Yoga Zone - Total Body Conditioning | 
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Studio: KOCH VISION
Category: DVD
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 69508
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 40 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: KCHDKOC6110D
UPC: 741952611097
EAN: 0741952611097
ASIN: B00005A060
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: March 13, 2001
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Product Description
This DVD for beginners has two easy-to-follow 20 minute sessions that will leave you feeling refreshed and invigorated. Total Body Conditioning features exercises which improve posture and build core strength plus stress-releasing and relaxation programs. Suitable for every fitness level. Filmed outdoors in Jamaica. Features 9 separate segments, allowing you to create your own personalized routines, plus an audio-only option.
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Set in the beautiful landscapes of Jamaica, Yoga Zone's Total Body Conditioning delivers the intensive mind and body experience that has made Yoga Zone so popular. Divided into two distinct 20-minute workouts, the programs can be done individually for the time-pressed exerciser or together for an extended challenge. The first of these contains an informal approach to breathing and lengthening exercises. Isometric abdominal work is coupled with pelvic tilts and meditation. Some familiar postures are seen within this first session, with warrior, triangle, and mountain poses. The second session includes some deeper lunges and forward bends with the same focus on body alignment and posture. Total Body Conditioning illustrates a plausible beginning format because of its practical and approachable postures with a minimal risk of injury. In fact, programs like this can actually lengthen and strengthen the core muscles, which may aid in injury prevention. Meditation closes out both sessions and mats are necessary throughout all phases of this workout. The instruction and content here are so solid that beginners and intermediates alike will feel at home. --Olivia Voigts
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 Yoga Zone with flaws.. October 3, 2008
V. Luedecke (Italy)
Unfortunately I have to agree with the other reviewers who already mentioned the flaws in this DVD. I'm a huge Yoga Zone fan but this one isn't much used in my rotation; unfortunately! The stretches and poses are great, if only they wouldn't be messed up the way they are!..
 Yoga Zone DVD Total Body Conditioning March 30, 2008
Jill R. Coppinger (Atlanta, GA USA)
Yoga Zone DVD's are a great way to get started with yoga. Simple, direct & life altering for beter health of body & mind. I highly recommend them! Jill from NY *****
There are better Yoga Zones.... December 18, 2005
Teedums (White Bear Lake, MN)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Total Body Conditioning is another Yoga Zone video that is split into 2-20 minute sessions. The first session is led by Lisa Bennett who is joined by Charles Matkin. They are sitting on a beach at the Grand Lido San Souci resort in Jamaica, the scenery is rather nice in this segment.
Session 1 starts in a simple seated twist with legs extended out in front of you, then you lift your arms up and twist to one side then the other holding each briefly. Then you will move into chin to knee pose, crossing one leg over the other then leaning forward, then repeating on other side. After this you will do table pose, scale pose, and bound angular which Lisa calls a serenity pose. Then you will stand and do a series of poses starting with triangle pose leaning over the front leg first, then the back leg. From here you will move into warrior 2 pose then right angle with arm extended up, then you will do reverse right angle while adding a twist, with the option to leave your knee on the ground. You will return to standing (mountain pose) and repeat this series on the other side. To finish out this segment you will go into childs pose, then lie on your back and moving into a spinal twist with knees to one side then the other, then it's the final relaxation pose.
Session 2 is led by Charles, with Lisa assisting this time. You begin with a Sun Salutation on your knees, raising your arms up and side then rising up onto your knees later adding a forward bend at the middle. Then you will do a kneeling spine stretch, then a seated hip opener with your heels together and hands behind you. Next you will move into downward facing dog, then lunge pose on the right pose, unfortunately the left side is completely missed so you will need to stop or rewind the program if you want to do lunge on the left. Then you will stretch out in seal pose before moving in side lunges, right then left. Then you will do a seated spine stretch with legs extended out and hands behind you. Following this you will see table pose, scale pose, another seated stretch with one knee in and the other leg extended out where you will reach you opposite arm to the extended leg. Then you will move into plank pose, done on the knees or the toes, then moving into downward facing dog and combining the two for a vinyasa. More planks follow this time while moving into chatarangas, then you will finish out this segment with a mini cobra, locust pose, childs pose, extended bound angular and final relaxation pose.
Overall I liked the first session better, session 2 is okay there is a rather big error with the lunge pose being completely missed on one side. Session 2 is also the identical program as session 1 on Yoga Zone's Gentle Yoga DVD. There are better Yoga Zone videos, such as Evening Stress Release and Strengthen & Tone. This one wasn't terrible, just okay for me.
Yoga Zone is Great November 9, 2005
V. Gray (Ohio USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You just can't go wrong with Yoga Zone. I love the fact that this is split into two 20 minute workouts. Do the 1st one in the morning before work or do the whole thing after work. The guy featured in the workout was kinda dorky but other than that really liked this dvd. Challenging but doable.
total body awareness August 1, 2005
Anne Gillingham
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lisa Bennett and Charles Matkin work as a team in this 40 minute video. The location: Grand Lido San Souci, Jamaica. Lisa leads the first 20 minute program, and Charles follows her. They are at the beach. The rest of the videos take place at the duck pond.
The strengths of the first program lie in its emphasis on posture, breathing, alignment and focus. As she and Charles move between postures, she persistently reminds the viewers to become aware of the connections between the mind and the body, as she details the interrelatedness of posture, breath, circulation, strength and flexibility.
The first 10 minutes present a flowing series of stretches that target, more than anything, the spinal column. She guides her audience to heal sore or tense areas by directing their flow of breath to it. At first, that seems very odd, but she is actually teaching a very relevant, therapeutic, corner of Yoga. In this age of heavily marketed miracle drugs and sensational therapies, Lisa's gentle honesty is a welcome alternative.
For all the fitness buffs: This is not a cardio, but rather a dynamic stretching workout. The title of this program is a bit of a misnomer because it implies a more intense routine. It unfortunately neglects the program's true strength that lies in its pedagogical focus. I would have called it ''total body awareness'' rather than ''total body conditioning.''
The positions featured include, but are not limited to, the mountain pose, the warrior pose, the child's pose, the triangle pose, and the corpse pose. The positions featured in this program generally alternate between action and surrender, and help develop balance, concentration and flexibility. She offers suggestions on how to perform the postures correctly, letting the participants know where they should, and shouldn't feel muscular tension.
She concludes the program explaining that Yoga is about balance, as Charles demonstrates a reclined posture, called a bent-leg supine twist. She explains that this position helps stretch the torso and open up the lungs. She is right.
Charles leads the second segment, and Lisa follows. Throughout the program, he emphasizes an ethic that asserts self-discipline, without perfectionism. He restates it later, as ''willful determination but non-concern for results.''
He builds on Lisa's fundamentals, weaving controlled breathing, flexibility, and awareness into the routine. Parallel to the psychological dynamics, he broadens the physiological scope. His target areas are the loosening of the spine and the shoulders. Throughout the segment, he reminds his audience to keep the shoulders away from the ears.
His routine seeks to correct a common postural defect, as most of us carry our tension in our shoulders, which we habitually keep raised when they should be relaxed. This sequence of postures opens and closes, arches the shoulders, and rounds them. He broadens these dynamics, explicitly shifting between non-aggression/surrender, and action.
His is a good addition of the earlier program, and turns the total time into a 40 minute workout, if you are up to it. The beginner might choose one section or the other. However, if you do both sequences, they flow together seamlessly. He further develops many of the postures presented the first workout. The exercises, both mental and physical, are highly effective. They will help with balance, strength, (both emotional and physical) as well as coordination and flexibility.
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