Yoga for Inflexible People

I have been using this DVD since it was first recommended to me several years ago. It got me started in my yoga practice and I have found it to be invaluable. It is very useful because it does not move so quickly that you cannot follow it and the instructor and demonstrator shows beginning, intermediate, and advanced positioning for each pose. Also there are short, medium, and long routines at every level, which also makes it easier to begin a yoga practice and to advance as you become more flexible. It should not be used as a substitute for physical therapy after one has undergone joint replacement. It may be used, in conjunction with other routines (weights or cardio for example) to improve flexibility, balance, and strength. You do not have to be a contortionist, or ballet expert, to do these moves.

I never thought I could really do this, but yoga was recommended to me to help get some flexibility back. This set is exactly what I needed and delivered what I expected. There are three DVDs. The Gentle Yoga starts off as the easiest in general since the first section has alot of selections where you sit on a chair and move from there, showing you the moves and giving you stretches and poses that are used otherwise from the basic position. So if you need the most help, good one to choose. Later on it increases. The Essential Yoga For Inflexible (on beach) also starts off with easier movements with chairs, then moves into longer workouts. This is a general dvd overall, while the other Inflexible has general workouts, plus also focused items. With the wide range of workouts (starting with some real easy ones) to the later levels, covers what you need if you are looking for something if the word Inflexible (or somewhat new) applies to you. A real bargain for what is included.

Teaches you the basics of yoga and the great thing is you don't have to be super flexible! Nice, smooth stretching that everyone should incorporate with their work outs. Or if your like me, I have fibromyalgia and arthritis bad so on my bad days, these work great to relieve muscle aches and tension without killing myself with a fast pace workout. Since I'm inflexible the chair workouts are great. A must have for any arthritis patient and everyone to gather peace and serenity in their mind!

If you are lack flexibility and want to start yoga, this is a collection you want to consider. All 3 DVD are by different instructors, which I like. It gives me variety and each teacher does things a little differently so you can see what works for you and also pick up different pointers and cues. One is what I'd describe as remedial yoga. There's even routines using a chair instead of the traditional blocks and straps. If you really have no flexibility, you can appreciate this. I know I have. Another instructor gets into more detail in the poses and uses the more traditional props and modifications. I'm still working my up to that level. I've only popped in the third DVD to take a look at it and watch the instructor interview. When I'm ready for it, I know I'll like it too.

They go to slow and explain it like your not able to watch lisren and do. I'm not very flexable which is why I choose this. The title should read Yoga for people we think are brain dead!!

I simply love this DVD set! At 64 years old, I was timid about starting yoga, despite the fact that I could feel myself growing steadily less flexible. This DVD has transformed me into a yoga addict in just a couple months! I can't say enough about the DVD entitled "Gentle Yoga." Not only does this DVD get you started, it does so with "VERY Gentle Yoga," much of which you can do while seated in a chair. Don't let the chair part fool you, though, you'll still get a nice workout. I've progressed to Gentle Yoga Challenging Routines and will probably stay there for a while. One of the best things about about these programs is the fact that the teacher gives you alternate movements to do if the standard pose is too difficult or painful. Finally, I like knowing subsequent CDs will give me somewhere more challenging still to go as I progress.

I have always thought I was an inflexible person until I purchased this DVD set. While touching my toes tends to be a challenge without a slight bend to my knees, I realize now that there must be far less flexible people than me out there. Two of the three CDs were a waste..it seemed as if I was going through the motions of a person recovering from injury. Very careful, limited stretches that I surpassed without issue. The only DVD in the set that seems slightly helpful to me was the one with the customizable workouts that allow you to challenge yourself a bit more....and I mean just a bit more. All in all I can say it made me rethink my flexibility level on a scale of 1 to 10. If you can't touch your toes easily but don't have much problem with getting into simple poses, don't buy this. It is designed for people who need to start with chair exercises to get them more mobile and may be better suited for the senior who isn't as active or those just getting back on their feet after a long recovery from injury.

Each DVD has easy to follow and good instruction. There's also a lot of routines on each one so you're getting a lot of yoga. I'm finding the instructors easy to follow and even being very inflexible I can do it. It's also not just all remedial and real beginner so as I get better, more flexible and stronger, there's still a lot of routines for me to do. This is a great value and the yoga is good.

As a result of a number of soft-tissue injuries sustained from things like jumping too enthusiastically on trampolines or in aerobics classes, I have realized that I really need to stretch my muscles to keep them more flexible as I age. This collection of TRULY gentle yoga exercises is not only everything promised, but also emboldens be to stretch as enthusiastically as I bounce. I highly recommend it for my fellow musclebound and inflexible friends out there and know I'll be using it for years to come.

It's a nice set of routines but, to be honest, their definition of 'Inflexible' is different than mine. The beginner set, for instance, has one putting ones hands into reverse namaste behind ones back. I don't think I've ever been flexible enough to get my palms together behind my back with the fingers pointing up along my spine. The instruction is good, calm, and quiet. The settings are peaceful without the frenetic changes one so often sees in Yoga instructional videos - both the instructor and the settings stay the same for each segment. Makes it easy to follow without distractions. Be sure you have your props set out handy before you begin. There isn't much time allowed for moving them into your space.

I ordered this 3 DVD set as well as "Yoga for Beginners and Beyond 3 DVD Deluxe set". The third DVD in this set called Essential Yoga has a different women's yoga pose picture which I felt would be a different DVD then the one in Yoga for Beginners and Beyond set. Unfortunately when this set arrived it is the idential DVD with the same picture of women in red yoga outfit not shown here. I was hoping to have three different DVD's in each of the 3 DVD sets as the PICTURES on each look different. Therefore, I only gave it a 2 star's as the cover picture's are very misleading. Now I have two DVD's of the exact same yoga routines from these new 3 set collections. I did not want duplicate DVD's that is waste.

Lots of options to choose from but having tried several of the yoga programs I find them quite similar. The workouts are a little boring. I am not inflexible but I wanted an easy yoga program perhaps that's why I am not that enthusiastic about these DVD's.

Not what I expected! Disappointed