Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wai Lana
• VHS Release Date: September 24, 2002
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305194602
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,087 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Elayne Blythe, Film Advisory Board President

"Every home should have Wai Lana Yoga videos in its library!"

Product Description

Yoga is one of the great treasures of the East. It exercises the body, improves concentration, and controls the restless mind. The benefits of yoga have been so well documented that even Western skeptics have embraced it. Today some consider it a modern form of exercise, but yoga is actually an age-old science that has proven to be an extraordinary means to achieve physical and mental health.

Beginners Workout is designed for beginners and for those who haven't exercised for a while. It's also good for those who want to take a break from their more strenuous workouts but still want to exercise.

On this tape you will learn easy ways to: · Loosen stiff joints · Strengthen your abdominals · Firm your buttocks · Calm and tone your nerves

And the last asana on the tape is Yoga Nidra, a very effective way to achieve complete relaxation.

Wai Lana, your guide through the various asanas, has been practicing yoga for over twenty years. She is one of the most well-known yoga teachers in the world today. Her daily yoga TV shows are regularly watched by millions of people around the world on five continents, including in the United States, where her shows appear on many PBS stations around the country. The beautiful natural settings of Wai Lana's workout sessions are matched perfectly by her serene approach to teaching.

See all Editorial Reviews

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great beginner's yoga tape!, February 1, 2001

By 

Skye Winter "loves-crosswords" (USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Beginners Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I work at a library and have had the opportunity to try many different yoga tapes. This was by far the best that I've found! Wai Lana is an excellent teacher and this video got me to look forward to doing yoga every day. It is a gentle 30-minute workout followed by a 5-minute meditation. It has been a great way for me to relieve stress! I always feel more relaxed and invigorated after I do it. We have even started a lunch time yoga group at work and use this tape instead of a live teacher. I would highly recommend this tape for beginners like myself!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for Sissies, January 26, 2004

By 

Ron (Denver, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginners Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Being a very macho type of guy, I've always thought yoga was for sissies. That is until one night my girlfriend coaxed me into trying Wai Lana's Easy Beginners Workout Video. She told me it would help me with my workout regiment (I workout with heavy weights at the gym 5 nights a week). After trying it just once, my attitude changed completely.
I've briefly watched yoga classes at my gym and even watched a bit of yoga instruction on TV, which did nothing to attract me to yoga. But Wai Lana, WOW! Her soothing voice, the way she makes it so easy and enjoyable, the scenery, the vivid colors, and the beautiful locations...
This video can calm the wildest of beasts; I'm living proof. I now look forward to it every day and find that I'm working muscles that were otherwise neglected with my usual weight training. I now have great stamina and feel a sense of calm I've never had before.
I'm a believer!

Ron
Denver, Colorado

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yoga - a Very Pleasant Surprise, December 15, 2003

By 

Greg - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginners Workout [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm new to yoga, but a friend introduced me to this tape, and now I'm hooked! I thought yoga was just about trying to twist your body into a pretzel and then zone out. I had no idea what a workout it is. I can't figure out how it energizes AND relaxes me so much at the same time - but I love it!

Wai Lana is a terrific teacher. She's warm, always encouraging, never pushy - and never made me feel like I was just a dumb beginner. Even though a couple of the postures were a real stretch, I just did what I could and that was great. And on the last posture, the Yoga Nidra relaxation, I just melted into the floor.

The tape is beautiful to look at, with amazing tropical scenery, and the music was a pleasant surprise - not your dreaded New Age stuff, but full-bodied, upbeat and mellow.

With yoga, it hardly looks like you're doing anything - but at the end, you know you've done some aerobics. I call it the "stealth workout" - and "stealth" rhymes with "health". It's certainly doing wonders for mine! This tape is terrific.

Greg
Boise, Idaho