Customer Reviews

Intermediate Yoga [VHS]

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More of a traditional exercise "floorwork" class, complete with sit-ups and some push-ups, than a yoga class. Though some yoga poses are included -- cow, sidestretch, modified triangle, downward and upward dog -- they are sped through, and serve as just so many brief stretches,along with other stretches one commonly finds in traditional "floorwork" gym classes. There is no focus on holding yoga positions or on getting the body positioned and working just right in them.

I'm returning to an Iyengar-style yoga practice after a four-year absence, and I've been been far more taken with my Rodney Yee videos-- YOGA FOR STRENGTH and YOGA FOR ENERGY.

The video has a lot of stretching exercises, but by the time I turned it off in frustration Foster had yet to get to any real yoga poses. Not good instruction on breathing, spine lengthening, etc.

If I'd wanted a Pilates tape, I'd have bought one. This tape is almost nothing but Pilates-type matwork. By the time she got to some yoga poses well over 30 minutes into it, I was feeling as if I'd been bamboozled and hornswoggled by the "Yoga" portion of the title, causing me to turn it off in irritation and protest before it was completely finished.

I guess if you want a Pilates video, this one isn't bad. Just try to borrow it from the library first before you make that purchase leap.

I thought that this was the best in-home video class that I have ever taken in my LIFE! Stephanie Foster makes me feel more in-tuned and aware of my body, and also aware of my strength, that has definitely increased. Keep up the Good Work Stephanie Foster. To everyone you may be sore, but you won't be sorry!!:)

Stretching, abdominal, stamina, strength and balance; this program has it all. I have borrowed twenty videos from the public library; this is the only one I have purchased.

An intermediate practice normally would include some poses such as Shoulderstand, Wheel, Crane, Headstand, or at least preparation for these. Nope, not here. This is a very nice tape if you want to stretch out thoroughly, but it is definitely at a beginner level.