Yoga for Meditation

Rodney Yee
Year Released: 1996

Categories: Yoga


This DVD has five parts to it:
1. Mountain – a 13 minute “quiet flow series”. This section is slow moving and gentle. It starts with about 4 minutes of standing in mountain pose while you lean forward, back, left and right. Then you do one sun salutation, holding the forward bend and the down dog poses for a while. After that you do some cat back arches, child’s pose, staff pose, seated forward bend while sitting with your legs crossed… This section is mostly seated and lying down poses and it is very relaxing.
2. Garden – About 10 minutes of hip opening poses while sitting on a chair followed by a few forward bends. (During one of the forward bends, you put one leg up on the chair while you bend forward). Most of the hip opening poses begin with you sitting on the edge of the chair, spreading your feet and legs apart and leaning forward.
3. Tree – This section provides instruction on 4 sitting postures that can be used during meditiation: cobbler’s pose, hero, sage, and lotus variations. Rodney uses props to show you how you can make the poses more comfortable. For example, he has you sit on block and place blankets under your legs.
4. Wind – This section concentrates on breathing. Rodney is lying down the whole time talking about breath.
5. Sky – This section is like a guided meditation. It shows Rodney sitting in a few different settings, and he talks a little bit during the meditation.
I really liked the yoga portions of this DVD, they are great when you feel like taking it easy and not moving too fast. I was a little disappointed that there was a lot more meditation, breathing and sitting than there was yoga, but I guess that’s why they gave it the title that it has. The scenery is awesome. The whole workout is filmed outdoors in Yosemite National Park, and you will see a waterfall, stream, sunset, mountains, and a snow covered field. There is also a good interview with Rodney Yee. He talks about how he felt all four seasons in one day while filming the video. I will definitely keep this video for the 23 minutes of yoga that it does contain, and also for the great scenery.

Instructor Comments:
Rodney Yee's voice is very relaxing, and he gives good instructions.

Laura

09/18/2003