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4.0 out of 5 stars
Calming & good pace, not boring, September 6, 2005
This review is from: Seven Challenges To Change Your Life: An Introduction to Crane Style Yoga (DVD)
This is a nice combination of yoga, breathing, etc. The workout itself is short & great way to calm & relax without it being boring at all to either being your day if feeling sluggish, or as part of a warm up before working out, or at night to relax. This workout is not to make you sweat/burn calories, but to calm your jittery energy, to have better body awareness, deeper calmer breathing, better balance & easy toning. The intros in between are a little long & there is overuse of editing to make it look cool, but her style is great. She performs on the beach which is a lovely backdrop. I was only hoping for more content. Take off 1 star if you are looking for more then 21 min of workout content. Intro - 7 min - long about the history, etc. Abdominal breathing - 4 minutes - with calming arm movements. Stretching & Strengthening - 10 min - with some basic yoga poses & movements with leg & back stretches & strengthening such as table pose. Balancing - 3 min - standing on one leg is yoga style & crane martial arts style, this I loved a lot. Focusing - 4 min - which is visualization & simple arm movements based on Qi Gong movements to increase your energy which I have done in the past that is very important to pull back your energy into your body for later use.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quiet Alternatives, May 22, 2005
This review is from: Seven Challenges To Change Your Life: An Introduction to Crane Style Yoga (DVD)
For new practitioners (and advanced as well), Crane Style Yoga is an alternative to the super athletic yoga offered in many gyms and yoga studios across the US these days. It's not necessary to walk backwards down a wall in order to achieve a strong body and a quiet mind. Crane Style Yoga works with abdominal breathing, strengthening, stretching, focus and balance, using techniques from yoga, Qi Gong and Kung Fu. The introduction is a little long, but the practice itself is easy to follow, unintimidating and resulted in a renewed sense of vitality and well being. Maureen Goss' easy to follow practice is the antidote to "no pain, no gain." And a welcome antidote it is!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Nice Introduction to Yoga with Variety, June 14, 2005
This review is from: Seven Challenges To Change Your Life: An Introduction to Crane Style Yoga (DVD)
I have been doing yoga intermittently for several years, and "Seven Challenges to Change Your Life: An Introduction to Crane Style Yoga " includes some nice variations to "traditional" yoga that you might not get with other courses without being too advanced. I would give it five stars just for the variations that I have not seen elsewhere If you are new to yoga, it is probably a good idea to view a few different yoga videos in order to get a nice perspective of what's available. This would be a good choice to be one of three or so videos to start out with...get one a week for a month. The yoga positions and exercises are easy for the beginner, but can also be somewhat challenging, as you can improve your breathing and balance as you continue to practice the exercises. I felt more "refreshed" than "relaxed", but that might have more to do with the order in which I did the "Challenges". The video includes a brief history of yoga, and the background music and the environmental sounds of the ocean are also nice.
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