Product Details

• Actors: Ann Richmond
• Directors: Matthew Richmond
• Writers: Ann Richmond
• Producers: Matthew Richmond
• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: MommYoga Productions
• DVD Release Date: July 24, 2009
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002IYDRF6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, July 29, 2009

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Grace - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yoga for Runners (DVD)

Length:: 2:02 Mins

I LOVE this DVD! I have been a big fan of the MommYoga series, and this one is probably one of my favorites, as well as Yoga for Yourself. I am fairly new to running, and I have experienced a lot of pain and re-starts. Already, I can feel this DVD helping me tremendously. The pain in my heels is rapidly diminishing. My knees are feeling much stronger and better, and my hamstrings are not nearly so tight. It has been completely worth it to me to buy this DVD.

This DVD has three parts: a warm-up, the main practice, and a cool down. The warm up is 15 minutes long (which I love, because it helps me actually stretch for long enough that I don't injure myself or pull anything while running), and the cool down is 10 minutes.

What I have done is use the warm up and cool down on the days that I run, and I do the entire DVD (about 1 hour) on my days off. It's been perfect for me, because that's about the amount of time I spend on running anyway. I am really happy with the results! I highly recommend this DVD!

(A couple of side notes:
1) I have done yoga for a while, and I enjoyed the flow of the poses. They were just challenging enough to be enjoyable, but not overkill. They were just the right level for me. I can see some of them possibly being a bit more difficult for someone who is newer to yoga, but with the instructor's pleasant and gentle encouragement and instruction, I can see new and old yogis alike really enjoying this sequence!
2) I got this video clip from her website.)

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Questionable yoga instruction, April 25, 2010

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Yoga Addict - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yoga for Runners (DVD)

I have been teaching yoga for a few years and recently started to teach at a running club. I decided to purchase a few dvds tailored to runners to expand my knowledge in this area. The students in my class have none or little yoga experience and are very stiff. I was less than satisfied with this dvd. While I appreciate Ann's reference to the benefits of specific poses, in some cases the information was simply wrong - for example, the back muscles do not stretch in backbends, they contract. Unfortunately such an error put the dvd content, and expertise of the instructor, into question for me. In some cases the instructor demonstrated poses that many people, runner or not, would have difficulty with and offered unsatisfactory modifications, with words rather than visual. In the forward bends the action simply rounded the back and caved in the chest, which is typically the opposite of what a forward bend should be. There should have been more attention to form by the instructor and it would have been helpful to have the modifications demonstrated, either by the instructors or with another participant in the dvd. While having the mountains in the background created an interesting effect, having the yoga mat on the grass caused the yoga mat to buckle, which creates a less than ideal surface for practicing. Further, the surface was on a slant which was troubling to watch and would make for a less than balancing yoga practice.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a runner was looking for, October 23, 2009

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Kcirtap (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yoga for Runners (DVD)

I was looking for a program to improve my flexibility and yoga does just that. This DVD is about 55 minutes long and simple enough to do for a yoga novice like me, but challenging enough to stay interesting. I've done the program 5 times or so and the warmup/cooldown sections 15-20 times (12 min. each); I can't definitively say it is helping my running times, but I have improved balance and am getting better at the poses. I have not had difficulty navigating the DVD.

My only issues are 1)it seems a bit pricey for a 57 minute DVD that is copied as people buy it and 2) the guilt trip at the end about starving children in Africa. I too care about the poverty there, but at the end of my relaxing cooldown is not the best time to be reminded. Still, I give it 5 stars as the nuts and bolts of the exercises are what I was looking for.