Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Gaiam
• VHS Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0945671881
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,126 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"The evening is the perfect time to calmly transition between being active and being quiet," says Patricia Walden, instructor of P.M. Yoga for Beginners. "One of the greatest gifts yoga has to offer is deep relaxation." This 20-minute program is designed to balance, calm, and revitalize you at the end of the day. It starts with centering poses: gentle stretches bringing awareness and quiet to your senses. Next are standing poses to release tension, increase circulation, expand the lungs, and help you breathe more deeply. Next, forward bends cool the body and bring quiet to the nervous system. The final restorative poses are so relaxing that you may fall asleep. Walden tells you not only how to do the poses, but what you should feel, and how to quiet your body and your mind. Instruction is soothing and explicit. Although this video is aimed at beginners, seldom are modifications given for the less flexible novice, so if any pose causes discomfort or seems impossible, don't push beyond your personal comfort level. The video was filmed on the windswept sands of Death Valley. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best video for beginners, but..., June 8, 2000

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"hetairai" (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: P. M. Yoga for Beginners [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Intermediates will reap benefits from this video, which helps expand the chest after a day of slouching forward. However, unless you have some previous experience with yoga, or unless you are relatively physically fit, Walden's routine on PM Yoga may leave you feeling a little sore in the morning. The pacing can be rather quick - especially during the more active vinyasas in the middle - so it would be best to view the tape at least once before trying the poses. Better yet, try out one of Walden's other videos, Yoga Journal's Yoga for Beginners, a gentler intro. to yoga, common poses and yoga props. Then you will be more prepared for pm yoga and the other "for beginners" videos in the Yoga Journal series.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Recommend This One, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: P. M. Yoga for Beginners [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really enjoy this tape. I had bought one other tape before this but couldn't really follow the instructor. This tape is slow and easy to follow. I also found it very relaxing. The only thing I do not like about this tape is that they do not tell you where you should be feeling the stretch for each move. I'm not sure if I am doing some of the positions correctly. I went ahead and purchased the Living Yoga Practice for Beginners video which was much more helpful but also much longer. This tape is an easy twenty minutes. I put the tape in after I workout so that I can stretch and relax. I actually look forward to it! I don't think this is a very comprehensive introduction to yoga but it is quick, easy and relaxing.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for busy people., February 18, 2001

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Olga Loaiza (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: P. M. Yoga for Beginners [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This 20 minute easy-to-do yoga video is excellent for beginners, busy people, couch potatoes, for people who fear to be too old to improve their physical abilities, and for busy moms as well as active children. This video could do wonders for mothers after a hectic day. It could also help kids to calm down--at least for 20 minutes--. And it could provide some fun time for both, parent and child, if practiced together.

I practice this 20-minute yoga workout every day. In this video, all elements beautifully intertwine to soothe your body and mind. The music is beautiful! It's soft and completely relaxing. The tender sunrays of the sunset over the quiet sands of the Death Valley give you a deeper sense of peace. And Patricia Walden's white leotard and her slender body also bring the same sense of calmness.

I find so much enjoyment in this video, that I also practice it in the mornings. After my a.m., p.m. yoga workout, I feel more alert and more focused. Ready for a new day. I could roar like a lion. You should try to do it yourself. It`s easy! Do it right after you wake up. Simply set up your alarm clock 20 or 30 minutes earlier. By the end of the day you will be glad you did it.

This video includes a: -4 minute centering series to quiet the body and mind. -13 minute P.M. workout stretches the body. -3 minute guided relaxation revitalizes the mind.

I highly recommend "p.m. yoga for beginners". Best of luck...