Customer Reviews

(18) Marlon Braccia: Yoga Therapy: Intermediate Level for Osteoporosis [VHS]

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This is a pretty good yoga program for strength conditioning, & therefore is true to its title and description. However, I only gave it 3 stars, because I would NOT classify it as "yoga therapy." I bought this for my mother who has osteoporosis, thinking it would be somehow therapeutically "different" from other yoga tapes she's tried. The actual instruction is much weaker than most other yoga videos I've seen (and I've seen ALOT), which is the opposite of what I would expect from a "yoga therapy" video. Also, the teacher gives few if any specific pose modifications, and her presentation is very shallow (although she seems like a friendly, well-meaning, likeable person). She seems to be regurgitating that which she's been told/taught without much reflective analysis. Yogi Marlon could learn much from the likes of Rodney Yee, Patricia Walden, Suzanne Deason, or Baron Baptiste! Additionally, the Kripalu tapes are much more conducive to those seeking yoga as therapy...