Search - Yoga for the Rest of Us: Essentials for Every Body on DVD

Very Relaxing

Granny | 10/09/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There are three different DVD's in this set. I have only done the one for backs so far. It is amazingly relaxing. I have tried yoga videos before and have found them to be too difficult for me. I am in my sixties, not very flexible, with knee and back pain. I was able to do all of the exercises in the DVD for backs except one. I was finally able to do it with a yoga strap. I felt immediately better after the exercises and continued to feel better the next day. Some of the exercises are the very poses I had to do in my physical therapy sessions for my arthritic knees.

I think Type A personalities would find Peggy agonizingly slow and soft-spoken. I can see my Type A daughter falling asleep right away. But it is the very slowness and low-key aspects of her approach that relax me. I found that I did not even need to watch the video. Her verbal instructions were very thorough and understandable. She even tells you when to breathe in and out. I expect that the deep breathing alone helped me relax and, thus, decreased my pain.

I appreciated it that she did not get into the spiritual parts of yoga. I am only interested in how it can help me physically. I did the whole video one exercise after the other. But many people may not have time for that because it takes over an hour. The good thing about the DVD is that it is divided into seven different sections so that one can pick and choose the sections to do depending on need and time.

I would recommend this to any one who is able to tolerate a very slow and deliberate pace. If you know you are the personality type who can not tolerate slowness, then this is probably not the DVD set for you."