Customer Reviews

YogaKids, Vol. 3: Silly to Calm

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I purchased this video a few weeks ago for my 2.5 yr old son. My son is VERY high energy and since it's Fall and soon will be Winter I wanted to find exercises to do with him indoors so he won't be bouncing off the walls. This video is EXCELLENT! At first he didn't get it but after I showed him how to do the moves he loved it! He actually picked this DVD over his Brainy Baby and Baby Einstein videos! The lady's voice is very calm and reassuring and the dvd is informative wich I enjoy and my son does as well (learning about nature, our bodies, some words in sanscript etc). Most importantly the video actually WORKS. We did it an hour ago as a matter of fact. My son was bouncing around and acting silly towards the beginning of the video but towards the end he was actually calm and still is an hour later. I can't recommend this DVD enough!

My daughter and I started doing YogaKids every evening when she was 18 months old. At first, she could only do one pose, but she watched the kids doing yoga with great interest and now, at age 2, these are her very favorite. She's learned yoga and lots of new words and concepts from these creative and challenging videos. My daughter is still mastering new poses and is so proud of herself as she tries and achieves new things. It is a great DVD to do with your child. It is our favorite part of the day. Silly to Calm is a great bedtime yoga practice. It loosens us up and brings us down to a calm, peaceful state. My daughter is ready to move into bed when this video is done and she does so happily and easily!

I have done this DVD with my two children several times before bedtime. It really does calm both of them down and get them ready for bed. Some of the poses are a little difficult for my youngest child (age 2 1/2 ) but my 4 1/2 year old is very capable of them.

This teaches some good basic techniques and the kids seem to enjoy it. By the time they become bored it's just about time to go off. I do have to encourage them to stick with it. My main complaint is that there are a few long pauses with nothing to do while the video shows pictures of trees or other nature objects and the instuctor talks about the beauty of trees, etc. It frustrates me, I've never seen an adult yoga video with so much down time, so it doesn't make sense to have that much free time for 3-6 year olds either.

We bought YogaKids2 first and loved it so much that I went back to buy this version. While it is still amusing and fun to do, there are a lot of visual cutaways from the kids which tends to distract from the yoga itself. As another reviewer said, there is a lack of transition from one move to the next. I also thought there could be more of the calming time near the end. Unfortunately, you get through the calming time and then when the credits roll they show the kids being silly again, which kind of defeats the purpose. Generally, though, this is a good introduction to yoga for kids - the kids are cute and entertaining and the poses basic enough to try.

I bought this for my almost three year old who (I've recently come to terms with) is high energy. I decided to introduce him to yoga in hopes of giving him a great life long tool in managing his excessive energy. The beginning is a bit drawn out for his attention span as well as the in between pose descriptions. I think as he gets older this will be a great dvd for him to follow along. But, for now, I find I'm doing most of it by myself :-). Although, it's great for us moms too!

I was excited to find a way of introducing my 3 year old son to yoga and thought I had found the answer after reading the reviews of this DVD. However, there isn't much real yoga here. He tends to have a lot of excess energy and I was hoping that yoga would help him focus a little better (as much as possible for one his age), but there isn't a good flow to the poses and the "silly" part is just too silly. There is also too much down time between the poses. All this distracts him from learning the actual poses. He is very interested in learning about yoga, but this DVD just didn't capture his attention.

I am a Health and Physical Education teacher at an elementary school. During the state testing week I show this video to my Pre K-5th grades. At one point I had at least 43 first graders in the gym and had to keep them quiet. I was amazed at how well they payed attention to this video and how quiet it kept them. The last part of the video they were absoutely quiet and laying on their backs. I had one second grader fall asleep. She said, "I was so relaxed and comfortable on the mat. I didn't want to get up." Even my "cool" 5th graders were enjoying it. I had many students ask me, "Are we doing Yoga again today?!"

The beginning of the video gets all of their silly energy out and by the second half they are ready to relax.

This is my favorite video to show the students. I recommend it!

We use several Yoga kids DVDs. My favorite thing about this one is that it encourages them to think about their feelings and how they deal with them. It helps children visualize what they are feeling and how to act on those feelings. I recommend it highly! :)

The kids like it well enough, but I think some of the poses are difficult even for adults and others are hard to do if you're on a yoga mat or carpet. Another problem is that even though it's billed as "Silly to Calm" I've found that the kids get hyped up on the "silly pose" and the rest of the poses do *not* calm them down. I also do not appreciate the spiritual/quasi-political aspects to the script. Finally, I think that the production values are very poor.

I have similar complaints regarding Wenig's ABC yoga video.