Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Terra
• VHS Release Date: July 23, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00002IJ45
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #72,058 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The renowned yoga instructor Nevine Michaan looks as though she could peacefully pretzel herself in a dozen different ways. Happily, in her video Yoga for Women, a 25-minute introduction of basic positions as well as the broader aims of yoga, she doesn't ask you to do that. Instead, Michaan demonstrates and describes (in voice-over) 10 yoga postures that are perfectly attainable even for beginners. As the video's title suggests, Michaan's instruction is geared toward women, with emphasis on maintaining reproductive health, weathering menopause, and preventing osteoporosis.

In a relaxed and supportive teaching style, Michaan explains each of the 10 continuous yoga poses in detail, including how to move into and out of position. Her approach to yoga is not overly mystical, but this is more than just exercise. Michaan promotes a holistic understanding of the body, with focus on breathing, stretching, and holding poses. She promises holistic returns, and she delivers. Not only will your spine feel better, but you'll also feel balanced, open, calm, and limber, and you'll have paid more attention to your breath than you have in years. In addition, Yoga for Women uses soothing music and an unobtrusive set of pale backdrops and wood floors. As a result, you can focus entirely on the new configurations of your body.

A bonus of this video is a packet of 10 cards illustrating each of the featured positions--not a substitute for the real thing, but a great option if you're traveling or competing for the VCR. --Emily Bedard

Product Description

Yoga for Women is a classically proven, effective way to encourage health and well being. This program of Katonah Yoga will help improve your breathing, develop strength and flexibility, and strengthen internal organs.

Yoga is a dynamic resource that utilizes practical means toward achieving an esoteric goal: a healthy body and mind gives you the freedom to develop a greater consciousness. Working with a strong foundation of postures, breathing, and meditation, yoga can help you face the challenges of everyday life. The discipline of yoga is ideal for women of all ages. By synthesizing classical Taoist Chinese theory, traditional hatha yoga postures, and meditation, Yoga for Women provides a clear and powerful understanding of the mechanics of a woman's body while encouraging increased awareness of the self. Join renowned yoga instructor Nevine Michaan as she elegantly demonstrates 10 postures that are simply breathtaking. Specifically designed for women, these postures enhance pelvic tone, bone stability, muscular flexibility, and fluid breath.

The goal of one's yoga practice is to attain balance. A balanced body encourages balanced thinking. The body is balanced through conscious effort at postures, breathing, diet, and emotions. Yoga for Women balances one's thinking, allowing you to develop courage in the midst of grief, develop compassion where there is bitterness, develop kindness where there is fear, develop creativity where there is anger and depression, and develop calmness and equanimity where there is worry.

The Yoga for Women video also includes a set of beautifully printed posture cards, briefly describing each pose and its underlying philosophy. These easy-to-access helper cards, along with the video, make the movements particularly easy to learn.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A very average video with a nice extra, August 6, 2000

By	Jo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yoga for Women [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There's nothing to complain about in this video, but little to get excited about either. Nevine Michaan takes you through 10 poses with a few token references to their impact for women. The production qualities are fine, the music is fine, the content is fine. If you'd like a 15 minute stretching routine, then this product should have a home in your video library. The one bright spot is the 10 video cassette sized cards describing each pose. They would be good for travel or reminders anywhere you don't have a VCR handy.