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Yoga for You: Unworkout 2 [VHS]

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This video is great for everyone! It's made up of three parts- a morning workout to help you wake up (25 min), an evening workout to help you unwind (25 min), and a relaxation/meditation section (10 min). I love it because you can do all of the tape when you have time, or just do one section. The workouts themselves are very relaxing, yet challenging- good for all levels-from beginners to more advanced. The workouts are gentle on the body, but they definitely help to improve the body and the mind. I especially like Dixie's charm and humor- it makes the workout lots of fun. The set is wonderful too. I highly recommend this video as well as Ms. Carter's other Unworkout video.

This is a fantastic lower body video. It's broken down into 3 15 minute segments. Part 1 is all standing squats, plies, and lunges. This will burn your legs! Part 2 is interesting floor work with some different moves that really work your buttocks. Part 3 uses a step. Not only will you work your buns you will also work your thighs too. Great video, I recommend it. It is one of the better lower body videos I have done.

I have both of Dixie's Unworkout videos and I love them. I use the Unworkout II the most. I have had it for 3 years. I started out doing it twice a week and I felt great. Then for some crazy reason I stopped using it because I felt that I didn't have the time to do it. Big mistake! Thank God I smartened up and starting using it again. Now I use it five times a week and I really notice a difference. This tape helps you to unwind, get the kinks out, and totally relax. I had been going to massage therapists to help me get the knots out of my neck, back and shoulders. This tape is much better and it sure costs a lot less. I totally feel a difference in my body. When I drive I can turn my neck better when I need to see behind me when I am switching lanes and parking and my back and neck doesn't hurt anymore when I wake up in the morning. Doing this workout also helps kill my late nite craving for sweets. When I think I want to eat at night, I do this video and relax and realize that I was not even hungry. This is a must have for young and old! Thumbs way up!

Ms. Carter's first "Unworkout" video is a great all-over intense workout. This tape is perfect for people who don't have a whole hour or just want to focus on certain areas. Both the morning and evening workouts are 20 minutes each.

The morning is a series of "silken movements", and like Ms. Carter, I love the "arrow" movement. The side bends and forward bending twists are challenging, but if you keep practicing you eventually gain control. The "warrior" pose is difficult at first, but gradually, it becomes fun to do. Ms. Carter's sense of humour, dedication, and belief in what she's practicing is something that makes you want to continue your practice. I truly feel awake once I've finished doing these series of movements and breathings.

The evening section is a series of leg stretches and is something I look forward to doing every evening. I must tell you, though, if you attempt the "rabbit" pose, make sure you're flexible enough to do it. I can honestly admit that's one pose I avoid, but the rest of the workout, is truly "sensational". I really do sleep much better because of this workout.

The bonus relaxation section is also wonderful if you've had a stressful day at the office (as I'm prone to have often). I always lay my head on a pillow while Ms. Carter leads me through the process.

"Unworkout II" is one of the tapes I alternate, but as mentioned earlier, I always do the evening portion

every day. I alternate this with Ms. Carter's first tape, Bryan Kest's Power Yoga 1, and Jane Fonda's Yoga tape.

Back pain and headache became a constant for me following an accident back in 1981. Many painful years and far too many pain pills later, I broke down and bought a yoga tape because so many people advised me to try yoga for relief. That wonderful day was over 6 years ago, and I have not missed ONE day doing yoga since then. Dixie's tape introduced me to positions gradually and allowed me to ease into getting the full benefits from what yoga has to offer. Her easy going nature and sense of humor made me relax and enjoy each session. The tape is broken down into two 30 minute segments - day yoga and night time yoga. The time frames make it possible to fit into your daily schedule and you don't have to be a human pretzel to achieve the positions done in this tape. I've purchased this tape as a gift for several friends and have been thanked MANY times over for doing so. You won't be disappointed with this one!

Marce Hanson aka Grammy M of Lifetips.com Alternative Health

My mother is always telling me I'm not an athlete and that I shouldn't work out like one. I'd been a dancer all my life, but when I turned 30, I started to experience neck and back problems and I stopped dancing. When I found out that my problems were from computer-job-induced bad posture, I was uphauled. I'd always had such good posture because of my dance background!

My Mum saw Ms. Carter's video and sent it to me. At first I thought it wouldn't be tough. It'd be something nice and gentle like Mum likes. But not only was it challenging, it was inspirational! Miss Carter combines yoga postures and tai chi moves in the morning and yoga stretches at night to give a workout that immediately made me stand and sit up straighter every day. Every day, my flexibility improves and I know that someday soon, I will be back to my former fitness level.

I've tried other beginner's yoga videos and I always come back to "The Unworkout II". Miss Carter is so real, so joyful, and so empathetic that I feel like I'm working out with my Mum, not a yogi who uses foreign words and talks about enlightenment.

Miss Carter's video is the first video I have used everyday, morning and night. It's always easy to fit into my schedule and nowadays, if I skip a day, I miss it like a drug...

Thanks Dixie!

What's great about this yoga video is that the program is divided into two 20 minute series -- so you can spend 20 minutes in the morning, and 20 minutes before bedtime. Postures are easy to moderate, and Dixie gives good descriptions.

This video is great. I was extremely out of shape when I started this video. I was looking to lose weight so I started with the Firm workout. Bad move. Not ready! I tried this video for 1 month, then I moved into a video called Belly Dance for Beginners for 1 month. Another awesome video. Then I moved into Kathy Smith Latin Rhthym workout for a month (2 weeks on the 20 minute routine and 2 weeks on the 40 minute routine). THEN, I went back to the Firm video. I have since lost 15 pounds. I say all this because this is a wonderful video to use and Yoga is a great way to begin to prepare your body for heavier types of exercise if you are very flabby and out of shape or if you have never really exercised in your life. Dixie Carter makes it so wonderful and relaxing all while you are beginning to tone and stretch your muscles.

I've especially enjoyed the last two sections. The P.M. section is just right for me in the late afternoon, or later in the evening, a few hours after supper. I generally do the 10-minute relaxation section immediately after the P.M. section. I do enjoy Dixie Carter's Southern charm and humor.

I found this tape at my local library. I've tried others that were too fast, too challenging & too boring. I though I'd never learn to like yoga. After checking it out a few times, I'd found I was adicted & had to get my own copy. It's a great stress reliever, it just stretches away the day's tenison. There is a morning & evening routine so you just do a few minutes morning & night. There's even a meditation at the end. Dixie's video is challenging, yet not too difficult. Try it & you'll love it too. I reccomend this to everyone who has never done yoga, but has always wanted to learn.
Cristy