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 enlarge | Actor: Yoga Zone
Studio: KOCH VISION
Category: Video
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 26360
Format: Color, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 55 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 6305661685
UPC: 741952610434
EAN: 9786305661689
ASIN: 6305661685
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Release Date: November 16, 1999
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Condition: Brand New. Factory sealed. Still in a shrinkwrap. Ready to ship. Perfect!
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 A great flexibility workout for beginners March 18, 2006
A. Mironov (San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After not practising yoga for 20+ years, I have recently returned to practicing yoga. Although I was an intermediate yoga practitioner back then, I knew I needed to start at the beginning so I bought the Premiere Collection from Yoga Zone. What a gem it is!
This is the perfect program to follow Introduction to Yoga. It has the right balance between exercises to tone and exercises to increase flexibility for beginners. Alan Finger is a very low key instructor who does not get into the viewer's face, but at the same time suceeds in giving clear and thorough instruction for each pose.
Anyone who finds this program boring just doesn't understand the nature of this style of yoga. If you have never done yoga before, or if you are accustomed to power yoga, you need to understand that there are different styles of yoga. This style of yoga is done is a slow, almost contemplative style that concentrates on correct form and on breathing. If you do the postures correctly, you can spend a lifetime doing them and still find small adjustments to make every time you do the posture. The object of this type of yoga is to assume the posture, and make small corrections to your posture while also concentrating on your breathing. The goal is to occupy the mind with the minutiae of correct posture and breathing so that the mind is stilled and the practitioner is immersed in the present, rather than letting your mind run on about other things. This is not a simple exercise, even for the simplest posture. If you are bored, it's because you are not doing it right, plain and simple.
Alan Finger and Yoga Zone, Flexibility and Tone January 29, 2006
Yoga Dad
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I recently got the four tape Yoga Zone Beginners Set. So far I've done three of them (Introduction to Yoga, Conditioning and Stress Release and this morning Flexibility and Tone).
By way of background, I've been doing Yoga every day for the past 9 years, both with an extensive collection of programs (over 90 VHS/DVD) and many years with an amazing teacher!
I can't express enough how great a teacher Alan Finger is and how great Yoga Zone programs are in general. From these longer programs to the shorter ones (which usually have 2-20 minute programs) they are masterfully sequenced and lend an incredible amount of variety to enable one to keep their practice interesting, to fit them into one's schedule and to choose one that best fits one's needs on any given day.
This program in particular is about an hour long,which allows the pace to be very relaxed and the poses to be held nice and long. Of the three I've done from this set it is the most physically challenging while still being very doable. For someone who is a stone beginner I would recommend starting with either Yoga Zone "Basics" or "Introduction To Yoga" to get a feel for what Yoga is about. Still, it wouldn't take long before they'd be ready for this program.
This particular practice session has Alan Finger leading Michelle Carillo (who shows modified postures) and Lisa Bennett (Matkin) through the practice. They both have a beautiful practice and I find them inspiring to work with along w/ Yogiraj Finger.
It starts with seated ("Potted Palm") movements to gently warm you up into the practice. After that you move into all fours for cat stretches, lunges, dog pose etc. eventually leading to Sun Breaths and Sun Salutes (he calls them Sun Worship on this program) and then standing poses (Triangle, Intense forward bend (Parsvottanasana), Side angle pose and Warrior 2 pose). You then work back down to the floor and end in Cow Face pose, seated Forward bending and end with a nice guided Savasana. I'm sure I left quite a bit out, this is merely an overview of the structure of the practice.
I find Alan Finger to be a true master teacher and a true Yogi (as opposed to a fitness person doing a Yoga program, though some, such as Kathy Smith and Janis Saffell, have excellent programs).
If you have an hour to spare and want to take yourself on a wonderful Yoga Journey then I highly recommend this program.
Namaste
Wonderful Instructional DVD January 20, 2006
Crystal (Georgia, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I read about how yoga is supposed to relax you and help you become more toned and flexible. I picked this video up at my local library and immediately popped it into my VCR. I fell in love with it! The master, Alan, is a genius..to put it mildly. He walks you through the yoga exercises and makes you feel so relaxed. The soft background music is the perfect addition to help you relax. Some of those reviewers who said the video was too "boring", I dunno what they were thinking about. Yoga is about the breathing and rejuvenation of mind and body...not some bouncy, high energy workout with fast paced music..this isn't aerobics.
I did the entire workout...roughly 55 minutes. I have to say afterwards, I felt like a new person. My body was more energetic, I was a lot more flexible...and my emotional health was better too. I wasn't cranky or irritable. This video is wonderful. If you have an hour a day to do it, I strongly suggest doing the whole workout. But even 15 minutes a day can help too.
I would STRONGLY recommend this video/dvd to anyone...beginners, intermediate, masters. If you're a yoga practicer, don't miss it!
NEWBIE TO YOGA (can't believe the dvd is 55 min)! June 27, 2005
Jennifer Blouin (Winchester Center CT USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a total beginner when it comes to Yoga. I bought a DVD a few months back for beginners and I did not like it. I tried a beginners yoga class at the fitness center at my office and I felt that I could've gotten into it. Unfortunatley it was the only beginners class they offered and I am not good enough or confident enough to go to the "real" class. I was searching online for another beginnger's yoga DVD and I came across this one. After reading other reviews that raved about it, I thought "Why not?" I tried it this past weekend and I thought it was wonderful! The instruction was great. I didn't have a problem doing any of the poses and I liked how he described the breathing technique. When I was done I actually had to check the DVD case to see how long the video was. Imagine my surprise when it said "about 55 minutes." Not sure if that's wrong or not because it most certainly did not feel that long!!
I encourage any one who is a newbie to Yoga to try this video. It helps to have a slight knowledge of how to do some of the poses, but it's not really necessary, as the instructor suggested watching the video first, then doing it.
very nicely done July 25, 2004
S. smith (Texas)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I really like the pace and instruction in this video. Alan stands or sits in the back and tells how to get in the pose, etc and has a very calming voice. 2 ladies demo..I think one is Lisa Bennet and not sure of the other, but the modifies (except on the one pose I needed a modification!). there are some seated stretches (ahh!) then the more vigorous standing ones. one called cow's head there is absolutely no way I can do the legs like they do..they bend the knees with feet on the floor and then pull on under with heel near the hip an the other on top with the heel near the hip...maybe I just have too much fat in the way! anyways, I felt nice after doing this workout...he talks a lot with the instructions but no needless chit chat. this was also filmed indoors, not outdoors like their tv series20 minute dvds. I really like this one and will do it when I have an hour or so to spend on yoga.
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