Customer Reviews

Sara Holliday's Prenatal Yoga: Third Trimester DVD

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I am still in my second trimester but I have done this video several times and i love it! It has helped me to become more flexible and to strengthen my body and my mind! I feel like i have improved my breathing and lung capacity and she seems to stretch and strengthen all of the muscles and joints that are sore or uncomfortable from pregnancy. I have really enjoyed doing all of her videos and really feel like i had great workout when i am through. I even feel sore the next day which is something that i love because i know that i am improving! Thank you!!

I just got this DVD 3 days ago and tried it once, so I can't tell if it's gonna work for me or not when it comes to the program itself, but I'm going to give it a try and do it 2-3 times a week.
The reasons why I didn't like it so much from the beginning were:
1. I didn't like that there was no music in the background. It would be easier for me to concentrate if there was music. If you don't care - it's obviously not a big deal.
2. I do believe that breathing in Yoga is very important and sometimes I found it difficult to follow Sara's directions when it came to breathing because for some reason what she says doesn't always correspond with what's on the screen. E.g. she says "Inhale, arms up" but the video is showing her with her arms down. I find it quite confusing.

I'm currently in my third trimester, and I've been using Holliday's DVDs regularly since the second trimester (I started with her second trimester DVD). I really feel a benefit from using them -- so far I've had very little back pain and I feel pretty limber for a pregnant woman. I just started Lamaze classes and can tell that the breathing I do in the DVD is going to help a lot with that as well.

The issues with the DVD production that some other reviewers have mentioned hasn't really bothered me. It's true, though, that the production value isn't very high and the workout doesn't seem to have been edited. Holliday makes a few little mistakes when she's speaking but after you've done the workout once or twice you can tell what she means, so that really didn't detract from it for me. The lack of music doesn't bother me.

The only thing I don't like about the workout is that sometimes it seems a little rushed when moving between poses (this happened in the Second Trimester workout as well). In the section at the end where she relaxes each muscle with a deep breath, she goes way too fast for me to actually take deep breaths.

Overall, though, a great DVD. Holliday has a very calm, kind personality and the stretches really feel good. I really anticipate that it will help me with my labor and delivery.

I am not pregnant but want to be in shape and ready for my next pregnancy. I am new to yoga and found all the positions comfortable and natural. I felt relaxed and refreshed after the workout - the background scenery and ocean sounds were inspiring. I would recommend this yoga DVD to non-pregnant women who would like a good stretch or pregnant women who want to stay fit and healthy.

My wife tends to put things off . . . she assumed childbirth would work out that way, too. She fully expected to be on the extended trimester plan, giving birth to a post-term infant who was already in medium Fuzzi Bunz.

So, a mere four days before her due date, she decided it was time to start doing yoga. She put this in on a Friday night just to listen. Our son was born the next day.

I'm not saying this DVD started the whole shebang, but it was a soothing way to experience our last night as non-parents. As a practitioner of various forms of yoga, I think this is an excellent DVD to start with . . . or end with, as the case may be.

I am disappointed with this DVD. It doesn't even seem like yoga. It seems like a series of jerky, spastic stretches. She doesn't hold poses - she jerks them over and over. For example you won't hold a hamstring stretch - she has you bounce up and down repeatedly which isn't helpful. Yoga Journal's Prenatal Yoga is much better.

I bought this DVD for my wife who is pregnant. Compared to other DVDs she has tried, this one is not as good.

I bought this DVD as a complement to the classes I was taking twice per week and I really love it!. The workout covers all parts of your body, is easy, very easy to follow and the pace is just right. The fact that Sara is also pregnant in the video, helps a lot to guide you to do the poses. The streching is great and I found out that she actually applies the same technique than in my Yoga class. I think everybody in the third trimester of pregnancy will find this video a very useful guide for a great workout that is just right for the third trimester, not too easy, not too difficult.

I do lots of yoga and this one is perfect for the third trimester. I am feeling centered, strong and ready for birth after completing this yoga 3-4 times per week.

I thought this was just okay. I did feel very relaxed afterwards and might do it again for the stretching. When your muscles are sore from the gym, for example, this would be nice. But it's not really all that difficult, if that's what you're looking for. Certainly not like a yoga class, though I've never taken prenatal yoga.