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Summary: Mellowness
Review: This video offers an experience of yoga that is demanding, health enhancing and very relaxing. I always feel like I have just come from a massage after completing this video.
Rating: 
Summary: Surprisingly Good
Review: This was my first yoga tape, and I still pull it out on occasion. It is challenging for beginners and provides a nice balanced sequence of postures for more mid-range practitioners when feeling less motivated. Although it's clear that Kathy Smith isn't exactly a yoga guru, she does a good job of ensuring there is a focus on breathing and body awareness. There are three other yoginis in the background doing the postures with various degrees of difficulty. Of interest, Charlotte from Sex & the City is one of them. But there is also a man and an older, grey-haired woman! Way to go for addressing age and gender, Kathy!
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Summary: Great for first-timers
Review: This was the first yoga tape I bought, and I have enjoyed it immensely. Even though I've had it for almost a year and a half and consider this my 'easy tape,' I still find the sun salutations series challenging and it always gets my heart rate up. Smith does a good job of explaining the moves, poses and technique so you know what you're doing. I've loaned it to several people who have expressed an interest in Yoga but didn't know where to start. If you're new to Yoga or want a good basic workout to perfect your form and moves, this is a great tape!
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Summary: Suitable for the novice, not extremely difficult.
Review: With my first attempt at yoga, I chose a well-respected leader in exercise, Kathy Smith. In this 60 minute production for beginners and intermediate levels, Kathy Smith has selected some poses that are doable for the novice, by that I mean that she isn't asking you to bend over backward and touch the floor. With instructor, Rod Stryker, Kathy guides you through some basic poses, and most being workable for the beginners. What gets confusing here is her vocal lead, telling us to move the right leg up while she moves her left one up. This happens periodically and if you happen to have your face in the floor and not on the screen, you will get confused while striving to perfect the form. The best approach to new yoga is to watch it a couple of times, especially on the more challenging poses because you need to exact your pose in order to do the correct form, which is essential. You can follow another instructor who does a less challenging form, but you may not always get a view of that person you need to watch. The video is divided into two sections, 30 minutes of standing and 30 minutes of floor and finishing postures. The sets are attractive, music is pleasing to the ear. Give it a try!....MzRizz
Rating:
Summary: Suitable for the novice, not extremely difficult.
Review: With my first attempt at yoga, I chose a well-respected leader in exercise, Kathy Smith. In this 60 minute production for beginners and intermediate levels, Kathy Smith has selected some poses that are doable for the novice, by that I mean that she isn't asking you to bend over backward and touch the floor. With instructor, Rod Stryker, Kathy guides you through some basic poses, and most being workable for the beginners. What gets confusing here is her vocal lead, telling us to move the right leg up while she moves her left one up. This happens periodically and if you happen to have your face in the floor and not on the screen, you will get confused while striving to perfect the form. The best approach to new yoga is to watch it a couple of times, especially on the more challenging poses because you need to exact your pose in order to do the correct form, which is essential. You can follow another instructor who does a less challenging form, but you may not always get a view of that person you need to watch. The video is divided into two sections, 30 minutes of standing and 30 minutes of floor and finishing postures. The sets are attractive, music is pleasing to the ear. Give it a try!....MzRizz
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