Rodney Yee/Mariel Hemingway: 15-Minute Results Yoga Review
Others have wrote great reviews. This is not soothing yoga that Rodney usually does. This is the more conversational style that Rodney has done with Mariel Hemingway on the Yoga Now set, except they are alone together w/o other students. This is not for anyone who doesn't already know the beginner yoga poses by heart, by name.
There are no intermediate or harder poses. It's split into :
Upper Body Toning
Lower Body Sculpting
Abdominal Strengthening
Total Body Conditioning
Almost all have Rodney speeding through sun salutations like power yoga, then goes to more slow/normal held poses. Upper had more plank, etc., lower has more warrior, abs has more boat & holding crossed legs off the ground. Total body is last & actually more the seated & reclined stretching focus. You can easily combine these with only some warrior & a lot of sun salutation repetitiveness.
Also, just like the Yoga Now set, there are fast arm swings up/down, fast mindless hoping & arm swing w/torso turning. Luckily, except for some in the abs workout, there is no going in/out of poses like the Yoga now.
I hated the mindless hoping, arm swings, etc from Yoga Now, but then I realized it was based on Chi Kung/Qi Gong warm up movements. So instead of hoping, I just bending my knees & bounce like on a train/bus to wake up the chi. When they do up/down arm swings, I do it more slowly matching my breath to it which helps the heart. When they do any torso turns w/arms swings, I don't focus on the arm swings, but on turning the waist as much as possible to massage/wring out the organs & let the arms just follow. It makes a big difference.
Again, they don't give enough pose instruction for anyone but seasoned beginners or better, but they do give some sporadic perfect reminders or where to turn more or what not to do, so it's not totally useless chatter, but they don't go very mind/body at all.
This is for people who find the more peaceful dvds too spiritual, or for times they are too jumpy/stressed to enjoy the spiritual slower paced dvds w/o frustration.
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Rodney Yee/Mariel Hemingway: 15-Minute Results Yoga Feature
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Rodney Yee/Mariel Hemingway: 15-Minute Results Yoga Overview
Find focus in fifteen minutes
Get firmly rooted in just a few minutes each day. Yoga master
Rodney Yee and yogi/actress Mariel Hemingway team up
to share their expertise in these 15 minute workouts. Each
targeted session hones in on the specific area you want to
work on. With their friendly, approachable style and descriptive
commentary, this is yoga everyone can appreciate.
At just 15 minutes per workout, this is a plan you can stick to no matter how hectic your life.
In fact, no matter what your physical shape right now, you can tailor this program to match
your skill level. As your endurance and agility increase, you can easily customize the program
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Customer Reviews
Love this yoga workout! - Joyce Ann Jacobs - Jersey Girl
I really love this yoga video. I had taken it out of the library before I bought it and so I had used it several times already. It is the perfect video for short yoga practices - and you can do several of the sessions if you want a longer practice. The teachers work very well together. Everything is demonstrated so that you know exactly what to do.
Friendly and Non-Intimidating Rodney Yee Yoga Training - Bold Consumer - USA
The quality is fine. The training is excellent, as always. I think I just prefer for him to work solo. Others may find the exercise less threatening and more user-friendly when he has a yoga partner.
It also may be that I was bored with this one because I've advanced further and need to stop buying yoga for beginners! I just have a habit of buying anything Rodney Yee puts together. I'm rarely disappointed and this one is okay, especially for those who are fairly new to yoga and are a little intimidated by starting yoga practice. It's friendly and pleasant.
Too high impact! - Avid Reader - St. Louis, MO
I liked the idea of multiple 15 minute yoga workouts, but these workouts are not for everyone. There is too much time spent jumping up and down and that is way too high impact for me due to foot surgery. I have been to many yoga classes at the gym and I have never jumped up and down and I'm OK with that. The other yoga poses are way too quick for me. I understand they wanted to get as much yoga in 15 minutes, but it didn't seem like a good 15 minute practice. The chatter between Rodney Yee and Mariel Hemingway was extremely distracting for me. I could never do this practice more than once since the talk was so annoying. Some people may not be bothered by that.
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