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Excellent Yoga for the Mind, January 7, 2006
This review is from: Sacred Yoga Practice with Rainbeau Mars - Vinyasa Flow: Pure Tranquility (DVD)
Let me clear the air. If you want a workout from your Yoga, do not look here. Go and look for a Rodney Yee, Bryan Kest, or even a Sara Ivanhoe routine.
This is a very gentle practice, performed seated on the floor and is to prepare your mind for meditation, so don't go expecting rigorous sun salutations.
Rainbeau cues in voiceover, and places proper emphasis on breathing. Her mirrored cueing in this practice is generally done well, if not a bit inconsistent, and there are some minor timing issues where her cues are not in synch with her movements - this is a risk you take when you cue in voiceover, but is not so detrimental as to take away from the practice in any sort.
She takes you through seated twisting postures, stretches and forward bends. While you hold the pose she uses spiritual prose to guide you and help you focus. Some viewers may find this a bit 'airy-fairy'; if so, you should not be looking at any of Rainbeau's practices, since it is obvious that it is not a 'Sacred Yoga Practice' that you are after, but more like a '20min Yoga Makeover' or a 'Fat Blasting Yoga' routine, which you will not find here.
My mother, who suffers from depression, makes fantastic use of this routine. After performing the practice she is calm, relaxed, and free from stress. She makes the most use of this routine, and literally lets go of tension and anxiety.
You will be calm, peaceful, and tranquil.
Highly recommended.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderfully relaxing for the body AND mind!, August 27, 2004
This review is from: Sacred Yoga Practice with Rainbeau Mars - Vinyasa Flow: Pure Tranquility (DVD)
Pure Tranquility is a yoga practice designed to prepare you for meditation by relaxing your body and clearing your mind. Even more so than Rainbeau Mars' Beginners video, this is a truly gentle routine--the entire 30-minute practice is performed on the floor. Throughout the practice, Rainbeau reminds you to concentrate on your breathing in order to allow your mind to become focused. She then leads you through a series of gentle stretches, many of which are recognizable from more traditional stretching programs, such as shoulder and tricep stretches. After throughoutly releasing muscles in the upper body, Rainbeau moves on to gentle twists for the lower body, always focusing on opening the hips as well. When the practice ends, it leaves you in a perfect position for continuing in a seated meditation or reclining on the floor for relaxation pose.
Rainbeau comes across as sort of a young, happy, hippy chick. She provides excellent mirrored cuing and is obviously very knowledgable about yoga. This is perfect practice for anyone who wants a very gentle, very relaxing yoga program, but it would also be a great video for those totally new to yoga and wanting to increase their flexibility through very simple yoga stretches. Highly recommended!
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Excellent gentle openers for body mind and spirit!, January 15, 2003
This second video in Rainbeau Mars 4 tape set "Sacred Yoga" is really wonderful!
This tape has a beautiful sequence of poses that gently open your hips, shoulders and overall body. What is really great is that not only does it prepare your body for sitting meditation, but the entire tape is done like a meditation.
Rainbeau leads you thru this practice at a gentle pace which lets you really move into the poses gradually and stay in them long enough to really melt into them and receive the most from them physically, mentally and spiritually.
Her instructions are very easy to follow she has a wonderful relaxed and natural way of putting everything across.
The scenery is beautiful and the music is a perfect compliment to it which helps create a really wonderful atmosphere to practice with.
Highly recommended!
Namaste.
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