Yoga for Health: Basics/Headaches Review
One thing I can say about this DVD is that it is very relaxing! The setting, the background music, is just great. The first reviewer is sorta right saying that it's "almost amateurish"- it is in the respect that it does not seem like a typical commercialized exercise/yoga dvd. And at first viewing I was a little put off by that, wondering if it would be any good. But I got into it after part of the way through anf actually loved it! And that is just what makes it feel more real and relaxing to me- many of the typical commercialized ones have instructors that have this fakeness, or just a big ego, about them, and often I don't even like the background music. But this one makes you feel like you're in a real yoga class. There are about 5 people doing the yoga including the instructor. I want to mention also that the instructor has a euro accent- which I happen to find a plus because for some reason it's a really relaxing sounding one- but if you don't like accents at all, then maybe this isn't for you. But I can still understand her perfectly fine, and the background music is not too loud or too low, just the right volume.
I don't know why the first reviwer is complaining about the editing- it's fine and the instructor explains the moves perfectly, no confusion for me.
So overall this is a great yoga dvd. The setting and instructor is what can make or break for a good yoga experience. Here is a short summary:
-the intructor spoke in a perfect soothing yoga voice
-moves were clearly explained/demonstrated
-the choice of background music was perfect, including the volume of it
-the ambience in the room was very nice and relaxing
-doesn't get weird or "out there" like some yoga instruction can be
And I'm not one who is easily relaxed, so this is alot coming from me. I so recommend this!
BTW- I havent used this enough yet to see if it actually helps my headaches/migraines. But I'm sure it does somewhat (at least tension headaches) because of how relaxing it is. I'll update this when I do this enough times to have seen if there is any effect on my headaches.
Yoga for Health: Basics/Headaches Feature
- A single DVD focusing on overall basics of traditional yoga for those who want a routine for overall benefit of well being purposes, including a series of exercises targeting blood-flow and muscles in and to the head. A routine designed to reduce headaches. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS Rating: NR Age: 658769720631 UPC: 658769720631 Manufacturer No:
Yoga for Health: Basics/Headaches Overview
A single DVD focusing on overall basics of traditional yoga for those who want a routine for overall benefit of well being purposes including a series of exercises targeting blood-flow and muscles in and to the head. A routine designed to reduce headaches.System Requirements:Run Time: 102 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS Rating: NR UPC: 658769720631 Manufacturer No: VF7206
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Customer Reviews
Very soothing/relaxing easy poses for light days - Lena, LMT - Nassau, NY
This dvd is like her Depression & Gastro-Intestinal but I would say the Depression one has more poses & requires more energy then this one. This one as the basics name shows is much more mild for light days when you are tired, have injury, etc. There is a lot of child's pose & lying down after each pose & there aren't as many. I still like this as I enjoy Jenny's soothing style which you can feel even as she talks to her students where other yoga dvd's can't do the same even in voice over. She doesn't go into how to do the poses correctly, so this is best for beginners who already have taken a few classes or have more instructional information dvds.
Jenny Corneo is very calming w/a nice Spanish? accent which I had no problem following. This is done in a large industrialized space w/concrete floors w/white walls w/interesting windows & beautiful, simple decorations. There are 4 other students, all in different shapes & ethnics and 1 man. The production could be better, but the camera angles have artistic sweeping shots, zooms in, move around to different angles slowly throughout. The music is VERY light, almost don't hear it, but it's very soothing & beautiful.
Jenny has a relaxed style, she goes in/out of each pose w/you, and then during helps fix other students postures. She tells the benefits of each pose as she helps other students. She usually has a relaxation after each pose for several seconds. She has great body awareness & the session really flowed. The music is very light, almost don't notice it, but the session was healing.
Poses used for both sessions which are very similar - alt. nostril breathing, reclined simple stretches, sun salutations, reclined leg stretches, shoulderstand, plow, bridge, fish, sitting fwd single & both leg bends, cobra, cat/cow, seated twisted pose, standing fwd bend, savasana.
Decent workout for most levels, despite low production values - Mian Bao - Mountain View, CA
While a previous review by pinar calls this video "almost amateurish", I would disagree with this statement by instead calling the video "very amateurish". However, despite the low technical quality, the yoga instruction itself is quite suitable for almost any level. If you are as inflexible as I am you just won't push anywhere near the level that they do on the video, but you'll still get a good stretch in.
I haven't done the exercises when I've had a headache, but you spend a fair bit of time inverted, which I'm assuming is to help with headaches. You shouldn't get this if you are preggers or have high blood pressure. Jenny does get a bit "out there" by my reference, since you start by alternating plugging one nostril and breathing through the other. It might actually work to de-stress you, though, if you aren't overly distracted by having a finger up your nose. At one point she delivers the classic line "this is a great position for releasing gases from your stomach" which brought the value up a lot for me by itself.
In summary, if you want to do some basic poses, some relaxation poses, and possibly release some gas (and who doesn't?) then this is the video for you.
like a home video - pinar -
The almost amateurish production of the DVD initially did not bother me (although it may bother some!). What I found to be most disappointing about this DVD is that the two parts ('basics' and 'headaches') are almost identical. Why bother calling one 'basics' and the other 'headaches' if there ie almost no difference (if there is. it should be explained to us)? The order of the moves are changed ever so slightly and one is 3-4 minutes longer than the other. The producers did not even bother with two takes, just edited one take and placed under two different headings.
The editing overall is not good, the instructor starts explaining one move and then the editor cuts to another move. The sound is also bad, it is difficult to hear the instructor.
Overall, if this was a home-made video a friend of mine had passed on to me, I would have probably appreciated it. But not as a DVD for which I had to pay this amount of money!
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