam Americas Release Date: 10/02/2006
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Summary: Like taking an intro series at Iyengar!
Comment: I studied yoga at the New York Iyengar yoga center for several years, and I love going back to basics. I have advanced arthritis in my neck and also have recently corrected a scoliosis curve in my spine. My sister, who is trained in yoga instruction and who has traveled extensively studying Iyengar yoga, recommended Patricia Walden to me. I am SO GLAD she did! There are sequences of just poses and no instruction, and plenty of slow instruction on each pose so thorough that you do not need to look at the video (just like an Iyengar class!). Also, her technique is gorgeous. Watching her the way they filmed her, you can see her spine moving, her muscles adjusting, so you get the reinforcement of always shifting in the poses, to increase your body awareness and your understanding as you relearn and master each pose, each day. The reviewers who don't like how it was filmed obviously didn't realize that was clearly the purpose. Also, her voice is slow and hypnotic, not fake at all. Just controlled. The reviewers who were negative on her voice maybe haven't experienced the Iyengar style which is to constantly remind us of what we need to be paying attention to when we're in the pose, so we don't get lazy in any of the postures.
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Summary: Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners
Comment: The disk was for beginners which I am at the present, however, I am very familiar with yoga. The pace was too slow and I found the routine boring. Don' t waste your money.
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Summary: Fabulous First Yoga DVD
Comment: With this DVD, all you need is a mat and a mirror, and you are on your way to a firm foundation in yoga. On the other hand, if you have experience in yoga, this is not the DVD for you.
Walden slowly and systematically gets the student into each of the poses, focusing on correct form. I have since taken several "in person" classes, and can honestly say that I learned more from Walden, who is not afraid to take her time (and comes with a pause button) than from any of the live instructors who are trying to focus on a variety of experience levels.
Once you have mastered the poses in this session, you will be ready to move on to "beginner" programs that move a little faster, OR to put the given poses together into your own flowing combinations.
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Summary: Didn't get through it
Comment: This is the second yoga DVD I purchased, and I was not impressed at all. Too much talking at the beginning, and like someone else earlier said, the instructor's voice was too fake. Ick. And she was wearing an all-white, tight-fitting spanx bodysuit...right away I was turned off by her.
Also, the menu was difficult to navigate. Seemed like I could only go to basic poses or instruction or something like that.
Anyway, I chucked this DVD fairly early on. I just couldn't get into it.
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Summary: A classic
Comment: On VHS, this tape was my first introduction to yoga. I thought it might be a nice compliment to my martial arts practice. I don't think I ever actually made it all the way through the tape, since holding poses was always my least favorite part of martial arts and yoga was, functionally, a never ending sequence of holding poses. I picked it up on DVD on a whim on sale, and more recently, now that I am older and more interested in calming myself and introspection than in seeing if I can kick my much taller brothers in the head (theoretically, of course), popping this DVD in was what led me to discover how deeply satisfying yoga can be. Hence I am very fond of it.
Although I would still consider myself a fairly raw beginner, I have found that I don't do this practice as much as I used to. I do it when I need something very calming--you hold each pose rather than shifting between them dynamically, which I find calming--or when I want to run through her excellent pointers on proper pose positioning. It's a very slow paced practice and there's a lot of dead time that is filled with instruction. It is very valuable instruction, but after you've heard it for the tenth (or twentith. Or more.) time you don't really need for her to tell you how to fold a blanket again. I often prefer something faster paced for my regular work out, but this DVD has a very special place in my heart.
I wish there was a way to skip her "stop and lecture the class" and just do the asanas with instruction, but I don't find this as annoying as I would on a current DVD release I think, because this is a classic.
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