Get inspired. Get flexible! Experience peace & tranquility while you gain flexibility! This comprehensive yoga DVD will get you started with a variety of routines to choose from. Let Zyrka's insights & gentle guida... more »nce inspire your practice and rejuvenate your spirit and body! This is a great DVD for beginners or anyone new to yoga. Featuring 6 sequences each with their own difficulty level and length: two half-hour sequences, two three-quarter-hour sequences, and two hour sequences. This means that you can choose your level, and amount of time that you want to practice, and this yoga DVD will give you exactly what you need! This yoga DVD also features a unique Yoga Pose Guide section that gives detailed instruction on 23 poses including positioning, common mistakes, pose benefits, & contraindications. This means that you can learn the basics of each pose, without having to listen to detailed instructions that you already know during the main sequences. Filmed in Santa Barbara, California in high definition, with over 3½ hours of footage.« less
"This DVD exceeded my expectations by far. The production value is extremely high and professional - the filming, lighting, camera angles, etc, are superb. Zyrka, the teacher leading the DVD, has a wonderful, soothing presence. She is also very knowledgeable and I've learned a lot about yoga from her. I'm going to order this DVD as a gift for my mother, who has never practiced yoga. I highly recommend Yoga: Gentle Practice!"
Excellent Sequences of Opening Postures
Eric Ness | Minneapolis, MN USA | 08/16/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This DVD is not only a great introduction to the practice of yoga, but will provide the time and space for experienced practitioners to go deeper into the poses. Zyrka has obviously been well trained and the whole practice comes from a very solid place. She even includes inverted poses which are absent in many yoga DVDs. This is also an excellent DVD for those who are interested in learning vinyasa yoga, but need a bridge to a more active practice. If you want to deepen your yoga practice, this is the DVD for you."
Excellent for not so flexible beginners!
C. Kruse | 05/26/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I borrowed this DVD from my yoga instructor, and now it's definitely the most sought after item on my wish list. I'm not fat or middle-aged or elderly, but I'm just horribly inflexible. The basic/beginner yoga tapes fluster me and I end up giving up. This one, however, is definitely my pace. Zyrka is soothing and very instructive. I find the individual tutorials on each pose to very helpful as well as the guided practices.
This is a great addition to my weekly yoga lessons."
First Attempt at Yoga
Sylvia Anderson | 02/10/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I am 59 years and have never taken a yoga class. This video is very easy to understand and follow. It builds from the premise that you are just starting. The instructor is calm and concise in her instructions, making even the first tries very doable. I thoroughly enjoy my "time" with Zyrka. She is an excellent and charming instructor!!"
Find the subtlety in your practice
the bandwagon | northern New England | 12/24/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"As a daily practitioner of over 10 years I have a lot of yoga DVD's, but Zyrka's three releases are among my favorites. I started with this one and enjoy using it, it is a serene stretching sequence for the days when I want to go deeply into the subleties of the practice, or when I have soreness or need to slow down and recalibrate. Not sure why anyone would buy a Gentle Practice DVD and expect a power workout.
I personally prefer the six pre-designed sequences included here to those disjointed matrix DVD's. The transitions flow smoothly and I don't have to remember how to put a balanced practice together. The quality of the filming in this release is good, the sound is clear, the music is appropriate and subtle. I am fine with a simple setting--primarily it's the quality of the teaching that matters to me. Zyrka is first-rate, providing accurate queuing and refinements that are helpful, as well as very specific breathing instruction that will help a beginner to feel connected to what they are doing. If you are looking for yoga instruction for slowly penetrating your openings and edges then you will enjoy this. If you already like this one, I'd recommend Erich Schiffman's "Beginning Yoga" which you can find on his site."