Yummy Yoga: Gentle Stress Relief for the Hips, Back and Neck
by Wah Ho Chan
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Actor: Christa RypinsDirector: Wah Ho Chan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-12
Studio: Openings
Movie Reviews of Yummy Yoga: Gentle Stress Relief for the Hips, Back and Neck
Movie Review: A beautiful therapeutic slow moving yoga practice
Summary: 5 Stars
AKA Somatic Yoga. It is a slow moving yoga (see "Somatics" by Thomas Hanna). In this practice you contract your muscles and then release. The emphasis is on the release and letting go of muscular tension. You do not hold the postures and stretch the muscles like in traditional hatha yoga practice. It definitely helps with the release of tightness throughout your body and is more of a neurological workout than an aerobic workout.
There are two parts to this practice and both are performed on the floor (no standing postures). One is for the lower body and one for the upper body. I love the upper body work out. Part of this practice is contacting and releasing of your shoulder blades and wringing out from arm to arm. This is absolutely yummy! Christa Rypins has a very pleasant voice and at the end leads you though a body awareness relaxation. The whole practice is about an hour long. There is pleasant light music in the background.
The students are in a circular pattern and a lot of the filming is from straight above, so it is quite beautiful to watch. It is true as the other reviewer mentioned that you need to look up quite a bit to learn the movements. I think once you practice several times you'll get the hang of it (it's quite different than traditional yoga) and you'll be able to follow her queues quite easily.
I would highly recommend this DVD to people with chronic pain, muscle tightness and stress, recovering from surgery or an accident, carpel tunnel syndrome, or anyone looking to improve their body/mind connection. This practice will help to reeducate your neuromuscular system.
I would recommend this as an early morning practice to get your body moving or end of the day to release tension. I am using the DVD after breast cancer surgery and it is very therapeutic since I am not able to do my regular yoga practice. I think even intermediate yogis would benefit from this practice to add some variation and complement their invigorating yoga practice.
Please check my multitude of other yoga DVD reviews on Amazon. Nameste'
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