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Summary: I could only stand to watch it once
Review: I found the dvd to be very boring. A man does most of the speaking throughout. He was very monotone and not motivating. I was annoyed having some who would never go through pregnancy explain the benefits. He obviously will never have experience. The woman doing the exercises was pregnant.
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Summary: Yoga Zone - Postures for Pregnancy
Review: I found this video to be easy to follow. It included postures that were easy for a beginner and more advanced poses. I would recommend this video to someone who has some yoga experience.
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Summary: A great relief for a changing body
Review: I got this DVD as a gift and was a bit surprised and disappointed when I realized that it was the husband explaining all the moves while his wife demonstrated. I mean, we're supposed to get advice from other women, right? However, I gave it a go and tried it a couple of times.I have to admit that the techniques (or postures) in this video have helped me the most. It's not a yoga workout. It's simply different postures that you can get into to help relieve some of the pressures on your changing body. I find that I use it more as stretching ideas than an actual workout. I also miss it when I don't do it - my body starts to feel more constricted and uncomfortable. Again, this is NOT a workout video. For that, I'd suggest Rocki's Prenatal Yoga video. This one contains different poses and detailed information on how to do the pose properly. Most of the different poses are accompanied by a reason for the pose - i.e. This one relieves the neck and shoulders, this one helps with tension in the back of the legs, etc. So that after you've done the video a couple of times, you quickly pick up on the different poses you can do when you only have time for a momentary release. For instance, your lower back is hurting, so take a moment to stand against the wall and slide down into a squatting position. Then get up and continue on with what you're doing. (Although your office mates may think you're a bit odd, they tend to excuse any weird actions during pregnancy.)
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Summary: Easy for Yoga beginners, Relaxing
Review: I had bought this tape and not used it, but 2 months into my pregnancy my husband begged me to try it to see if it would help relieve my stress a little. I'm not sure it was a great work out, but it did get me streching and moving a little and really did help me calm down and feel a little more peaceful. I've never done yoga before and found the instruction simple and easy to follow.
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Summary: Great for Yoga Zone Lovers!
Review: I have been doing Yoga Zone for over a year now. I stopped when I got pregnant, so I switched over to this DVD. Not only do I love the extra postures that I didn't learn in the other tapes, it still incorporates some that I already know, and didn't know I could do them being pregnant! My only critique is that it sort of rushes through some of the postures, I find I have to pause the DVD to finish. But I practice the moves when I'm not watching, so that's OK.
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Summary: disappointing
Review: I have been practicing yoga for about a year and I have tried a number of different yoga videos. I have enjoyed most of them and and am still learning. My sister is pregnant and I wanted her to be able to enjoy some of the benefits I have received from practicing yoga, especially since she is have a difficult pregnancy. I bought this video for her after reading many of the reviews and thinking that it might help her attain some focus and a sense of peace. After giving her the video, I waitied for her to call and tell me how much she was enjoying the video. The call never came. So upon my next visit to her house, I watched the video. While the husband explained the poses and the purpose of them very clearly, and the wife demonstrated them, overall I was extremely disappointed. The man NEVER stopped talking, there is NO soothing music and the background is very boring. (Looks like their house or something). Instead of relaxing me, it aggravated me and made me shut it off in the middle of the video. So, I asked my sister what she thought and she felt the same way. I have Kathy Smith's New Yoga video, Yoga Journal's AM/PM yoga, Yoga Journals - Yoga Practice (set of 3) and Yoga Journal's Practice for Beginners. I enjoy all of these videos. I am going to continue try to find another video, one for pregant women for my sister.
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Summary: Excellent for Beginners and Beyond
Review: I have been practicing yoga regularly for five years, and found this DVD wonderful. While it is hard to argue that yoga isn't the most beneficial forms of excercise, it was difficult to know which poses were safe to do while pregnant. Alan Finger and his wife demonstrated postures that were not only beneficial to me and the baby, but I learned several new poses that I will incorporate into my practice after I have my child. He explains the benefits of each posture while his wife demonstrates in a down to earth manner.
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Summary: Very Annoying!
Review: I love yoga but this work out left me wondering where the stretches were! They moved very quickly from one position to the other without sufficent time spent in any pose. The man's voice in this video just rubs me the wrong way and I used to watch it with the sound off, but just gave up and sold the video as I really didn't enjoy using it.
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Summary: great dvd
Review: I really like this dvd. I've been doing yoga at the gym, but it's not prenatal. This allows me to do yoga at home, and focus on the important areas for pregancy/childbirth. Stay away from the "Baby & Me" yoga dvd and get this one instead. It's much closer to true yoga with poses and breathing techniques, not a lot of new age mumbo jumbo.
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Summary: Not recommended
Review: I saw good reviews for this video on another site, so I purchased it for my own pregnancy. I was very unsettled by what was contained on the tape. While Finger's descriptions are pretty clear and he does give a good introductory speech about the problems women can encounter with breathing during the later stages of their pregnancy, he includes a number of postures that are contraindicated past the fourth or fifth month. Downward Dog, Standing Forward Bends and Standing Forward Folds are all inversions (which bring your head beneath your waist). Most ob-gyns are adamant that these postures should not be performed once the pregnancy gets too heavy. So I find Finger's claim that this is a routine that can be safely done at all stages of pregnancy hard to swallow. Clearly, his wife Greta, the model here, was able to perform those postures in her seventh month of pregnancy without any visible side effects. That doesn't mean, however, that the same will hold true for all women. If you have your heart set on this routine, I advise discussing it with your doctor before you begin.
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