Product Details

• Actors: Sarah Longacre
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B004Q66V16
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,164 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Be Blooma Well PRENATAL YOGA takes you from the yoga mat to the birthing room. Blooma founder Sarah Longacre guides you through a powerful, uplifting prenatal yoga practice designed to open your hips, strengthen your body, and set your mind at ease for birth. Discover how your yoga poses and breathing practices become comfort measures for labor and recovery. Then, celebrate the first, intimate moments of new motherhood as Blooma mamas share their personal birthing day videos. Be Blooma Well Prenatal Yoga celebrates the beauty and strength of your pregnant body through yoga. The Be Blooma Well Prenatal Yoga DVD includes: - A 60-minute, all-levels yoga practice - Five inspiring birth videos - On-the-go yoga (mp3s)* - Labor tips and birth resources (PDFs) - Requires a Mac/PC with a DVD drive Be Blooma Well

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Yoga for Optimal Fetal Positioning March 28, 2011

By The Spinning Babies Lady

Ok, I'm biased, Sarah Longacre is a long time friend and colleague in our large birthing community. That said, this prenatal yoga video is meticulously done to make it simple for you. Very active, you will get a workout. The music is fantastic, made for the video. The birth clips are perfect for a yoga or birth education gathering. Doula friendly, of course! Professionally filmed, the camera moves to keep it interesting.
There is a chanting section separate from the yoga class, which some of my Christian friends are not going to prefer. Others will love that chapter for the harmonious and positive vocalizations which will vibrate through to baby and body.
If you want a calm, slower prenatal yoga class with props and more alignment tips, see Collette Crawford's prenatal yoga video or others.
This is an active, moving, fun and festive experience to bring out a sweat. Sarah's encouraging and guiding words will echo in your mind as you go through labor. Her word choice is excellent for trusting and coping with the natural process of labor. Doing this yoga is a good preparation for active birthing.
Could anything make it better? Not really, but perhaps, combine it with even more education from SpinningBabies.com ! --Maybe Sarah and I need to share a cup of tea and dream of video 2! Or as my 85-year-old mom says, "Forget the tea, pour the wine!"
Blooma Prenatal Yoga is trendy, hip, and effective!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, life-affirming prenatal yoga for mamas-to-be March 24, 2011

By Sharron Mendel

A friend who lives in Minnesota suggested this DVD, and boy am I ever glad she did! Since I'm down in Alabama, my chances of making it to Blooma before my 2nd little one is born this summer are slim to none. Since I'm a working mama with a lively toddler, my chances of making it to an actual prenatal yoga class are pretty slim, too. So imagine my delight when I heard that this fabulous yoga studio that caters to mamas before and after birth had created its first DVD. I have not been disappointed, and find myself eagerly anticipating the pockets of time when I can take some time to do the easy-to-follow, feels-so-good-to-my-pregnant body yoga sequence. There is something here for the experienced and novice yoga practitioner, and for mamas-to-be no matter what your age or fitness level. I particularly appreciate the one mom on the DVD who does not appear to be as flexible as the others, and often look at her for encouragement! At the end are a number of birth stories, which I have found to be realistic and inspirational. Particularly grateful that there is one beautiful medicated birth, as this is something I had not seen previously. Thanks so much to Sarah Longacre and the crew at Blooma for creating such a lovely gift for pregnant women. This would make a wonderful gift from any pregnant woman to herself, or from friends or family who know the mama-to-be enjoys having the chance to move her body in gentle, strong and loving ways.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful even for those of us with no prior Blooma experience. March 16, 2013

By Tess

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I wanted to throw in my two cents because when I purchased this I noticed that a lot of the five-star reviews were from people with connections to the Blooma studio. I was worried that this dvd would fail to impress someone without the benefit of that context. It is wonderful, though, I'm really glad I ordered it. It is a well-balanced and well-rounded routine, challenging and relaxing. I am very early in my pregnancy so I don't have to make physical accommodations for my baby, but I am fatigued. This yoga was not so fast paced as to be too overwhelming, but it was challenging enough to energize me rather than just put me to sleep! The instructor is very warm and encouraging without sounding insincere and I appreciated her tips describing how the different postures are helpful during labor. There are also "extras" - both an audio and video version of the routine you can use on your mobile device, and a couple brief pdfs with tips for labor and reasons you might want to use a doula. I haven't gotten around to watching the birthing videos that are included, but I am looking forward to it.

Another reviewer mentioned that she felt the routine was too spiritual for her as a Christian. That is fine and I would not encourage anyone to do something they are not comfortable with, but I just wanted to offer another perspective to that because I am also theologically conservative Christian. I found the spiritual references to be very mild, and I had no trouble tuning out anything I wasn't comfortable with. Much of what some people might fear is spiritual, instructions to "ground" yourself, for instance, are not necessarily spiritual references but postural instruction. There is a lot of misunderstanding in the Christian community about what aspects of yoga are spiritual and what is simply physical, with some people believing that simply putting your body in a certain pose puts you at risk spiritually. This is a misunderstanding and borders on superstition, which is discouraged by Christianity. A great article for Christians concerned about this can be found here: [...] And remember, Christ has not given us a spirit of fear, and he knows where our hearts are no matter what the position of our body.