Yoga for Beginners
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Yoga For Beginners with Patricia Walden:Format&ndsh;DVD
Join acclaimed yoga instructor in this popular DVD programPatricia Walden as she offers you a safe and contemporary approach to this classical discipline. This program helps you develop strength and flexibility,reduce stress,increase energy,and enhance concentration. Yoga Practice for Beginners offers step&ndsh;by step instruction in the yoga basics:23 basic posesdemonstrated,Standing poses for flexibility and strength,Seated poses for a healthy back,inverted poses to soothe body and mind,gentle guidance indeep relaxation.
Join acclaimed yoga instructor in this popular DVD programPatricia Walden as she offers you a safe and contemporary approach to this classical discipline. This program helps you develop strength and flexibility,reduce stress,increase energy,and enhance concentration. Yoga Practice for Beginners offers step&ndsh;by step instruction in the yoga basics:23 basic posesdemonstrated,Standing poses for flexibility and strength,Seated poses for a healthy back,inverted poses to soothe body and mind,gentle guidance indeep relaxation.
★★★★★ Great Instruction Video!
Best yoga video I've seen. I decided on it after reading the reviews and I couldn't be happier. It's easy to follow and as a beginner, it's exactly what I need.Yoga for Beginners
★★★★★ Yoga for beginners: Patricia Walden
I am new to the yoga routine, and a yoga instructor recommended Patricia Walden. She goes slowly and is very thorough. There is also a booklet that comes with the DVD that goes over all the different poses. I recommend this to anyone who is very new to yoga.
★★★★★ Clear, Thorough Instruction for Beginners
I really like this dvd. I love how you can skip to each of the individual poses for detailed instruction. Patricia Walden does a great job of explaining everything in detail, and I find her soothing voice ideal for keeping me centered and focused (the most challenging part of yoga for me).
I've taken beginner yoga classes in the past, but I just became a full-time student again and don't have the time or money to attend classes right now. So I tried some videos. Some of these were really disappointing, but I think this is one of the best.
Some reviews have complained that the video is too slow. I think this is good at first because you need to learn proper form and awareness of your body to really get the benefits of yoga. After you get some practice though, it can seem pretty slow. But you can easily just fast forward with your remote. As for me, I just hold the poses longer for a deeper stretch. There's also a workout in the special features that goes through all the poses in a fluid succession, without all the extra instruction.
I've taken beginner yoga classes in the past, but I just became a full-time student again and don't have the time or money to attend classes right now. So I tried some videos. Some of these were really disappointing, but I think this is one of the best.
Some reviews have complained that the video is too slow. I think this is good at first because you need to learn proper form and awareness of your body to really get the benefits of yoga. After you get some practice though, it can seem pretty slow. But you can easily just fast forward with your remote. As for me, I just hold the poses longer for a deeper stretch. There's also a workout in the special features that goes through all the poses in a fluid succession, without all the extra instruction.
★★★★★ Excellent instruction for middle-aged beginner
I began Yoga for Beginners in March 2009. As a then 51-year-old not very flexible woman, this DVD is still a favorite that I use many times weekly. It does move slowly, and as a real "type A" person, I had to be willing to just slow down. Also, Patricia Walden, the instructor, is much more flexible than I will ever be, so I recommend that the beginner do all poses just "half-way" to begin with. Don't try to do every pose 100%. Do a little at a time. Now, one year later, I've gradually become much more flexible, and I feel soooo good. I feel at least 10 years younger! My back is much less achey, my neck and shoulders stronger and happier. My previously awful slumpy posture is so much better. My Mom has stopped nagging me to stand up straight! I highly recommend this DVD to yoga beginners.
★★★★★ Learn the true essentials of yoga with Walden rather than just poses and flow
Too few yoga DVDs teach beginners how NOT to overexert themselves with too many poses, too shallow breathing, and too little body awareness. A true beginner, especially a person who has not yet otherwise been exposed to yoga and is just trying a home video "to see," really needs instruction that will emphasize body awareness to protect his or her still-stiff, untoned body from injury. Which is where Walden's DVD becomes extremely useful.
Even though Patricia Walden does take the full pose in the basic poses offered in this DVD, her instructions teach the physical experience of yoga specifically for beginners. She does not assume that her viewers will be able to move from one pose to another with the kind of awareness and synchronized breathing that is really required for the flow sequences or vinyasas that are so popular today. Instead, she teaches viewers how to be aware of their internal and external physical state and how to challenge it constructively using breathing techniques and the poses themselves. Her instruction is deliberate and slow, so that the viewer will learn the key elements of alignment and awareness while moving into each pose offered. These elements are the backbone of any yoga practice and the best way to prevent against injury precisely because one learns to sense just how deeply to take a particular pose.
And beginners will find this DVD physically challenging, provided that they do the poses with their full attention and practice regularly rather than once in a while.
If you're in good physical shape, are FLEXIBLE (i.e., can touch your forehead to your knees while keeping your back straight), and hoping to have a good, hard workout with some great home video, then you're bound to be disappointed by this DVD - it just wasn't made with you in mind. If you're looking to learn the basic poses, how body awareness feels inside-out, and basic breathing techniques, consider this DVD a MUST. If you're out of shape and want to get back into yoga and/or strengthen your joints with instruction, then I wholeheartedly recommend this DVD as a way back to the basics.
Even though Patricia Walden does take the full pose in the basic poses offered in this DVD, her instructions teach the physical experience of yoga specifically for beginners. She does not assume that her viewers will be able to move from one pose to another with the kind of awareness and synchronized breathing that is really required for the flow sequences or vinyasas that are so popular today. Instead, she teaches viewers how to be aware of their internal and external physical state and how to challenge it constructively using breathing techniques and the poses themselves. Her instruction is deliberate and slow, so that the viewer will learn the key elements of alignment and awareness while moving into each pose offered. These elements are the backbone of any yoga practice and the best way to prevent against injury precisely because one learns to sense just how deeply to take a particular pose.
And beginners will find this DVD physically challenging, provided that they do the poses with their full attention and practice regularly rather than once in a while.
If you're in good physical shape, are FLEXIBLE (i.e., can touch your forehead to your knees while keeping your back straight), and hoping to have a good, hard workout with some great home video, then you're bound to be disappointed by this DVD - it just wasn't made with you in mind. If you're looking to learn the basic poses, how body awareness feels inside-out, and basic breathing techniques, consider this DVD a MUST. If you're out of shape and want to get back into yoga and/or strengthen your joints with instruction, then I wholeheartedly recommend this DVD as a way back to the basics.
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