Customer Reviews

Yoga In Bed

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If you're like me, you aren't sure when you became old enough to wake up a little stiff and sore and are wondering if this is the age you should look into expensive mattresses, pillows, or therapy? And you're not THAT old? Or, you could stop wondering this and invest less than $12 and a few minutes each morning and evening following these simple yoga poses. I can't tell you enough how much better I feel after about a week of this. The book is very attractively bound, easy to follow, and well worth it. I'm out of shape and it works - this is a great way to get active each day. I actually look forward to waking up and that has never, never been true. Try it!

I have a very stressful work day and this book has helped me immensely. Instead of dreading the sound of my alarm I now look forward to waking up and do the morning poses - something I can do before I even get out of bed! I feel like I have much more energy throughout the entire day. At night I do the bedtime poses and find it much easier to let my mind go and and get a good night's sleep. I now see why yoga has become so popular and this book makes the practice of yoga so accessible!

This has some great exercises in it. Some I already knew and some I didn't. The ones I didn't are really good, however, I never really thought about doing them in bed and now I get them done as before I would get up and never get around to them and to say the least, the surface is a lot better. They have become a must for me every day, be it at night or morning. If I do them at night its easier to get out of bed in the morning, if I do them in the morning I have a great day. It's a great little book and I have had better days since I bought it.

I have been using my Yoga in Bed book here and there, and thought I might try it as a 'session' today.

THE AM SECTION

The AM routine took about 45 minutes to do, but I would imagine it would be shorter or longer to do the whole thing depending on how long you held each pose, how slowly/quickly you breathe and move through things, etc.

About half of the poses offered in the book used up the entire bed, so my poor dog had to keep moving around. I imagine sharing a bed with a sleeping human would entail only doing some of these poses.

The only props needed are bed pillows, which worked fine. I had to shove all the blankets off the bed to really be able to get good stretches in. Of course, I could have *made* the bed instead, but I felt lazy.

I thought the yoga poses themselves were super relaxing. Almost too relaxing. I was expecting a few of the energizing poses you can actually DO in bed, like the cobras and down dogs, but the poses offered were honestly just prep poses and stretching. I added a of my own few boats, bows and locusts just to keep things interesting. For the AM routine, this could have been a tad more stimulating.

THE PM SECTION

The PM poses were just what I was hoping for - relaxing, a way to ease out the kinks of the day and release the stress. I found doing the entire routine took about 25 minutes. I particularly like the massaging the Mind and Rub the Slate Clean techniques.

There is a Savasana at the end called the Chill Out Meditation. I like this one - this is rather how I end up doing the meditation part (to be loving and gentle with your puppy-like mind). And if this section results in sleep, that is just fine. This IS a sleepytime routine, after all.

The book finishes with some information on yogic sleeping (lucid dreaming, prophetic dreaming). This part is really just a blurb - there is nothing here to instruct the reader on these techniques. It's more of an "here are some things you might want to look into" bit.

The last few pages of the book describe how to create a sacred sleep space (how to set the mood, how to make good sleep a priority) to help ease you into restful slumber. A few resources for insomnia/sleep disorders are listed.

OVERALL IMPRESSIONS

Overall I like this book and find it very handy. I like the way the spiral binding folds out flat. I like the thick, smooth pages, and the large, bright, happy pictures.

I also like the soothing text that describes the poses as "sweet" and "delicious," reminding me just how luxurious yoga is supposed to feel.

I think the AM part is a little underwhelming for experienced beginner yogis and above. I would have liked to see some harder bed poses here. However, absolute yoga novices will not be intimidated to begin yoga right here, with this pleasant little book.

The PM section is appropriate and lovely. I was able to actually do all these poses with DH lying in bed next to me, which was a plus.

I did find that this book was a LIFESAVER for me when I was sick. I recently had a several week illness that really took me out. I was able to use and enjoy this book the entire time to keep up with my yoga practice. There is nothing challenging here and all the poses really are designed to gently stretch and relax the body. I imagine this book would be really very helpful to people on bed rest or with some forms of disability.

Recommended on various levels with the understanding that these are all super easy poses.

I have fibromyalgia and other health problems that make my very stiff and sore. I have been looking to try yoga but everything is just too hard,fast or painful! Not this book! The book lays flat on the bed or the floor so you can have it handy while you are learning the stretches. You are encouraged to take it slow and easy too. These stretches are just as easily done on the floor too. For those of us that cant stand up for very long this is a very effective routine. If you can only do a few of these stretches then do those.You are introduced to simple meditation too. I enjoy this book so much I ordered the DVD too. I would love to give this book to everyone I know. Absolutely wonderful!!!!!!!!

I've heard about the hype of Yoga, even went to a class at my gym. It was intriguing, and I stretched my body in ways I didn't know possible. But where was the continuation? Where was the follow up? That, sadly, was up to me.

But I did not fear; I merely purchased Yoga in Bed. I was slightly skeptical, but upon receiving the book I headed over to my bed to try it out. My cats were a little freaked out by me stretching to unknown lands, but they've since adjusted. As has my body.

I had a lot of lower back pain, and while I still do occasionally I've benefited and slept better because of the simple stretches in the book. I don't know if I would recommend this to veteran Yoga participants, this is a book for people who don't know what the hype is about but maybe want to check it out at home before committing to a class. Great way to stretch in the morning, and wake up refreshed.

I was having such trouble with this year's gift for my mother, and then I saw a mention of this little treasure in People's Magazine. It's perfect! I've been wanting to share my yoga experience with my mom, but I could never find anything so accessible to a "normal" person. Somehow it manages to be both fun and serious at the same time. I totally recommend it!

I really liked this spiral bound book that is richly illustrated with super simple yoga poses that even the most inflexible, unfit person can do.

I found the poses to be very relaxing and great for increasing flexibility.

However, it didn't provide much of a challenge as I have done Yoga before. This is a good book for an absolute beginner or someone who is very inflexible, or for those looking for very relaxing poses.

For someone looking for more of a challenge, but who may be a bit overweight or inflexible, I would recommend Megayoga instead.

Many people have an interest in yoga, but simply don't have the time. They are on the go from start to finish, barely having time to drink down coffee for breakfast or race through McDonalds for lunch. How are they going to get in a full hour of class for yoga?

Edward Vilga has the solution. The ring-bound book "Yoga in Bed" lies nicely flat, and provides a variety of simple poses you can do while settling down to sleep or when preparing to wake up. You don't have to find your mat or strap. All you need is you, your bed and perhaps a pillow.

These aren't complex backbends or ankle-behind-neck positions. They are about stretching, twisting, and gaining focus. When I do the nighttime ones, I really do find myself unwinding, slowing down, and preparing for sleep. It's a great way to release the stresses of the day and get ready for a much needed rest.

In the opposite way, the morning time ones help me to get out of bed. Sometimes it's tempting to just lay in bed for a while - but these provide a gentle transition to get my eyes open and the blood beginning to flow. It's a gentle way to start the day going smoothly.

I really like how the book lies flat with its ring binding - and the large photos of the poses really help to illustrate what to do. Again, not that any of the poses are complicated at all - but sometimes it's nice to see the pose laid out.

Now that being said, the book was written by a man - and all the poses are of a sexy woman in PJs in a variety of positions. It gets a little gratuitous at times, with 6 different pictures of her just laying in bed and smiling in different directions, without any real indication of why there are different pictures of her. It felt a little uncomfortable.

Plus, is this Lolita?? She has got teddy bears all over her bed. It just added to the uncomfortable factor.

Another issue is that this girl apparently has a huge bed with nobody else in it that she can stretch out on to do her exercises. Me, I have someone in bed with me - and there simply isn't enough room to do some of the activities. I would have hoped that they would design the actions to be performed on a "single bed" - i.e. either a person's normal bed or on their half of a more full bed. To expect every book reader to either be single with a huge bed, or on an off-schedule with their partner so they have the whole huge bed to themselves, doesn't really make sense to me.

That all being said, you can pick and choose through to find activities that do fit into your situation, and I do find them very relaxing and refreshing. So I think it was a cool idea. They just should have put more thought into the model / environment of the photos they were taking, and also into the size of the bed they were designing the exercises for.

Rating: 4/5

This is a fun book--nothing deep but just a fun book to have by your bedside to grab when you need to un-kink. This is a perfect birthday gift for a friend.