Gaiam Yoga For Beginners Kit

by Gaiam

Product Features

• Contains essentials needed to start your Yoga practice
• Includes alignment yoga mat, block, strap and DVD
• High fashion and functional I Ching mat aids in alignment
• Programs include AM yoga program (24-minutes)

Product Description

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Begin your yoga practice with all the tools necessary to master the basic skills. In a quick tutorial, yoga expert Rodney Yee teaches you how to use the included alignment yoga mat, brick and strap to build a solid foundation. Whether you're looking for increased flexibility or a workout that challenges the body as a whole, the Yoga Beginner's Kit is an ideal way to ease yoga into your daily routine. Kit also includes an alignment yoga mat, a yoga brick, a six-foot yoga strap and two full-length yoga workouts, plus a seated meditation preparation routine.

What's in the Box?

• Two full-length yoga workouts and props training with Yoga Beginner's Experience DVD (lessons detailed below)
• Bonus seated guided meditation
• Yoga brick for proper positioning and support
• Alignment yoga mat to help guide hand and foot placement
• Yoga strap to lengthen and align stretches; 6-feet long

A.M. Yoga: 20 minutes
Get a productive start to the day with this 20-minute workout designed to open your body and center your mind. Taking a few minutes in the morning to find clarity and peace can give meaning to the rest of your day.

Daily Yoga: 20 minutes
This gentle program will help increase circulation and mobility and invigorate you when you feel low on energy. Concludes with a restful and rejuvenating three-minute conscious relaxation.

Prop Intro: 8 minutes
Learn how yoga props (brick, strap and mat) can guide you into good habits as you cultivate your yoga practice. With proper technique, these tools will have you moving like an expert from the very start.

Seated Meditation Preparation: 10 minutes
Before you enter into meditation, take a few minutes to prepare your body and mind. These simple stretches ready you for a deeper state of consciousness. The perfect end to an active yoga session.

About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing, for themselves, their families and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth's resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality and price of conventional products.

Gaiam's goal is to become the trusted source and unifying brand for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) participants. They understand that the opportunity to affect people's lives with information and products is both a privilege and a responsibility. Gaiam believes in the concept of Conscious Commerce, the practice of making purchasing decisions based on personal values and beliefs. It takes into consideration all the aspects of our lives and the impact we have upon the planet. Research indicates this concept appeals to approximately 50 million people in the U.S. alone. Gaiam's strategy in delivering the distinctive quality for which they are known is to partner with experts in health/wellness, eco-living and personal development to develop proprietary products that meet our customers' needs with meaningful solutions.

The name GAIAM is a fusion of the words Gaia (the name of Mother Earth from the Minoan civilization in ancient Crete), and I am reminds us that we are all interconnected with the Earth, the air and water, and very much a part of this living system that sustains us all.

Product Description

Begin your yoga practice with all the tools necessary to master the basic skills. Rodney Yee's expert advice from beginning poses to prop use teaches everything you need to build a solid foundation. Whether you're looking for increased flexibility or a workout that challenges the body as a whole, the Yoga Beginners Kit is an ideal way to ease yoga into your daily routine. Rodney Yee demonstrates proper usage of the yoga alignment mat, brick and strap.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 9.2 x 4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001J2XRPI
• Item model number: 05-53724
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #927 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #1 in Sports & Outdoors > Exercise & Fitness > Yoga > Starter Sets

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL KIT!!!, August 24, 2001

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TaiWuWei (The Poconos, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yoga for Beginners Kit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This Living Arts Yoga Kit is great! You get everything you need to get started at a great price! If you bought all of the pieces seperately it would cost much more. The mat is very high quality, as are the yoga strap and blocks. You will get years of use from this set. The video will go through the use of props with you and help you understand their uses better. We reccomend this to everyone!

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Intro Kit, March 12, 2002

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Cheryl (Alexandria, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yoga for Beginners Kit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a good introductory kit. The video shows proper use of the props. The video is not intended as a workout. You'll need a beginner's tape. I would like the kit better if it had a bag to hold everything.

106 of 131 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected..., February 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Yoga for Beginners Kit [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This product was not at all what I expected.
-The blocks are fine. No problems there.

-The mat is very thin. It's made out of that same non-slip stuff they sell at Wal-mart for putting under rugs. I've been looking at Yoga kits in nearby stores that cost within [the price] of this one and they had higher quality mats at nearly 1.5 inches thick. This mat is about 1/4 inches thick.

-The tape is geared more toward stretching than to Yoga. If you're interested in learning Yoga, this tape is not for you.

It's all about expectations and given that, I'm seriously considering sending this product back...