Yoga Journal's Beginning Yoga Step by Step, Volume 1 | 
 enlarge | Director: Bayview
Actor: Natasha Rizopoulos
Studio: Bayview Entertainment/Widowmaker
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 30866
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 110
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DBV8775D
UPC: 094922587756
EAN: 0094922587756
ASIN: B000F6Z4LO
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: April 20, 2004
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Description
Yoga Journal's Yoga Step-by-Step Session 1: Foundation Poses for Strength & Stamina (DVD) From the editors of Yoga Journal, each complete session in the Yoga Step-by Step video series will help you develop and grow your own home practice. Featuring acclaimed yoga teacher Natasha Rizopoulos. On each video: - 35-minute active instructional session
- PLUS 20-minute flowing workout
- Poses suitable for beginners and advanced beginners Exclusively on DVD: - Follow along with Natasha or her assistant Jason, who demonstrates modified poses for less flexible people. - Understand the benefits of each yoga pose with medical commentary by Yoga Journal's medical editor, Timothy McCall, M.D. - Learn alignment principles and correct common mistakes with Yoga Chalk Talk(tm), our exclusive "live drawing board." Learn the standing poses that form the foundation of a complete yoga practice. Get expert instruction on Sun Salutation, a flowing sequence of poses with forward bends and gentle backbends that take you through a full range of motion. And understand how breathwork can help you balance your effort with a calm and quiet mind. First in the Yoga Step-by-Step series. Length: 110 minutes DVD. If you are new to yoga or are less flexible, this video shows you how to modify some poses using yoga props. To follow along, you'll need two blocks.
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 Great for A type personality beginner yoga practitioners October 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rebecca Johnson wrote a great review. The instruction & detail is great in here, the extras have a quick "chalk outline" that shows the most popular wrong things people do such as letting their head fall into their shoulder in triangle pose that I found concise & succinct & informative.
Natasha has great strength, flexibility & does move like a ballerina almost during her demonstration, but still looked stiff with little body awareness of energy.
I did find the video to be too stiff for me, the instruction didn't flow and felt very long & boring. Many other people will enjoy this, but I felt it was disjointed.. some it flowed fast with stiff instruction, other parts were more like a lecture so you'd move fast, stop & watch, move fast.... The extra by having the doctor talk about the medical benefits of yoga really killed me in monotony. I learned better benefits from Wai Lana & others stated below.
I did learn a few things when she was using Autumn as a model, but during the movement practice part, I didn't learn anything I didn't already learn through Gaiam's Rodney Yee, Susan Deason, Rainbeau Mars, Seane Corn (great detailed instruction, better analogies, more flow, etc.)
I find it surprising someone had issue with using the original Sanscrit names. The words are written, and the English names are used as well to make the connection. I am sadden when true artistry, body awareness & mind/body connection intentions are destroyed so that people who have no desire or believe in learning the beauty above can demand the watered down version which is barely a reflection of the true craft, can say they practice that system too to seem cool & the true immensely knowledgeable intentions of the craft are lost through the years.
You can see a clip on youtube com if you look up "Learn Yoga - Downward Facing Dog"
 Better than I expected October 24, 2007
I am not a beginner to yoga but I have lacked motivation over the summer. I decided to try this set and really like it. The instructions are great for beginners or advanced students wanting a review. There is a modified sequence for beginners or a standard sequence if you are more advanced. A very advanced student would probably get bored but if you want an introduction or review to sun salutations or just a quick routine this is great.
a good transition dvd series July 17, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This whole series is a great set to have in your collection. If you are doing some type of beginner yoga dvd that is doing the poses without power and are ready to move to the next level, then this is the series for you. It will go through the entire routine step-by-step (as the title says) showing various levels of doing each pose and then there is a follow-on routine (shorter in length) that does the whole routine of what was covered in a nice flow in about a 20 to 25 minute routine.
Wonderful! May 12, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I agree with Rebecca's Spotlight review.
I'm an intermediate practitioner, and I love this series. Out of all the yoga DVDs in my library, this series is used most frequently along with DVDs by Shiva Rea and Bryan Kest. It's basic enough for the beginner and excellent for those of us who would like to keep our foundation strong while experimenting with more advanced poses. Whenever someone asks for a good DVD to start out with, I always recommend this one.
This is where it begins! February 14, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you are looking to begin a home practice or supplement a studio practice at home, this is definitely one of the best-if not THE best. Natasha Rizopoulos walks you through the poses step-by-step, explaining how to perform the pose and providing alternate versions if you are not able to do the full pose. There is an option to review each pose separately, and to do the entire sequence with or without music or instruction. The music is nice, and the poses are "do-able" for beginners, unlike many other "beginning" yoga DVDs. In all, I think this is the perfect intro to the practice, and one that you will actually use and feel very comfortable with and not intimidated by too many "pretzel" poses or a too-fast sequence of poses.
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