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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301475914 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6301475917 Label: Gaiam, Inc. Languages: Manufacturer: Gaiam, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Gaiam, Inc. Release Date: June 13, 2000 Running Time: 75 minutes Studio: Gaiam, Inc. Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Yoga Journal's excellent series of videos offers a thorough beginner's guide to yoga stretching and breathing practices. Patricia Walden's soothing voice and gentle approach to teaching eases the viewer through several stretching techniques, never rushing and often repeating exercises "so that the body can learn." Walden's slow approach is also "permission giving"; she talks the beginner through each stretch, suggesting ways to breathe and enhance even the most seemingly static pose, yet never pushing the viewer beyond his or her comfort level. Who would have thought the classic standing mountain pose could wear a person out? The tape is a good hour long, and may leave the viewer feeling refreshed and more aware of his or her body. One can't help but be a little inspired by Walden's fantastic, and realistic, body. She is easy on the eyes, yet not intimidatingly so. The production value on this video is excellent and consistent; the music is pleasant, even, and subtle. The exercises synthesize into one hour-long routine ending with a relaxation pose, so breaking it down into shorter segments is not as easy as with other Yoga Journal tapes. All in all an excellent and accessible beginner's guide to yoga. --Gilia Angell Average Rating:
 Rating:  - This has been a guide to judge other yoga videosI thought the video was great for basic thorough instructions, but after learning the positions, I found that it was aggravating to have to wait for all the instructions between positions. I also found that because I can't possibly work all the props in my limited space that I can't effectively use the video. For instance, I don't have any vacant wall space, and I don't have an acrylic "wall" prop to use either. I have bought a number of other yoga videos, I look for good instruction, but I also ... Read More Rating:  - A Solid BeginningPatricia Walden's Beginners tape is a great instructional video on Iyengar yoga fundamentals. I took Iyengar Yoga in college as an elective, but I didn't like it and could't wait for the classes to end because they were painfully slow. Cutting yoga classes brought my GPA down, but I just couldn't bear holding the poses for infinity when I had jobs, sleep, exams, books, and lectures waiting for me. I knew enough from taking ballet and yoga classes recreationlly that I had to do body work ... Read More Rating: - Great for someone who's never done any YogaI had taken a beginners Yoga class in college, and after not doing it for about a year I wanted to get back into it. Watching the intro of the instructor doing her yoga routine on the desert I was excited thinking I would learn some of those moves...not so. So you might as well fast forward through that little "look what I can do" intro. I felt that this video was not even close to as good as the beginners class I took in college. There were only one or two moves that I couldn't do without block or ... Read More Rating: - excellent starting pointThis program is, as the title implies, for BEGINNERS. If you are used to doing aerobics, you may become impatient with the methodical pace, or unnerved by Patricia Walden's freakishly serene demeanor. Following the short "show-off" intro (where Ms. Walden does a standing backbend that I immediately set as a long-term goal for myself), the actual instructional portion of the program is easy to understand and follow. There is a lot of explanation and demonstration, including modifications of the poses ... Read More Rating:  - Too slow - may work for beginnersI thought that this video was very slow moving. I think it is an extremely beginner video that can only be watched a few times, but after that it gets extremely irritating because you sit and wait for too long in between each pose. I think there are many other beginner yoga videos that would be much more suitable. |
