| | |  | Yoga DVDs | | Home » » | | | | | | | Description: | | Yoga isn't just for people who are already supple--it's a way to become more flexible. Yoga for Inflexible People presents modifications and props to make traditional poses accessible to people who could not otherwise perform them comfortably or correctly. You get more than 35 workouts and about four hours of instruction and practice in all. Choose a general workout, focus on an area of the body (shoulders, legs, hips, and back), or select a peaceful or energizing workout. Within each category, you have a choice of several different 15- to 75-minute series (some seated), much more variety than most videos offer. Some of the poses are beginning level; others are not. Leader Judi Rice demonstrates well, instructing by voice-over, though her expressionless face lacks warmth and personality. You'll need a yoga mat, blocks (or large books), a long strap or belt, a chair, and blankets. --Joan Price | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Judi Rice, Michael Wohl | | Director:
| Judi Rice | | Format:
| Color, DVD-Video, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Bodywisdom Media, Inc. | | Run Time:
| 240 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 01, 2002 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 113 reviews |
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 GreatAug 24, 2008
An extensive range of poses, from standing to sitting to bends, and laid out in menus that make it easy to find what you need to work on.
The instruction provides use of props if you need them so you do not have to do physical moves that are too difficult while you learn and is all done at a pace that was easy to follow.
Very worthwhile purchase.
 Not for beginnersAug 18, 2008
As I am pretty inflexible, I thought this might be a good choice as a beginner but, it was not. They used terms that I was unfamiliar with e.g. open your chest and something about your shoulders that I had no idea what they were talking about. Thankfully, it was only $7.99 as I won't be using it.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
WorthlessAug 14, 2008
For the beginner, like me, this video is absolutely worthless. You can't even perceive if the model is moving any muscle at all. Instructions go so fast that before catching what's going on, a new instruction comes and you don't understand a thing, let alone trying to mimic the model (which seems static).
I gave two more copies to family and a friend, and they are not so definite about this but probably because I gave it to them.
Maybe not beginners might see it different.
Yoga For Inflexible peopleAug 14, 2008
It is just what I expected it to be and I find it very useful
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Don't Get Bent Out Of ShapeJul 27, 2008
I never had much success with yoga either from books or TV shows; I could not keep up or make the stretches as demonstrated. This DVD is not exciting or fancy but I will say that using this I have made gains and gotten rewards. I realized I am woefully inflexible, but the poses allow for the use of aids (blocks, folded blankets, straps) to go only as far as you can without straining yourself but so that one can still make progress. There is a menu of sessions varying in length and area of concentration (15 minute outer hip vs. 30 minute lower back etc.).
It is not the flashy "5 girls on the beach doing yoga" type DVD. My wife and I sometimes do this together, she being more experienced at yoga finds the routines satisfying and I at my beginner's level can do the same poses with allowance for my inflexibility.
I am glad I purchased this, it allows me to work at my level without hurting myself and improve from there.
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