Customer Reviews

Gentle Fitness with Catherine MacRae [VHS]

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I have MS, and I have found Gentle Fitness to offer a very effective routine to help me with the exercise portion of my wellness program. Catherine has also had MS for many years, and on her video she features a class of students with all kinds of physical disabilities.

Gentle Fitness seamlessly blends the wisdom of Yoga, Tai Chi & Feldenkrais with today's state-of-the-art Exercise Sciences. Catherine leads viewers through stretches, exercises, self-massage and breathing techniques that are easy, natural and therapeutic. Gentle fitness, 80% sitting, is great for strength, flexibility and balance. It will help your spirits rise and it just plain feels good!

I highly recommend Gentle Fitness.

Most of the exercises and movements restore calm, peace, rejuvenation, wellness and flexibility from a sitting or supported standing position.
Easy, slow and fun movements demonstrated by a positive person with an all-star differently-abled class. Enjoyable!
Restorative. I recommend it highly for those who live their lives from a sitting,or resting-often position.
It'll recharge your batteries.

This is "exercise" for people who thought they were beyond hope on that score. No matter how old and decrepit you're feeling (regardless of chronological age), this program gets your muscles flexing, your lungs pumping, and your face smiling. You quickly realize that just because you can't run, there is plenty to do to stay Fit. The instructor and class are an inspiration.

This is a lovely, well-done video that would be excellent for everyone to have in his/her video library. Whether one experiences a temporary or transient health condition or a chronic or more permanent health condition or physical state that would benefit from a "gentle fitness" program, this is an excellent resource to have at hand. I love the attitude and point of view that this video presents as well as the emphasis on fitness for ALL bodies. I think this is a good video to have in one's library on a "just in case" basis, too, because you never know when an injury or illness might make it particularly valuable and you might not feel like "shopping around" for something that would help with fitness in those circumstances. This is one that can fit that bill. Great!

This workout met my expectation. It is gentle enough for me to accomplish wwith RA and Lupus.