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Summary: Great video
Review: I bought this video between my 3rd and 4th month. After working through the moves I feel relaxed and more flexible. If my back is sore before I do the tape, it isn't afterward. The video is also broken into segments so if you don't have time for the whole tape you can do part of it. The tape isn't too corny either. I recommend it highly for some easy to do stretches and breathing exercises.
Enjoy!!
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Summary: I could not have gotten through my pregnancy without it.
Review: I wish I had this video from the moment I found out I was pregnant! I started using it during my second trimester, having never done yoga before in my life. I was amazed at how hard my body worked in the various stretches. It is truly an excellent workout. (My only criticism is that the instructors don't mirror the exercises i.e. when they say "bend to the left" they bend to THEIR left, which isn't helpful to watch.) The routine helped me to overcome heartburn, indigestion, gas, ribcage pain, upper back pain, lower back pain, sciatica, cramped feet, swolled ankles, sleeping difficulties...it will help you, too.
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Summary: calming workout
Review: This is a really good video. It uses lots of standard yoga moves that are slightly adapted for each trimester. There are three ladies doing the workout at the same time, one for each trimester, so you can watch exactly what you're supposed to be doing. The workout is divided into 3 15-minute sections, which you can do all at once or one at a time. The DVD also includes a section on pregnancy massage, which was really relaxing. I'm really happy with this purchase and feel so great after using it!
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Summary: Buy Crunch Yoga Mama instead...
Review: I am 20 weeks pregnant and have been doing yoga for about 3 years, although I haven't been doing it since about week 9 of my pregnancy. I wanted to find a good video that would help me get back into my practice, stretch me out, and strengthen my muscles.
I bought Shiva Rea's Prenatal Yoga video and was annoyed by it. Although I am very familiar with common yoga postures, I couldn't understand what I was supposed to be doing from listening to her, and I had to keep looking at the screen to figure out what she was talking about. Then, as soon as I got into the pose, she would quickly shift to something else, so I never got to hold any pose for more than a few seconds. Annoying. She also drones on at the beginning of the video for a few minutes, which is minimally boring when you want to get started the first time, but REALLY boring when you are doing the tape on a regular basis and you have to fast forward through it every time. Lastly, I felt like I got no workout whatsoever from Shiva Rea's tape, and barely a stretch. Maybe if I had been able to hold the poses a little longer than the split second she allowed... The woman in her third trimester hardly did anything at all.Crunch Yoga Mama was MUCH better. I really liked the teacher. She was straightforward, and best of all, she was actually pregnant! She gave a better selection of poses, a bit more challenging, but still very easy, and I hardly had to even look at what she was doing...she was very descriptive when telling us what moves to do next. I liked the variety of pregnant women in her "class". She had women in all different stages, and they were all doing pretty much the same moves, except for one woman who was demonstrating modified moves for women who wanted to take it really slow. My only complaint was that I would have liked to hold the poses a bit longer, especially at the end, when she guided us into a closing relaxation/meditation poses that you normally allow at least 10 minutes for in a typical yoga class...in the video we got about a minute to relax and clear our minds before being told to get back up again. Between the two, I definitely recommend Crunch Yoga Mama over Shiva Rea.
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Summary: Some good exercises to prepare you for labor.
Review: This is a safe, easy to follow video. It's great that there are women representing three stages of pregnancy on screen, so that you can see what kind of modifications to make for your stage of pregnancy. Overall, there's nothing negative to say about the video, I just don't find it as motivating or enjoyable as other yoga videos I've used. There's something about the presenter that I find kind of grating, and there's nothing that just hits me and makes me say, "Great! I'm so glad I'm doing this!" aside from my own internal motivation....since that's not so strong these days, I wish it could be coming from the video. Many yoga videos just get me in the right frame of mind to feel like it's well worth my effort, and I feel invigorated by what I'm learning. That just doesn't happen here. That being said, as I'm preparing for a natural childbirth, the exercises that are recommended to prepare the body to support a nat. childbirth are all built in nicely to the program on the tape (even just the meditative warm-up), so doing this will definitely be beneficial to your baby.
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Summary: would rather do this video, other yoga tapes are better
Review: this is a very poor prenatal video, i did not like the discipline of shiva rhea and did not like her on camera teaching style, the workout left me wanting something else, and i would much rather do a prenatal video like leisa hart's fitmama any day of the week compared to this, don't bother!
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Summary: find another video
Review: this video lacks many things-consistency, meditation, and comfort. the poses are not held for a long enough period of time-unless you breathe at half the pace of most people. the final relaxation consists mostly of the music with the credits-nothing guided about that! shiva rea is so impersonal it is hard to believe she is a mother herself.
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Summary: Excellent video for expectant Moms!
Review: I bought this video along with Rocki's and without doubt this pre-natal yoga program is far superior. The program includes a variety of poses with none sustained to such an extent that they stress out ligaments or tendons, which are already relaxing. The program is very meditative and it is very easy to link breathing and body poses together seemlessly, a process that should be helpful in labor. Highly recommended!!
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Summary: voiceover of instructors voice is so ANNOYING
Review: I find this video to be totally ANNOYING...how can an instroctor do a video and not be able to talk to camera? That is so unprofessional, it makes an otherwise ok or decent workout deemed TERRIBLE by me...i traded this video away ASAP and bet many others will to. This is not a good prenatal video.
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Summary: Nice for stretching, not really a good yoga workout
Review: I have enjoyed yoga for years and took a prenatal class with my first child. This video is far too easy for anyone comfortable with yoga poses. It is relaxing and easy for beginners and can provide nice stretches for those who don't exercise much or are just getting started in a routine.
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