Product Details

• Actors: Susan Winter Ward
• Directors: Jeffrey Hewitt
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Yoga For The Young At Heart
• VHS Release Date: June 23, 1998
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305057214
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #233,234 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Yoga for the Young at Heart will introduce you to the ease, beauty, and benefits of yoga and improve your physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. --Bernie Siegel, M.D.

...all the little things you need to do to keep yourself healthy and vital at any stage of your life. Take the time to treat yourself to the gems in Yoga for the Young at Heart by Susan Winter Ward. --Rodney Yee, Author, 'Yoga: The Poetry of the Body'

Product Description

Yoga for the Young at Heart introduces older adults to accessible yoga. Through yoga, you can create health, strength, flexibility, and a sense of inner serenity.

Especially for seniors and less flexible beginners over 50, these gentle stretching exercises inspire and support increased vitality, strength and flexibility. This "flowing yoga" class links the poses together in a continuous sequence that allows the student to access poses gently and naturally.

An encouraging class of students ranging in age from 45 to 82 will inspire you! In a soothing voice, Susan guides the class with specific directions for moving in and out of the poses, as well as controlled breathing. Relaxing music accompanies the class and sets the mood for this motivational video to inspire beginning yoga students to achieve a stronger body and more peaceful mind.

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Customer Reviews

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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended for anyone interested in stretching/yoga!, March 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Yoga for the Young at Heart: Basic Series 1 (VHS) (VHS Tape)

I am an Occupational and Massage therapist, and feel that this is one of the best videos anyone could purchase for themselves. As with any stretching video or program, consult with your physician or therapist if you have specific back trouble. Otherwise, the stretches, breathing and basic yoga techniques are excellent for any age individual, and yield greater flexibility, relief from stress and relief from muscle pain/tightness than any other video I have tried. I recommend it to all my clients!

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for beginning yoga, August 27, 2008

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S. DeChenne "sdechenne" (Palm Desert, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yoga for the Young at Heart: Basic Series 1 (DVD)

I was looking for a yoga program my 68-year-old mother could start. She has balance issues and, like most of us, needs work on flexibility and strength. This is the perfect CD for her and for anyone beginning yoga. I'm keeping a copy to use myself (great stretching and some strengthing and balance for a 41-year old), and recommending it to my Mom.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Just for Seniors - Help yourself regain some flexibility, January 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Yoga for the Young at Heart: Basic Series 1 (VHS) (VHS Tape)

You don't have to be old to appreciate this non-intimidating Yoga video - if you have never tried Yoga and are afraid, or if you are inflexible and want to stretch out your muscles, ligaments, tendons and regain some of your range of motion, this video could help! I'm just starting a regime of stretching as I notice a certain loss of flexibility creeping into my life. This video has definitely helped. A few of the forward bends are hard on my back, but I modify as I go - which is precisely what they tell you to do in the video. Learning and practicing Yoga in the privacy of your own home is a hell of a lot better than going to a class and trying to force your body to do things it's not ready to do. Not to mention the embarrassment factor. I dig this video, and I think other people will too. Who cares, 50 years from now, if you can run 10 miles or kick box, when what you really want to be able to do is hoist yourself out of a chair. To do that, you need to keep the body stretched and flexible. End of story.