Product Details

• Actors: Desire Rumbaugh
• Directors: James Wvinner
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Acacia
• DVD Release Date: August 25, 2009
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0021R52IU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,949 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Director

Desirée Rumbaugh

Product Description

Ease pain and stiffness with simple changes to your alignment

"Perfect for … practicing with more safety and precision--or anyone seeking relief from everyday pain" ---Fit Yoga on Yoga to the Rescue

Anusara Yoga expert Desirée Rumbaugh shows you how to alleviate pain and stiffness in your neck and shoulders, bringing ease and enjoyment back to your life. Each posture works to reduce stress, fight fatigue, and release tension in the upper body.

The program is divided into two segments: a 30-minute tutorial and a 30-minute flowing sequence. In the tutorial, Desirée breaks down each move to teach the proper alignment and positioning. The flowing sequence allows you to practice what you learn. Choose the poses that work for you and do them anywhere for instant relief, or perform the flowing sequence regularly to remain relaxed and pain-free.

Desirée has helped thousands of students around the world discover the benefits of Anusara Yoga. Whether you’re new to yoga or a seasoned veteran, you’ll benefit from her expertise and from these safe, simple, and effective exercises. Includes bonus wrist stretch.

Equipment needed: mat, strap or towel, and blankets.

Stills from Yoga to the Rescue for Neck & Shoulders (Click for larger image)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too intense for anyone with neck and shoulder pain, October 31, 2010

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Yoga Therapist Extraordinaire! (Kailua-Kona, HI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yoga to the Rescue for Neck & Shoulders (DVD)

Let me just say, I've never written a review before and after watching only 15 minutes of this DVD I felt a review was necessary.

As a Yoga Therapist and Licensed Massage Therapist, with over 25 years of specialized training in injury rehabilitation and prevention, I purchased this DVD to check it out as a possible referral source for my clients. Wow was I shocked! First of all, Desiree talks alot about how Yoga can heal this and fix that (no matter what condition). That is a lot for someone to claim without backup. And with what medical degree? Second, in the tutorial she begins with radically extended poses of the lumbar, thoracic, and cervical spine along with massive overstretching of the anterior shoulder capsule. My clients, who are seeking pain relief with my help, would be shocked if I gave them any of these poses! Far too challenging and risky for anyone with a neck or shoulder injury or chronic pain. Especially beginners! The alignment she and the gentleman show in the tutorial is horrible and not proper bio-mechanically. My body hurt just watching! I would guess that this video causes more pain than it fixes. What do I recommend? Viniyoga Therapy with Gary Kraftsow DVD 2-Pack (Low Back, Sacrum & Hips plus Upper Back, Neck & Shoulders). Yes, his videos are a tad on the simple and repetitive side. And that is what someone in pain needs! Something simple, repeated with loads of variation, to effectively help problem areas. If you have pain, stay away from the "Yoga to the Rescue" series. Yoga is great, when appropriately applied for an individual, but it's not on these DVDs. Sorry I ever purchased it.

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rumbaugh finally gets it right!, November 6, 2009

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Beth Cholette "doctor_beth" (Upstate NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yoga to the Rescue for Neck & Shoulders (DVD)

NOTE: I received a free review copy of this DVD from the web site Metapsychology Online.

I took a yoga workshop with Desirée Rumbaugh, the instructor of this DVD, in September 2008, and it was absolutely amazing. However, I also tried Rumbaugh's previously two DVD releases, Yoga to the Rescue and Yoga to the Rescue for Back Pain, and unfortunately found them to be be disappointing. Happily, this latest release succeeds where the prior two videos failed.

One important change which Rumbaugh made for this DVD is that there are two separate 30-minute practice segments: the "Tutorial" offers more comprehensive instruction plus a detailed review of modifications for most of the postures, whereas the "Flow Sequence" is a faster-moving, more dynamic session based on the postures introduced during the tutorial. For both segments, Rumbaugh has an assistant, Andrew Riven, who displays the modified versions of the poses. Rumbaugh instructs the Tutorial segment via voiceover, although a few of the segments are preceded by brief live introductions. The chapters of the Tutorial are listed below:

*Wall Shoulder Stretch & Chair Pose
*Neck Strengthening
*Push-Ups
*Sphinx & Cobra
*Bow Pose
*Down Dog
*Locust Pose
*Side-to-Side Leg Lifts
*Crunches
*Lunge with Twist
*Side Plank
*Shoulder Stand
*Bridge, Plow & Shoulder Stand
*Relaxation

As the title suggests, the Flow Sequence moves along at a significantly quicker pace. Rumbaugh again teaches via voiceover, but there are no chapter breakdowns and no pauses between segments. The entire practice continues in this vigorous manner before concluding with the short (approximately 4 minutes) relaxation.

Although I am very pleased with this DVD, I would offer a few cautions. The DVD case states "For Beginners & Beyond," which I think is misleading. I would recommend these practices for experienced yoga students only--i.e., advanced beginners and above. The case description also suggests that the practices will help to "alleviate pain and stiffness," and I do think the DVD would be valuable for this purpose--that is, in terms of normal, everyday aches and pains. I would be much more hesitant to recommend this DVD to someone with any type of injury or other special condition which might require a more GENTLE therapeutic approach.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a little too fast paced for a beginner, November 22, 2009

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Skeeter* - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yoga to the Rescue for Neck & Shoulders (DVD)

I bought this dvd because I have a terribly tight, uncomfortable neck (any time I go for a massage, the therapist says 'I hope I helped you. You have A LOT of tension in your neck'), and I was hoping that this dvd would help with my neck issues. I have been to a few yoga classes and am basically a beginner. It is great that this dvd has a tutorial, because it would otherwise be way too fast paced and advanced for me. I have started with the tutorial, and I sometimes have to pause the dvd to make sure that I am doing things right. I haven't tried the flow sequence yet because I think it will be too quick. I do think that the poses are helping my neck (it is definitely going to take time and patience), and I am pretty happy that I bought the dvd. In order to get the most of of this dvd, I think that I should probably take some more yoga classes so that I am more adept at moving fluently from pose to pose and can ask questions about certain poses (which of course you can't do to a dvd). I would defintiely not buy this dvd if you have never done yoga because I think it would be challenging and frustrating.