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VHS : Introduction to Power Yoga for BeginnersIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Yoga Zone  List Price: $9.98 Price: $4.97 You Save: $5.01 (50%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0741952611332 Format: Color, NTSC Label: KOCH VISION Manufacturer: KOCH VISION Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: KOCH VISION Release Date: September 12, 2000 Running Time: 40 minutes Studio: KOCH VISION Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Sales Rank: 40008 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: With its, easy-to-follow approach, the Yoga Zone - Intro to Power Yoga for Beginners from Video Action Sports is the perfect way to tone your entire body. The two complete, integrated sessions on this video feature a popular, flowing yoga style that builds strength, increases flexibility and promotes inner peace. Amazon.com: "Power Yoga" has gradually become the aerobics of the new millennium, driven by a no-pain-no-gain ethos that emphasizes sweat and strengthening over yoga's more subtle benefits. But this two-part, 40-minute Yoga Zone program takes a more mild approach, hewing to the philosophy that the power of power yoga depends less on aggressive, strenuous poses than on conscious awareness of oneself and the vital link between breath and movement. Both parts rely on brisk, flowing repetitions of several vinyasas (connected series of poses). The first includes some standing positions (mountain, warrior I and II, etc.), lunges, twists, side stretches, and the camel backbend; those new to yoga will find the sequence alternating between the downward dog and plank positions to be fairly demanding, but there's nothing outrageously hard here. The second part again concentrates on the downward dog, one of the essential poses in yoga, along with twists, stretches (like the "blown palm," a standing side stretch), forward bends, lunges and so on. The virtue of repeating vinyasas-- i.e., moving in and out of several poses, one breath at a time--is that it reinforces proper breathing patterns, and the instructors do a good job of reminding you when to inhale and exhale, which is not so simple as it might sound. More warm-up time would be helpful--beginners and experienced yogis alike should do some stretching before starting--but once you get going, the DVD menu allows for easy selection of either part, or the various series within them. You can also do the practice without the instruction, accompanied only by the music. --Sam Graham Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not for actual beginners!Introduction for beginners?! It would have been nice if they took the time to demonstrate the poses and postures first before jumping right into the routine. I don't think this is a good DVD for beginners. They don't actually show you how to do anything! Basically you watch them show off their experience without explanation. I wanted to learn the proper way TO DO the postures. I wanted to be able to relax and enjoy this, but instead I hurt my neck from craning to see poses that were never fully ... Read More Rating:  - Nice introduction to power yoga....This is another Yoga Zone DVD divided into 2-20 minute segments, this time introducing us to the world of power yoga. It is a nice program. Al Bingham leads the first segment, he is joined by Jen Monness. They are once again at the Grand Lidos San Souci resort where many of the Yoga Zone shows are filmed. You start off in mountain pose and do a sun salutation lifting arms up and out while diving into a forward bend, this is repeated a few times, nice beginning to the program. You then ... Read More Rating:  - a powerful beginningYoga Zone: Introduction to Power Yoga Al Bingham leads the first part, followed, again, by Jen Moness. This segment has not neglected its underlying pedagogical focus. He offers the inspiring notion that the 'power' of power yoga comes from within. This sequence builds the ideas and the postures already presented, but it is faster and uses more repetitions. The second part, led by Lisa Bennett, wraps up the series, gently returning to the vital link between movement and breath. Read More Rating: - Excellent intro for wimps like me...I've been doing Kripalu yoga for over a year (and did Hatha years ago) and have been curious about this new "power yoga" craze. I trust Yoga Zone for good instruction, so I asked for this DVD as a Christmas present. I was very pleased, both by the way the disk is segmented -- two sessions -- and by the level and pace. If you've been wanting to try power yoga, but are afraid or not very athletic, I'd definitely try this one. Rating:  - Misleading TitleWhen I read the title "Power Yoga" I assumed that I'd be getting an intense workout. I was wrong, I didn't even break a sweat. Power Yoga, is about connecting the body with the breath. The poses are very, very easy and very slow. The first instructor is really annoying and the dubbing for the second half is poorly done. Yoga Zone has a few good DVD's but this isn't one of them. Browse for similar items by category:
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