Product Details

• Actors: Evamarie Pilipuf
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Tree of FItness, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: December 12, 2003
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00015NN94
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,169 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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  #79 in	Movies & TV > Exercise & Fitness > Yoga > For Beginners

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor

Evamarie Pilipuf is a highly regarded personal trainer and sought-after yoga instructor based in the Chicago area. She is the President of Tree of Fitness, Inc. (treeoffitness.com), with over 16 years of experience in the fitness, yoga and dance industries. Evamarie holds a Bachelor’s Degree magna cum laude in Exercise Physiology, and is certified by the American Council on Exercise as a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, and Weight Management Consultant. She is an AAAI/ISMA certified Yoga Instructor and has practiced hatha yoga for over 18 years. A classically trained professional dancer, Evamarie's inventive choreography fuses ballet and jazz with Afro-Caribbean and Flamenco styles, adding her own signature pizzazz to competitive fitness choreography. Evamarie is also a fitness competitor; her winnings include 3rd place at Ms. Fitness North America, 5th place at Fitness America's Bikini America Pageant, and cracking the top 15 at the Ms. Fitness USA Finals in Las Vegas, which was filmed for the Fox Sports Network.

Evamarie conducts her innovative classes and client sessions with a lively, down-to-earth demeanor, translating complicated exercise science into an easy-to-follow yet highly informative presentation. Her upbeat and humorous style appeals to practitioners of all levels, from beginners to elite athletes.

Product Description

If you would like to download samples or view the entire video please visit freeyogavideo.com. If you're interested in learning yoga but are concerned that most beginner tapes are too difficult for you, Evamarie's Introduction to Yoga: Gentle, for Extreme Beginners is an excellent solution. Set in an ambient outdoor location to the elegant cello and guitar music of Montana Skies (montanaskiesmusic.com), this soothing dvd opens with a light and breezy warm-up to stimulate deep breathing and prepare the muscles for the yoga routine. Special emphasis is placed on proper posture and body alignment. Evamarie then leads you through basic standing postures and stretches (no one-leg balancing positions or other advanced positions), followed by floor poses that help promote strength and flexibility of the back, abdomen, arms, chest and legs. Evamarie demonstrates the postures clearly, with easy-to-understand verbal cues. Evamarie's voice is deep and soothing, yet upbeat. Her final relaxation and meditation puts a pleasant cap on this user-friendly and effective yoga workout. What follows is Evamarie's post-workout yoga tutorial, in which Evamarie takes the time to offer additional information on proper technique, bonus tips on becoming fit through yoga and other exercise, helpful hints on equipment (including household substitutions for many store-bought items), answers to frequently asked questions, and more. This tape is the perfect starter kit for anyone new to yoga who is looking to learn it at home.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

177 of 178 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for beginners!, December 21, 2003

By	"egaul31" (Lincoln, NE) - See all my reviews

I chose this DVD because I would definitely consider myself an "extreme" beginner at yoga. I'm not very flexible and I've always felt self-conscious about my coordination. But I also have a weak back and I know I need to lose weight and exercise more. I LOVE this DVD. Evamarie immediately sets a relaxed and very manageable pace. Her voice is soothing and her manner is very down to earth. She has no one-legged balancing poses or "pretzel" positions (thank goodness for me), but what she does have is sufficiently challenging to make me feel like I've had a good workout. She is very explicit about proper form and allows for plenty of options if any pose feels out of your comfort zone. The outdoor setting is pleasing to eye, and the classical music is ambient without being overpowering. I feel like I'm well on my way to finally get into shape!

97 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great place to start, February 12, 2004

By A Customer

I bought this for my husband, because the usual beginner tapes/dvds were too advanced for him. He actually went through the entire time, and said he felt better afterwards. Any other dvd, he would have only lasted about 10 minutes.

Then... I became sick, and didn't practice yoga for almost two months. This was a terrific practice for me, to get back into the swing of things. Not too hard, but a good stretch and flexibility session.

84 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money on this!, March 21, 2006

By	N. Boles - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a yoga instructor and I bought this DVD hoping to gain insights to teach to beginning students. This DVD is NOT a real yoga session and the word yoga should not even be in the title! What I did see was a woman who was very flexible, quite possibly a dancer, doing a workout routine that incorporated some yoga movements. In most of the movements she taught, this instructor was hyperextended and moving in very fast repetitive motion.
Pass this one up!