Includes two yoga programs, bonus How to Use Props-Active Yoga Instructional/Mini-workout and in-depth interviews with Rodney Yee and Patricia Walden.

Includes the full 1-hr. Yoga Journal s Yoga for Beginners program an exclusive in-depth interview with Patricia a foldout pose guide and a bonus Flexibility Workout. With Patricia Walden. Beginner level.System Requirements:Running Time 100 minutes. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 029956907201 Manufacturer No: 120-1263

STRESS RELIEF YOGA FOR BEGINNERS (DVD MOVIE)

One of yoga's most powerful attributes is its focus on flexibility. Stretching and developing greater flexibility benefits both the mind and body in many ways. In Flexibility Yoga internationally renowned yoga teacher Patricia Walden guides a dynamic two-part yoga workout that can help you increase flexibility range of motion and overall well-being. With her easy-to-use instruction you learn simple yoga techniques to open the back calm and lengthen tense muscles and restore youthful flexibility in every part of the body. This gentle revitalizing yoga-stretch workout for beginners of any age or fitness level will help you feel more fluid and agile throughout every day while helping to prevent injury. Whether you're an athlete or just want to feel more flexible this yoga practice will improve your quality of life.System Requirements:Running Time 85 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 029956011809 Manufacturer No: 120-1304

Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 01/08/2002 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: Nr

Living Yoga has created an exceptional yoga DVD with their three-in-one All-Day Yoga Workout, which combines three of their most popular programs. The first workout is <I>A.M. Yoga for Beginners, a 15-minute morning set led by Rodney Yee. In the morning, Yee tells us, "the body is rested but stiff from inactivity." The stretches he demonstrates are designed to increase circulation, improve mobility, and bring clarity to your mind. The movements are easy to follow (they include a conscious relaxation, the a.m. workout, and a guided meditation), and the set is short enough that it can be squeezed into the most hectic of morning schedules.<p> The next set is <I>Stress Relief Yoga for Beginners, led by Suzanne Deason. This 20-minute practice, during a sunset on the beach at Maui, will help relax your mind and muscles--especially those of the neck, shoulders, and lower back, where tension accumulates--and let stress drift away. The yoga practice includes 4 minutes of gentle stretch, a 13-minute stress-relief workout that increases circulation and flexibility, and 3 minutes of deep relaxation to leave you calmed and balanced.

The final workout is <I>P.M. Yoga for Beginners, filmed at Death Valley and led by Patricia Walden. This 20-minute evening routine is designed to quiet the mind after the stress of the day and to help you make the transition from active to quiet. She uses a combination of a centering series, standing poses, forward bends, and restorative poses to help you ease into night. These workouts are perfect for the harried and the beginner, and you will need some props (a yoga strap, a brick, a mat, and some firm blankets).

The DVD format is ideal for a workout program--the chapter search makes it easy to skip the introduction and jump right into the body work. Or if you're short on time and just need to relax, you can move directly to the meditations. An extra feature, "Learning the Basics," has pictures of every pose with written instructions on how to do them, which is just the thing for beginners who feel befuddled when told to do a cow-face pose or gate pose. A section on props explains how to use straps, bricks, and mats in order to modify more difficult poses for less limber bodies. Finally, the interviews with Suzanne Deason, Patricia Walden, and Rodney Yee round out the DVD, making for a full program. This is the ultimate introduction to yoga; it's a workout regimen that's easy to incorporate into your daily life and fun enough to convince you to stick with it. --Jenny Brown

This Yoga Journal DVD combines two workout programs, "Yoga Practice for Relaxation" and "Yoga Practice for Meditation."

"Yoga Practice for Relaxation" helps stress slide away with restorative yoga poses that replenish your body's energy and rejuvenate your spirit. With these poses you're not working your body, but "undoing, allowing nature to restore you ... [and] the healing powers of yoga to reveal themselves to you," explains Patricia Walden, who teaches the first 30-minute session of resting poses. Your body is supported by props, such as folded blankets, a bolster, or a wall, so the stretches are not intense. The second 30-minute session, taught by Rodney Yee, emphasizes forward bends, often done seated on the floor in various positions, with your forehead and arms resting on a chair for support.<p> In <I>Yoga Practice for Meditation, Rodney explains, "Meditation is awareness of posture, ease of breath, and attentiveness of the mind." Yee quietly and expertly leads you through five yoga practices that release bodily tension, improve posture, and open up breathing in the gorgeous setting of Yosemite National Park. The practice is divided into five segments: Mountain, a series that moves from pose to pose, used for making the transition from daily activities to a sitting meditation (12 minutes); Garden, gentle movements that open the hips and stretch the back (10 minutes); Tree, four sitting poses, using props to modify the poses to your personal flexibility level (10 minutes); Wind, a series with a focus on breathing, releasing tension, and relaxing deeply (10 minutes); Sky, a meditation focusing on posture and breath and "inviting the mind into the present moment, time and time again" (8 minutes). <I>--Joan Price

Face your day with more focus and calm after a gentle yet energizing workout with Rodney Yee. Then in the P.M. release stress and tension under a spectacular Death Valley sunset with Patricia Walden.System Requirements:Running Time 100 minutes. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 029956209503 Manufacturer No: 820-1276SPAN