| |  | Actor: Wai Lana
Studio: Live / Artisan
Category: Video
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1773
Format: Color, 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 4.2 x 1.1
UPC: 012236119937
EAN: 0012236119937
ASIN: B0000YEESU
Release Date: January 20, 2004
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Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New in new packaging. Language: English. Run time: 50 Min.. Brand New Factory Sealed
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 calming October 2, 2006
M. Becht (Florida, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This dvd is mostly just stretching but its very relaxing. Her voice is calming and gentle but a little strange, takes some getting use to. It kinda freaks me out for the first few minutes every time I put it in! This is the dvd I like to use before I go to my yoga class for some reason. I guess because of all the stretching it really loosens ya up. She uses different poses than most other dvds which is nice for a change. A great one to have in your library. Beautiful scenery also.
 One of my favorite yoga dvds... July 24, 2005
Gina
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Wai Lana's yoga Beginners Workout is the perfect balance of challenge, toning, and relaxation. Her accent and colorful clothing took a bit of getting used to, but now I love it. Her voice is soothing, and her instruction is helpful without being intrusive. In addition, the scenery is so beautiful and really adds to the relaxing mood of the practice.
While it is very appropriate for beginners, you can make it more challenging by deepening the stretches. Wai Lana never pushes you to do more than what is comfortable, but she is very encouraging.
While so many of the newer yoga dvds seem more like aerobics, Wai Lana does yoga the way it should be. I would recommend this dvd to anyone who loves yoga. I look forward to trying Wai Lana's toning workout next.
I finally learned how to relax! May 11, 2005
Margaret Nobles (Austin, TX)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Great beginner workout. Scenery is beautiful and soothing, as is Wai Lana's voice. So effective I bought her kid's workout dvd for my little boy. He demands to do yoga every morning.
Other workouts have actually made me a little tense with too much talking or monotonous background scenery and music.
Great! Great! Great!
Outstanding April 14, 2005
Joanne (NY USA)
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
Got it today, did it today! Wai Lana doesn't dress like the other video yoginis and the video covers are colored somewhat like kid videos so I bypassed her for WAY too long. She doesn't demonstrate modifications but even without prior yoga experience her instructions and encouragement to do the best you can are enough, imo. This video starts off with the shoulders which is wonderfully different, especially since mine are extremely tight and the beginning postures completely release them and the upper back. The asanas have different names than you're probably used to but the pacing is perfect so there's absolutely no stress or straining. I don't think you can call this gentle yoga because you will be doing much more than mild stretches with Wai Lana but the music, scenery and her voice overs make it so accessible that it's quite relaxing. Okay, I thought, so she leads a thorough session, how's she going to do with the relaxation at the end? Fortunately, it was wonderful (woo-woo free) and if you peek you'll see tranquil and uplifting scenes of happy people, wildlife and water. All the visuals are superb throughout and now I'm thinking the other yoginis have been shortchanging me! If you're want something slower and with little heat, Wai Lana may be what you're looking for.
My favorite Yoga Teacher March 9, 2005
Lena, LMT (Nassau, NY)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
I've been doing yoga over 3 years starting with Rodney Yee who helped to get yoga more mainstream years ago with Oprah. I started with him & tried at least 20 others, but only liked Rodney Yee & Rainbeau Mars the most. With their help, I went from unable to each touch my feet to doing full splits by only doing 20-30 min a day 1-3x/week.
In the extras menu option, there is a guidelines option to get more detailed infomation about each asana, with her demonstrating, how to do it & what to watch out for to avoid injury. Also you can Customize your workout by deciding how many & which asnanas to do for your workout.
Grass Tiger wrote the asanaa in the 3 DVD Easy Series which this dvd is part of: Blowing tree, Hummingbird, Folding Triangle, Wraparound Twist, Diving Pose, Krishna Pose, Churning Butter, Easy Arrow, Boomerang, Easy Wheel, Easy Spinal Twist, Easy Bow, Mini Sit-up, Head Roll, Cannonball, Yoga Nidra, and Meditation.
I wish I known about Wai Lana earlier. Her beginning DVDs are not easy for those who are very out of shape, but she gives modifications. She's one of the only ones who tells you the benefits & what conditions it helps you treat as you do the poses to keep you inspired. I wish more of them did that to keep you going & not be bored & reminded why you're doing it. When this workout was done, I was actually upset it was over rather then relieved like I normally am with most yoga workouts. After each pose/exercise, I really felt the stretch & the energy/blood circulation after, I always feel lighter & more graceful & more aware. She also does poses that most don't do that really feel awesome. Some may be considered Kundalini yoga style such as shoulder rolls, leg lifts in some of Wai Lana's workouts, but they really help you stretch more. Any moving exercises are done slow so you feel the joints losening up. Most yoga DVDs I've gotten have been the same exact poses in almost the same sequence (so many sun salutations!), but she's totally different. I loved her relaxation workout, my back feels much straighter then it has in years. I can't wait to get her toning workout of her easy series.
2007: I own ALL her videos now & love them all. I believe her asanas really are authentic & have Qi Gong/Chi Kung martial art healing exercises in them that really build up your energy deeply.
There are great pictures of her in poses on her site wailana com
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