Wailana Large Yoga Ball Kit - 151L

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Product Features

• Helps with stress, flexibility, and muscle tone
• Inflatable Yoga Ball
• Air Pump
• Loosen stiff joints and relieve tension, Stretch and strengthen your back
• Strengthen and tone core muscles,

Product Description

Product Description

Regardless of one's age or fitness level, the regular practice of yoga offers innumerable benefits to those seeking health, fitness, or stress reduction. Wai Lana is one of the most influential an internationally known personalities in the field of yoga. Her lines of Yoga Products are some of the best available and we are sure you will be satisfied with their quality and their prices. All Wai Lana products are designed to provide you a safe and convenient foundation upon which you can build your yoga practice. The Yoga Ball Kit is ideal for toning and lengthening your muscles. This kit includes an inflatable Yoga ball, air pump and instructional booklet that includes 24 beautifully illustrated step-by-step exercises. The Yoga Ball is the perfect addition to any Yoga workout. It can help you build strength, tone muscle, increase flexibility and improve balance.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0006IB7E4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #278,148 in Health & Personal Care (See Bestsellers in Health & Personal Care)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Workout Kit, June 12, 2008

By	Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

This kit contains a big ball (very burst resistant-- a nice quality ball), a pump and an exercise booklet. The exercises are graded beginner, intermediate and advanced and are either strength, flexibility or relaxation or a combination of them. The exercises are yoga-based in some cases (locust pose, half-locust, tiger pose) and use the ball as support. The other exercises are crunches, leg lifts, or squats for example.

The crunches are very effective. You can do a first set on the ball (rather than flat on the floor) and then a second set for lower abdominal muscles on the floor, lifting the ball by gripping it with the back of your legs while lying down on a mat. Wai Lana 152 Yoga Get-Started Kit This kit has a mat and block and strap--if you need a mat, this one is nice and long. I put it under the ball to grip my feet while lying on the ball.

The other nice part about doing crunches on the ball is that you can immediately relax the ab muscles by doing a back arch. I do a set of 25 followed by a stretch on the ball.

The intermediate exercises build you up to a bridge exercise (feet straight out on ball, arch from neck) that works the glutes and thighs. When you get strong enough to hold this pose, you can go on to the advanced and do the bridge with your feet planted on the top of the ball, pushing up from the feet with legs bent (as opposed to straight out.) Much harder. It doesn't seem to take long to build up to a stronger pose if used regularly.

The ball is compact and can be used in a bedroom or apartment if you have some floor space, enough for at least a yoga mat, or a bit more if you want to do a wheelbarrow or crawling along, rolling the ball back and forth under your body. In any case, the ball makes you use more of your muscles to balance and adds a sense of play or fun to exercise. Once you get used to the Yoga Ball (or Swiss ball) you may find it is a welcome break to get in some strength and relaxation exercise.