Product Description Suzanne Deason presents this holistic and natural approach to weight loss through a series of yoga exercises. These exercises will help achieve and maintain an ideal weight while increasing stamina and energy. Additional Features Living Arts's Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss is a fantastic example of how DVD features can be used to enhance a workout program. The same workout is presented five different ways, and you may choose the combined (which shows all four modifications), complete, slightly modified, partially modified, or fully modified program. The four modifications each focus on a different instructor, and the audio instruction explains the specific moves for each level. At any point during the 45-minute workout, you can press the "angle" key on your remote to switch to a different modification level, enabling you to get the best workout you can without straining yourself. In addition, at times a small "personal instructor" icon will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. By pressing enter, the program switches to instructor Suzanne Deason in the yoga studio who carefully explains how to do the pose. Each of these poses are explained based on the level you are watching (for example, at the fully modified level, Deason will demonstrate the pose using bricks or straps). All in all this is an excellent use of DVD features and a great way to grow with a yoga program. --Jenny Brown P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Back Cover In addition to stretching, meditation, and stress reduction, yoga has many therapeutic benefits--including the power to help you naturally lose weight and keep it off. Led by acclaimed yoga instructor Suzanne Deason, Living Arts Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss accommodates all levels of fitness and flexibility by offering four levels of modification. With a click of a button, you can access any level workout--fully modified, partially modified, slightly modified, and full postures--and receive more detailed instruction on the most challenging poses. Committing to follow this 45-minute program of safe, natural weight loss methods can help you start looking and feeling great in no time! Total Content Time: 4 hoursFour 45-minute workout variations give you room to improve your level of fitness.Angle feature allows you to choose your workout level during the program.Personal Instructor lets you access detailed instruction on more challenging poses using a simple on-screen icon. Chapter Search lets you quickly navigate each workout segment.Bonus 16-page full-color "Exercise, Nutrition and Weight Management Guide" helps you integrate this workout into a more complete weight loss program.About the Instructor: Suzanne Deason has been practicing yoga for more than 35 years. She became interested in yoga through books and TV when she was nine years old. Soon after, she began formal yoga training in the iyengar tradition, an in-depth, alignment-oriented style that builds a strong foundation for understanding the biomechanics and purpose of each pose. Borrowing from the ashtanga tradition, she incorporates the flowing or "vinyasa" style of yoga into her precise, instructional teaching to give the student an experience of yoga by uniting the mind, body, and breath. She believes that as we move our bodies from pose to pose and breath to breath, yoga sharpens our awareness of each moment and each sensation. It is this focus that unclutters the mind and cleanses the body, leaving us with a fresh, rejuvenated soul. Suzanne has been teaching yoga for 10 years in northern California. See more
M**Y
Great video!
I had my first copy of this video 3 years ago. I've worn it out. This is a great video, with different levels of exercise.
H**L
OK - it's not for "weight loss" but it's a PERFECT workout for different levels.
First of all, let's get one thing clear - yoga, per se, was NOT designed for "weight loss" in the sense of cardiac/calorie burn. As a 30-some year practitioner, I tried one of those "yoga burn" videos and nearly myself. I still don't think they're safe and don't recommend them at all.However, yoga IS the perfect exercise for both mind AND body, and practiced regularly, it WILL provide wonderful improvements in body tone, strength, balance and flexibility, not to mention increased calmness of mind. It was intended to be practiced as a smooth progression of poses, to be held for periods of time, that require concentration, strength, balance and flexibility. It was meant to strengthen both the body AND the mind and to assist connection with spiritual practices.To me, as an experienced practitioner, this workout is absolutely perfect. The postures are sequenced perfectly and held for a reasonable amount of time. But the big plus over other videos I've tried is that there are other women (of various shapes and sizes) in the background performing each posture at a different level - beginner, intermediate and ultra advanced. They also perform them with blocks, straps or other props that a beginner or intermediate person might need for safe performance of the postures. She also CUES for the other levels so you don't have to keep looking up to see what they're doing.I bought this when it was released years ago and wore it out - I'm buying the DVD version because the VCR tape won't play any more. It's not too long, not too short, and I love the relaxation/meditation that it ends with.IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT YOGA, THIS IS THE VIDEO TO BUY.
A**H
A great, manageable yoga DVD for daily practice
This video spent some time gathering dust on my shelf before I finally tried it. When I finally did, I loved it, and this may well become my "go to" yoga video for busy days.I happen not to like "flow" videos so much, and it seems most yoga DVDs out there are exactly about that. I love the feeling of breathing into a pose, and the challenge of using my muscles to maintain a strong pose for a little while. Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss gives me just what I need: a good combination of standing, sitting, and lying poses; lots of twisting poses (which I've also found lacking in flow videos); a few poses which gently, but powerfully, build abdominal strength.The video allows you to do the workout at different levels of modification, which means that you can measure yourself to someone at your level as you check your position. It's hard to know if you're doing a pose right if the only model you get a yoga master, or if the modified pose is somewhere behind the yoga master (hard to see on a small screen). Almost every breath is cued, which I also appreciate, and Deason keeps up a running commentary with advice on what you should be feeling and doing during each pose. Her voice is soft enough that you can ignore it if you wish, but I found her suggestions very useful for working on strength and balance, especially during standing poses.And, the entire thing is only forty-five minutes long! It really fits into a busy day, and is wonderfully restorative. I'm not sure what it does for weight loss, but I can tell you that I feel physically good after doing the video, with just the right combination of energy and pleasant fatigue.
C**E
Excellent overall, but not effective for weight loss
I am in average shape, but was not at all familiar with yoga. This was an excellent DVD to begin with because each pose is clearly explained, and the Personal Instructor feature allows you to break from the program to get specific instruction, and then return to where you left off.In addition to the poses being clearly explained, the instructor continually reminds you to breathe and focus. The setting (in an Arizona desert) is stunning, and the music is calming and fits the workout well. Specifically, at the end of the workout when you are instructed to stay in Relaxation/Corpse Pose for as long as you like to relax, the instruction ends but the program continues with music so you don't feel any discountinuation.The only negative comment I have for this DVD is that it is too short. If you do all three sections back-to-back, it only amounts to about 40 minutes of activity. Most advanced students of yoga I know practice for 1-2 hours at a time. I always feel at the end like I could have continued for much longer. I have not been able to find a DVD that lasts more than 45 minutes anywhere, though.Because the program is short, I have not experienced noticeable weight loss after about 8 weeks, but I have noticed a significant increase in flexibility, strength, and serenity.
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