Product Details

• Actors: Rodney Yee
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Gaiam Inc.
• VHS Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0945671636
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,068 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Yoga focuses on keeping the spine open and supported, so it is understandable why millions of people turn to yoga for self-care of their back, explains instructor Rodney Yee in Back Care Yoga for Beginners, a gentle, easy 30-minute introduction to yoga. Its 20-minute yoga workout maximizes the movements of the spine and Yee carefully demonstrates the back-strengthening yoga postures, sometimes using a chair (sitting in it or standing and propping one foot on it). His form is beautiful, his explanations clear. If you're a beginner, realize that you cannot begin to approximate his degree of flexibility. Your goal is not to get as deeply into each posture as the instructor, but to reach your own comfortable limit. Cautions are given for pregnant women. --Joan Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

92 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing!!, May 23, 2002

By	Katt (Tucson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

For the past 2 months, I've been experiencing terrible back pain due to muscle spasms. I wasn't offered much help by any of the doctors that I saw, other to be put on muscle relaxers and pain killers, which made me feel even worse. I came across this tape by sheer accident while browsing at my local library. I decided to try it because I was in so much pain, I was willing to try anything!

I got home and did the 20 minutes of tape and was SHOCKED by the results! I literally felt better after 20 minutes of Yoga, than I had in months! I couldn't believe the difference in how I felt, I felt like my old self again.

I'm not much a Yoga person and I don't consider myself very flexible, but this tape WORKS! It's perfect for beginners who haven't done any kind of Yoga before, it's gentle enough to use if you are injured, and best of all, it's effective. I think one of the best parts of this video is that Rodney Yee focuses on strengthening your back and your spine, so that your back problems will go away naturally and you'll be less likely have them again over time.

I would highly recommend this video to anyone that is experiencing any type of lower back pain. I know I will be using this video for years to come!

111 of 114 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pales when compared to others…, June 3, 2001

By	Lawrence S "palimpsest" (Renton, WA USA) - See all my reviews

With the enthusiasm of the typical beginner, I recently purchased a handful of Yoga tapes from Amazon.com. Each tape was chosen to address specific ailments such as stress, back problems, physical conditioning, flexibility, and balance. Though they all met their stated objectives, it wasn’t long before I noticed that I was using Alan Finger’s teaching techniques and postures in “Yoga Zone: Conditioning & Stress Release” to address my back pain, rather than Rodney Yee’s “Back Care, Yoga for Beginners.”

I believe my aversion to Yee’s tape is due in part to his reliance on props such as chairs and straps to round out his exercise routines. I practice Yoga in a small, converted bedroom that does double duty as a storage and exercise facility. There’s just enough remaining space for me. When I try introducing a chair, strap, and pillow into this limited area, the only safe place to exercise is in the hallway.

I also find Yee’s coaching style less thorough than some of his contemporaries. He often forgets to provide his students with simple, but necessary reminders to inhale and exhale at the proper times (which I’m quickly learning is key to reaping the benefits of Yoga), raise their heads slowly to avoid rapid changes in blood pressure, or relax their shoulders. At first glance, these may appear to be minor grievances, but once I’d worked out using a tape that included steady, consistent coaching I couldn’t help noticing the lack of it in Yee’s tape.

“Back Care Yoga for Beginners” isn’t without value. It is fashionably brief and professionally produced. Once my breath control becomes second nature, I may begin using it again. Until then, Yee’s “Back Care…” tape will continue to collect dust.

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite exercise video!, September 8, 1999

By A Customer

I have been prone to back spasms on and off for a number of years. Back Care Yoga is a wonderful tape that helps me anytime I feel my back muscles start to tighten up (usually a precursor to spasms if I don't catch it early). The fact that it is only 20 minutes long makes it easy to fit into even a busy day, and the poses make my back feel wonderful! I have a number of exercise tapes, including several yoga tapes, but this one is my absolute favorite.