Yoga Zone: Evening Stress Release
Charles Matkin, Beverly Murphy, Lisa BennettYear Released: 2000
Categories: Yoga
This video, like many of the new
Yoga Zone videos, is taken from
their television series. There
are two ~20 minute routines on
the tape. The first routine
doesn't appeal to me at all. The
second segment, however, is
one of my favorites. I'm going to
confine my review to the second
segment. For reference, I've
been doing yoga casually for a
number of years, but I'm
definitely at the beginner level,
especially flexibility-wise.
The second segment is lead by
an instructor named Beverley.
She instructs another instructor
through the poses. Beverley is
personable, and gives a good
number of form pointers and
modifications. The yoga poses
are pretty basic: seated twists
and side stretches, down dog,
cobra, prayer twist, wide angle
forward bend, and bull seat.
The poses aren't held for very
long. It ends with a very short
relaxation. I frequently use this
tape before I go to sleep,
because it's not too strenuous,
it's very relaxing, and it leaves
me feeling stretched out, and it's
nice and short. Of all my yoga
tapes, this one gets the most
use.