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Yoga for Flexibility with Patricia Walden - Video Review |
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This is a nice routine which flows well. Not really for beginners, but for people already familiar with poses and who have a yoga practice already.
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Yj: Yoga for Flexibility - Yo
By It Now on Amazon | Style
Iyengar | Level of Difficulty
Demanding | Energy Level
Athletic | | Clarity Of Instruction 4 | | Instructor Expertise 5 | Equipment
Belt, Pillow, Bolster, Block | Space Required
Yoga mat sized area | | Production Values 5 |
Gaiam ISBN
0-945671-78-4 85 mins |
| Walden's commentary then serves as a guide or a series of reminders, and she gives you someone to do yoga with at the end of the day.
The idea behind the video is that the postures Walden demonstrates have a reputation for releasing tension and calming you. While this may be true for experienced practitioners, beginners may need to keep things simple to get the experience. So you might have to take it in manageable bites, or keep coming back to the routine as you develop your own practice.
The inward experience of yoga doesn't flow naturally out of this video. To get there from this material, you'll need to discover your own modifications for the poses and then guide yourself in breathing and relaxation.
If this is your introduction to yoga, you might find the poses difficult, and the instruction a little obscure at times, (eg: "For balance use your feet as roots descending into the earth.") She doesn't modify the poses much for various levels of ability, so you'll have to do your own research there. |
Safety
- General Safety Consciousness - 2
- Modifications Given - A Few
- Multiple Demonstrators - No
- Warnings Given - Not very man
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- Downward Dog, is hard on shoulders, hamstrings, lower back and blood pressure.
- The Warrior Poses are demanding on the knees. The Revolved Triangle and Extended Leg Pose are tough on hamstrings, and so on the lower back.
- The Back Bend, Camel and Upward Bow feel great if you can do them, but people often push their backs too far in an effort to bring their body parts together. For these, be warned that you are going too far when you feel pressure in your lower back.
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| Poses | | Session 1 | - Downward Dog
- Triangle
- Proud Warrior
- Standing Forward Bend
- Revolved Triangle
- Extended Leg Pose
- Supported Back Bend
- Upward Dog
- Camel
- Upward Bow
- Standing Forward Bend with Twist
- Supported Child Pose
- Corpse Pose
| | Session 2 | - Forward Bend
- Downard Dog
- Extended Leg from Dog Pose
- Upward Dog
- Triangle
- Side Stretch
- Proud Warrior
- Revolved Triangle
- Extended
- Leg Pose
- Standing Forward Bend
- Single Leg Stretches
- Hero's Forward Bend
- Heron Pose
- Wide Angle Pose
- Corpse
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