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Release Date: 30 July, 2002 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $12.99 You SAVE: $1.99! Cast: |
Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners Reviews
A very nice introductory video
The person below me who wrote that this video is nearly twenty years old is mistaken, I believe it was taped sometime around 1996. Nonetheless, it holds up well and is an excellent introduction to many of the basic yoga poses. Those demonstrated on this video include:
Mountain Pose (tadasana)
Triangle Pose
Warrior II Pose (proud warrior)
Side-Stretch Pose (a sort of combination of Triangle Pose and Proud Warrior)
Downward Facing Dog Pose
Standing Forward Bend
Sitting Forward Bend
Cobbler's Pose
Staff Pose, etc.
Patricia Walden has a grace and patience to her demeanor which makes this video very therapeutic, and she is an excellent teacher. The focus is on relaxation and going inward, though many of the poses, such as Proud Warrior and Triangle Pose, will give you a good workout and test your endurance and stamina. If you are looking for a very upbeat workout which will wake you up and help you burn alot of calories, this is probably not the right video for you. However if you would like a challenging, yet soothing, introduction to Iyengar yoga from one of the best teachers out there, do not hesitate to buy this video.
A Beginner Class with America's Most Accomplished Yogini
Patricia Walden is among the leading practioners of Hatha Yoga in the world. The tape, now nearly 20 years old, is a historic artifact: really the first widely distributed exhibition of Iyengar Yoga on VHS.
What is most instructive is to simply watch Walden in the basic asanas - the form of which she has mastered at a level far beyond most of her contemporaries. The difference between true mastery and superior competence is subtle, but can be observed.
To sit with Patricia in dandasana is to sit at the lotus feet of hatha yoga.
However, the spirit of such a moment, like the freshness of morning air, cannot ever be captured by the media or packaged
for sale.
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