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Summary: Wonderful Beginning Yoga DVD!
Review: AM Yoga - with instructor Rodney Yee, filmed on a Maui beach as sunrise, AM Yoga gently awakens your mind and body to start your day off right. The workout begins with a 4 minute conscious relaxation series the focuses on your breathing and almost always puts me back to sleep, but you can skip this section if you want. The 14 minute yoga series if very good, a series of gentle stretches and exercises to get your blood flowing and to start feeling like you are a live person instead of a zombie. The 2 minute seated guided meditation set at the end is a great time to focus and relax before getting into your daily routine. A very soothing and gentle way to slide into your hectic workday.PM Yoga - with instructor Patricia Walden, filmed on the sands of Death Valley. PM Yoga is a wonderful way to wind down at the end of a stressful or hectic day. You begin with a series of centering poses, which help you become aware of your body and your breathing. These stretches help you find out where the tension is in your body and work on your balance. Then you move into a series of standing poses, where you can target that tension and release it and focus on your breath and what your body is telling you. At the end, you lie down for some final restorative poses that always make me drift off to sleep. Patricia has a very soothing voice and does an excellent job at telling you what stretches should feel like and how to breathe and where to release the tension. A wonderful way to end your day and ensure a good night's rest. I am a total beginner when it comes to Yoga and I have very tight hamstrings so I struggle with a lot of the poses, but I really like this set because the instructors are very clear and precise in their instructions and they are easy to follow. They don't give you modifications for the stretches, though, and both of them are very flexible so I have to use a yoga block (a must!) or a sturdy book or something to hold onto so I don't lose my balance because I cannot touch the ground. Still, both sections are very soothing and really do help me to keep my stress level down during the day. I have found my quality of sleep is much higher and I am not as stressed at work when I take 20 minutes in the morning and evening to take a little time for myself. All of the DVDs/videos are excellent and have beautiful cinematography - a great beginner's set!
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Summary: Too Easy
Review: I am a beginner and was sad to say that this video just didn't do it for me. I felt the A.M. session way too short and I didn't feel completley stretched. The P.M. session had me off my mat. The instructor uses a big square space, most yoga mats are small and rectangular, so I didn't understand the concept. The postures were ok. I find going to class more enjoyable than this video. The instructors were very warm and conveyed the postures in an easy to understand format. Their tones of voice were soothing. I just found the postures a bit too easy and not challenging enough, even for a beginner.
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Summary: Great for starting out with yoga
Review: I am complete clutz and am not that good at this stuff yet, but I am loving this DVD. I'm sure the more advanced users find it too easy, but for anyone starting out I think it's perfect. Especially if you really want the stress relief and relaxation part of the yoga experience.
I actually disagree with people. I've been doing the PM yoga each night before bed and falling right to sleep when I'm done. Perhaps they aren't doing all three sections. I also find the AM yoga a great way to start my active day.
You can skip the ad at the beginning too, just hit Menu once the ad comes on the screen.
If you're starting out, give this a try. It's great and I'm already wanting to do more. =)
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Summary: Great Yoga DVD for beginners
Review: I bought this DVD knowing very little about yoga but needing something to help do stretching and improve my flexability because I was starting to feel kind of stiff when I woke up in the morning. This DVD is great. Its easy to follow and the poses are easy to do. I alternate using the AM and PM sessions in the morning so I don't get too bored with either of the sessions. The AM session is a little easier and doesn't seem as difficult as the PM session. Afterwards I feel really stretched out and much better. I definitely notice a difference if I skip a day and don't do it.
Although I love that each session is only about 20 min. and fits perfectly into my busy schedule, I do wish that in each session they would hold the poses a little longer. You feel a little rushed at times. It would be a 5 star rating if they held the poses longer and each session was drawn out to 30 min. All in all, I highly recommend this for yoga beginners or anybody looking for a good stretch.
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Summary: Love this DVD!!
Review: I do the PM part of this DVD each morning and can't believe the difference it makes in my body after just 25 minutes of yoga. This DVD is perfect for those who are not very flexible (me included). What I can't figure out is why the woman in the PM part is in the middle of a sandstorm while Rodney Yee (AM part) is in an idyllic beach setting!
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Summary: A Great Place to Start
Review: I first picked these up on VHS a few years ago, for stress relief. The AM Yoga portion is a relatively easy routine for a quick dose of energy to get your day going, but it was really the PM Yoga that did the trick for me. Some of the poses in the latter are initially challenging, but after a week or two became second nature. I can't praise these sessions enough. Now that my VHS player is long since toast, I'm ecstatic both are on one DVD unit.
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Summary: Help for Anxiety Sufferers!
Review: I had been experiencing nauseating anxiety for months. My doctor had me try anti-depressants and I had very little success with those. I wanted to find a more holistic approach and many people recommended yoga as an anxiety-relieving alternative to prescription drugs. It has been two months and I'm now completely off medication thanks to this yoga series. My doctor is perplexed that a person could find such relief without medication, but it has worked! I'll admit, I like the AM Yoga better than the PM. The PM is a bit more difficult, but after three weeks of doing this yoga DVD almost daily, I was able to perform the PM yoga with ease. The PM yoga also nearly puts me to sleep. I find that I fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly when I perform it before bedtime. The AM yoga is super easy to do in the mornings. Rodney Yee gradually wakes you up and you feel ready to take on the world after completing his AM program. I highly recommend this yoga DVD to anyone suffering from stress and anxiety. It has worked wonders for me and might do the same for you.
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Summary: pretty good for a beginners DVD
Review: I have done yoga in the past but it's been about 3 years since I have done it so I decided to start into it again slow and easy. this is a good DVD for beginners, the problem is you can very quickly outgrow it. I am pretty certain after about a month I will be finished with this DVD. they should have offered extended length work outs for beginners as well but as far as I can tell you just get the two short work outs.
I like the evening work out much better than the morning work out, and truth be told I wish rodney yee would put on some clothes. his body may be flawless but I find his choice of work out gear leaving little to the imagination. sorry man, put on a shirt please. the evening work out is a little challenging but flows quite nicely. I get much more out of the evening work out than the morning work out.
finally, I am incredibly annoyed by GAIAMs foolish decision to not only beat you over the head with their advertising but make it so you can't just skip past it, you have to forward through it. it's pretty dreadful and quite distasteful. mighty spiritual of you GAIAM, nice work.
taking out one star for the advertising and one star for how weak the morning workout is.
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Summary: Great ways to start and end your day
Review: I have used these sessions for the last few months and what a difference they have made in my life. The PM yoga is a bit more strenuous than the AM version, which is strange, but they are both very, very effective. This is good stuff!!
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Summary: Falls Short, just like the length
Review: I just bought this DVD along with another Yoga DVD. This one is more of a meditation and relaxation video than a workout video. Most people say the segments are each 20 minutes long, but that's only if you do all of the meditation. The workouts are actually 13 minutes for the AM and 18 minutes for the PM. The other video I purchased has so much more to offer with more than one routine and much more length. If you don't want to spend a lot of time working out, press stop when you're ready. This video is over before you know it. In addition, the PM section wakes you up more than the AM, so I'd reverse the order when using. Definitely go for a Bryan Kest video.
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