Customer Reviews

QIGONG FOR STRESS RELIEF - Format: [DVD Movie]

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This DVD is my first on Qigong. Lee and Garripoli do a masterful job of teaching so many aspects of this routine so smoothly and effectively that I hardly noticed how much they were teaching me. This routine is easy and powerful at reducing stress the very first time one tries it! My only wish is that they had repeated the routine again without the commentary, just music, but it is easy to just mute it and play music in the room for a more meditative routine.

This is my second dvd from the Garripolis and I have to say I am real pleased. This is specific for good, short moving meditations that does focus on reducing stress. And believe me- it does just that. If you are familiar with the benefits of practicing yoga or tai chi this is something you really may find a very nice change of pace.

And for those, like me, who don't have time every day to do the longer version- this is a great supplement dvd. In less than 30 mins, Daisy takes you through several moving meditations that really do work on relaxing the mind and body. And this is a perfect dvd to get familiar with QiGong to see if it is something that you will enjoy doing. The Garripolis are excellent instructors and I do have to agree, this would have been nice if they had included a second round of the movements without the dialogue- that would have made this a true five star dvd.

Highly recommended if you find you really need to find alternative ways of dealing with a sometimes too hectic life! This dvd is worth the time. Enjoy!

Beautifully filmed, very nicely paced. Made a huge dent in the tightness of stress in my body. The workout is short, can be done in less than a half hour! Many of the Qigong movements can be done at work during the day.

This was my first qigong DVD. I use it regularly, but after the first time, I started fast forwarding through all the talking. There is a lot of starting and stopping. It would have been better for me if they had created a separate section for the talking so that the movement could flow more uniformly. Since there are so few movements introduced, I thought it would also be better if more time were spent on each. I have another DVD that has a lot of movements. That one is pure sensory overload, so I don't necessarily think that more movements are needed- just more time spent on each.

Video helped me to be Focused and balance to my life. When I work out to the video, I am more relaxed.

The Qi Gong Exercise is 30 minutes long. It is very easy to follow and not very strenuous. I do this program every other day. I bought this DVD 3 weeks ago, and have done more than 10 workouts with it, so I feel I have already gotten my money's worth. This DVD is a good stepping stone for people who wish to learn Tai Chi.

I ordered this video without any experience of either doing tai chi or qigong - in my opinion it isn't for the inexperienced as they go through several moves that can cause muscular soreness later. I have since purchased a course on-line (Tai-Chi Fusion) and they stress the 40-70% rule of effort. In that course they teach you the basics which have certainly helped in doing this video. They combine both disciplines.

With this course, just be careful doing the moves - they are repetitive and doing them too quickly can get you in trouble. This is just my opinion as a "newbie" to Tai-Chi but I'm also in great shape for my 67 yrs as I actively hike and workout.

I originally borrowed this video from the public library. Within a couple of weeks I was very enthusiastic about Qigong and this video. I checked out several exercise videos at the time and after watching each, I liked this one best.

I had no experience with and very little idea of what Qigong is before watching this video. By the time the video was due for return, I was able to do the moves. I bought a copy of the video in appreciation for the value I got from it, not because I needed to still use it. I do review every few weeks to fine tune my methods.

The exercises or movements are very clearly demonstrated and explained. They are relatively low impact. It takes very little time to do the program. Now that I'm familiar and comfortable with the routines, it takes 20 minutes or less. I often do them twice a day.

Another feature of the video I like is two people are doing the routines. There are slight differences in their techniques. This helped me realize the moves didn't need to be exactly those of the instructor to achieve benefit. I'm not very physically adept and have trouble learning physical routines so this is encouraging.

I'm 66 years old and find the program very interesting and relaxing. I'm feeling much more flexible and aches and pains are disappearing.

All of the Garapoli DVDs are very easy to follow, informative, and each one is unique so that you are not learning the same thing on a different DVD.

I've watched quite a few of these videos and this one is different. The instructors actually explain why and what they are doing. The exercises are done slow enough (that might be because it's Qigong) to follow and the music isn't annoying.