11-02-15, 12:05 PM | |
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Minnesota
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Hi, Prisma! I was introduced to the balls through Jill's Yoga Tune Up Quick Fix DVDS. She uses them just a bit in each section there. I then bought the book because I discovered how well the balls seemed to work, and I needed MORE! LOL! You are right. The book is HUGE and there is so much information! I am reading it from start to finish - just a little bit each evening. I have tried some of the sequences, and although I was definitely feeling the benefits and enjoying it. There are some things that are hard to understand through reading written instructions only, and some of the moves are difficult to get into without some additional instruction or better yet, a visual. Now the book has a TON of very good photos, but what I needed for some of the things was an actual demonstration so I bought Jill's On Demand set which includes a set of the original Yoga Tune Up balls and an instructional DVD - http://www.amazon.com/Miller-Massage...ds=jill+miller. You can also buy the DVD set individually. The DVD set includes a disk with sequences for using the balls on the wall and a disk with the floor sequences. They are very through and cover the whole body. Each individual segment only takes 5-10 minutes - sometimes a bit longer, but that's because on the floor sequences, Jill gives a quick anatomy lesson on the relevant body parts for each sequence.
I highly recommend the DVD set. It will definitely make learning how to use the balls much more manageable and the lesson the amount of immediate information overload! ETA: It should be noted that the DVD I reference above does not include ALL of the sequences from the Roll Model book. However, it does include quite a lot, and I think if you get the general idea from watching the sequences, you can translate it to the other sequences in the book.
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Shelley |
11-02-15, 01:08 PM | |
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Alabama!
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Ugh, ssgilby, you just enabled me. Drat! I just splurged and bought this instead because it had the entire set of balls. I'm a little in shock. But looking through the Roll Model book, some of the moves required balls I don't have (I only have the little original size.)
Did you say you've used this on your lower back? I have lower back compression (due to tight psoas I think) and even after years of yoga I still get lower back pain with both forward bends and back bends. I'm really hoping this will help! |
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