The Art of Breathing - Six Simple Lessons to Improve Performance, Health and Well-Being - DVD by Nancy Zi

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Summary: Great Subject But Overly Detailed for my tastes!
Review: Helpful in some ways, but overly detailed in attention to subtleties compared to what I am looking for at this time.

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Summary: The Art of Breathing
Review: Some of the illustraions are informative to someone just learning about the consciousness of breath.I find it not very informative or helpful. Considering the high price of the video,I would search elsewhere.

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Summary: Feel Better and Sound Better
Review: This DVD is exceptionally well organized and direct. Nancy Zi is a charismatic teacher. The production, including new-age type instrumental music, is excellent. It's a pleasure to put on this DVD and be guided through tension-reducing/ energy-creating exercises - especially at the end of the work day. I get recharged and can restart my day, so to speak. Some of the exercises are very active. The exercises can be modified to suit one's present ability.

The DVD exercise segments alternate between the use of a male and a female model for demonstrating the exercises. (Each complete exercise segment shows only one or the other - a male or a female.) The many short, but never intrusive, segments about the exercises feature superb full color animation and scenes showing Nancy Zi in restful surroundings with trees and a light breeze evident from time to time. The transitions between segments show blue sky with moving clouds.

BOTTOM LINE: The Art of Breathing DVD is a textbook example of impeccable production and content. The exercises are deceptively simple yet powerful. I experienced the following benefits: (1) A refreshing sense of calm and energy and (2) A noticeably better sounding speaking and singing voice. Very much worth the small investment of time required.