Yoga - Conditioning For Women [2005]

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Slightly disappointing

If you don't have good balance or flexibility, this is not for you.

For experts only! Exceedingly hard to follow

Didn't meet my requirements

FANTASTIC and great for anybody!

Yoga - Conditioning For Women [2005]
Starring: Suzanne Deason
Manufacturer: Gaiam Limited
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00006IX6K
Release Date: 2005-09-26

Customer Reviews:

Slightly disappointing.......2008-01-12

I've been doing yoga for several years now and found this DVD slightly disappointing. I wanted a good alternative to my weekly yoga class that I could do at home and was looking for something moderately challenging without leaving me aching from head to toe like some of the "power yoga" DVDs. I wasn't bothered by the fact that there were a few poses I couldn't achieve - and will probably never achieve(!) - like standing on one leg with the other leg extended straight out. Any good yoga instructor will always be slightly better at it than I am! What did bother me was that she moved through the sequences so quickly I never got the chance to feel the benefit of any of the postures. I hardly felt as if I'd done anything by the time it was finished. It might do if I'm desperate but I don't see this DVD getting an awful lot of use.

If you don't have good balance or flexibility, this is not for you........2007-11-28

First off, I have several of Suzanne Deason's DVDs and, in general, I think she is fabulous. I also enjoyed the "cool down" section of this DVD.

On the not so good side... This session requires considerable flexibility and balance. There are numerous poses where one is required to balance on one foot and then extend the other leg, holding the foot straight out in front of you. WOW- I cannot do that, even though I have been practising yoga for over a year. As one other reviewer noted, Suzanne also moves rather swiftly through the poses and it is hard to keep up. By the time I get my balance, she is on to the next pose.

There ARE modifications, however. Unfortunately, these are in a seperate section after the session. I think her DVD Yoga for Weight Loss is presented in a far more user friendly way in that it shows you 4 variations all during the main session so you can do what you are capable of.

If you are very flexible and an experienced practioner, then perhaps this DVD is for you. If balance and flexibility are not quite where you are at, then skip this DVD and try one of Deason's many other *friendlier* workouts.

For experts only! Exceedingly hard to follow.......2007-09-17

I am not a yoga expert but have been practising yoga on and off for years, and was looking for a video to help me to get back into regular practice. I've enjoyed using Leah Bracknell's 'Yoga and You' for a couple of weeks, and was looking for something a bit more intensive.

I found this video unsatisfactory in many respects.

Firstly, Suzanne Deason works very fast and is very flexible. Good for her, but there was a lack of time and explanation on how to enter and leave poses with brief, quickfire instructions like 'inhale, exhale, come up, down into brave warrior, left arm forward, exalted warrior, step back with the right foot, forward bend, release the neck, inhale, come up, hands to namaste, hands on the belly'. (This 'hands on the belly' is what makes it 'for women' as far as I can see!).

Most worryingly, her poses are extremely advanced and she includes no instructions on how us lesser mortals can modify them in the run of the workout. This could easily result in injuries to those who feel compelled to try and match what she's doing. There IS a section on modifying the poses, but this is just a sequence of stills of her using blocks and straps, with no instructions on how you are, for instance, supposed to get into the position of standing with your leg extended forwards with your foot in a strap. Plus, her workout gives you no time to grab your props if you need them, meaning that you will be forever reaching for the pause button. Hardly conducive to 'stilling the mind'.

The blurb on this says that Suzanne Deason helps you to focus on the breath, but the breathing instructions, seem like an afterthought - as do the modified poses.

I can't help feeling that this video is simply a medium to show how perfectly adept Suzanne Deason is after her 'lifetime of Yoga Practice' and what a lovely bit of beach she owns in Maui.

The music is a mixture of flute warblings and saccharine piano melodies which I found unappealing and repetitive. It reminded me of the muzak you get in the background on shopping channels.

Didn't meet my requirements.......2007-09-09

the intensity was too low for me,

Maybe more suitable for a complete beginner

FANTASTIC and great for anybody!.......2007-06-04

I am really enjoying Suzanne Deason's programme for women and would recommend it to any woman just starting out with yoga. I am sure lots of DVD routines would be difficult to follow and get to grips with for a beginner like me, so I am so glad I chose this one - completely at random, when I saw it for sale in my local Whole Foods shop! I didn't know what a yoga routine would be like, as I am completely new to it, but I am loving the way Suzanne has designed this like a kind of meditation specifically for women which is also a challenging work out. The whole experience of watching it and following it is relaxing: as you watch it you are absorbed into the coastline of Maui, and there is a wonderful gentle soundtrack running throughout. Suzanne gives very clear, slow instructions so that you can follow without constantly ruining your poses to look at the screen. You will have to look occasionally when the poses get more difficult, but the more you do the routine, the less this will happen. It is a really approachable yoga routine, which does not need a lot of props. I find all the extra things like blocks and straps really offputting on a lot of the DVDs out there, so thank you Suzanne for designing a programme that an average woman can do with just a yoga mat in the living room! Of course, all the accessories are mentioned in the DVD but she puts across the idea of real, practical yoga that anyone can do at any time of day without any hassle, so she makes it really workable and not this "elite" practise it looks like with so many yoga people. Also, Suzanne is not an egotist about her DVD: it is entirely focused on the yoga and on the women she is trying to teach, and is not about her appearance like so many "celebrity" DVDs. I really highly recommend this and am considering buying Suzanne's DVD designed for Stress Relief, but even if I don't, I will be so happy to continue with this one programme as it is just the right level of challenge, I think.

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Release Date: 2006-01-30

Customer Reviews:

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