Kripalu Gentle Yoga [VHS]
![Kripalu Gentle Yoga [VHS]](/images/Kripalu-Gentle-Yoga-VHS-B00005MEZ9-L.jpg)
Our Price: $29.99
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $6.70 (click here)
Category: VHS Video
See more movie releases
Buy this VHS video movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Product details
Actor: Carolyn Lundeen (Sudha)Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 70 minutes
Release Date: 2001-09-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Wellspring Media
Studio: Wellspring Media
VHS Movie Reviews of Kripalu Gentle Yoga [VHS]
Movie Review: Delivers what it promises!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although there are many yoga videos that claim to be "relaxing," most move too quickly to allow you to truly relax into the poses. I'm happy to say that Kripalu Yoga: Gentle is different, as it delivers exactly the gentle, relaxing yoga practice that it promises. The video consists of two half hour practices (the first is slightly longer) designed to be done either together or separately. The main instructor, Carolyn Lundeen (Sudha), provides a soothing, instructive voice-over to the slow yet steadily flowing practice. Although many familiar poses are included, they are frequently motified to be more gentle--eg, Eagle pose done with the arms only.Unlike many other yoga videos, this practice begins in a seated position. After a focus on breathing, you do simple seated stretches to begin warming the body. Next you move to your knees for a lunge series and additional twists. Following this, you do a series of three very gentle sun salutations: this is a very relaxed, slow-moving but flowing version of the sun salutation postures. Finally, you will do some standing poses (Warrior I, II, and Triangle) before moving back to the floor for reclined postures.
The first program ends in relaxation pose, and the second practice picks up from this point. Towards the end of the second practice, there is a several minute long "free" period during which Carolyn and her two assistants perform whichever poses they want; they instruct the viewer to do the same. I actually found this to be somewhat distruptive to the flow of the workout, as I would have preferred Carolyn's guidance to being left to my own devices. Overall, however, I found this to be a unique, soothing, and relaxing yoga practice which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Movie Review: The one I recommend to friends
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are new to yoga, or,like me, have been a beginner for years, Carolyn Lundeen is the ideal instructor. Calm, soothing, clear and understandable, her voice is like soft rain water and you are the summer day. The postures are easy, yet still challenging. She shares the stage with two, I assume students, who show various ways the postures can be attained. The background music is unobtrusive, but hypnotic. I am giving this tape to my friends for gifts and for introduction to this brand of yoga. Up until now, the only other yoga instructor I liked was Rodney Yee, but Carolyn matches him posture for posture.Movie Review: Kripalu is for everyone!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am such a beginner that the first time I started yoga, was 6 days ago. I did this tape and now I'm hooked. Every day I look forward to working up a mild sweat and relaxing...at the same time! I borrowed this one from my mom to get a taste of yoga and now I can't stop. My mom liked it, and I like it- from teenage to middle age- this works for everyone! I really suggest this tape to anyone! It's an amazing workout! I'm already getting more flexible after three sessions. After doing the exercises I feel so relaxed and centered and taller! It's the yoga experience minus the scary names like "the praying mantis" or "the double ended pretzel loop cat jump". As Sudha says "Get grounded" and get this tape!Movie Review: Painless!
Summary: 5 Stars
My neck and shoulders are in constant pain due to fibromyalgia, and I love yoga but it is difficult to find good restorative yoga. My mother bought this video a few years ago, and since she hadn't been using it, I gladly took it off her hands...it is great! Finally, yoga that helps me more than it hurts. I know most people probably don't wind up in as much pain as I do just from stretching a muscle the "wrong" way, but I think anyone could benefit from this very relaxing tape.Movie Review: Sends me into the peace zone
Summary: 5 Stars
I have lots of yoga tapes, but this is absolutely the most relaxing tape I have ever seen. It's not fancy -- no Hawaiian beaches, just a dark studio with three ordinary-looking yoga practitioners. I guess it's the combination of soothing voice, soothing music at just the right volume, and restorative poses. I highly recommend this for anyone, beginner or experienced, who is feeling tired or stressed out. A candle or incense goes well with this one.
Summary of Kripalu Gentle Yoga [VHS]
Two complete and distinct gentle yoga experiences: first flow 32 minutes, second flow 28 minutes. Includes warm-ups, a variety of floor postures, basic standing postures, a meditation-in-motion posture flow, and relaxation. A well- rounded experience--great for increasing flexibility, releasing tension, opening the spine, back care, and gentle strengthening. Appropriate for all levels.This excellent tape delivers exactly what it promises: a gentle but complete yoga experience. Two of them, actually, as the practice is divided into distinct but compatible 30-minute sequences. Carolyn Lundeen (also known as Sudha), with the help of two other demonstrators, leads you through a flowing progression of seated and standing twists, lunges, bends, and balances, with a short "meditation in motion" at the end of part 2 in which users are encouraged to move any way they please, be it yogalike or not. There are no bells and whistles here--no lush outdoor settings, elaborate costumes, or New Age affectations. Lundeen's presence is what really makes the difference. Her calm voice-over direction is neither too perky nor too laid-back; her manner is such that instructions like "look forward into your life," which might easily sound pretentious elsewhere, come across here as totally natural. Kripalu Yoga: Gentle is highly recommended for those just getting started, or for anyone more advanced who wants to take a break rather than break a sweat. --Kelly Welldon
Educational Video
Video Genres
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in Educational Video
The Moyers
Collection: Amazing Grace with Bill MoyersPacific Arts Video; Release date: 1993-01-13; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $21.95
Price in other shops:
![The Tigger Movie (Disney's) [VHS] Image](/images/The-Tigger-Movie-Disney-VHS-6305942285-X.jpg){kind=small}
The Tigger Movie (Disney's) [VHS]Walt Disney Home Video; Release date: 2000-08-22; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.95
Price in other shops:
![Living Yoga - Power Stamina Yoga for Beginners [VHS] Image](/images/Living-Yoga-Power-Stamina-Yoga-for-Beginners-VHS-B00000I1OI-X.jpg){kind=small}
Living Yoga - Power Stamina Yoga for Beginners [VHS]Power Yoga; Gaiam; Release date: 2001-02-06; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.88
Price in other shops:
![Bill Nye the Science Guy: Human Body [VHS] Image](/images/Bill-Nye-the-Science-Guy-Human-Body-VHS-6303160360-X.jpg){kind=small}
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Human Body [VHS]Walt Disney Video; Release date: 1995-08-11; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $62.95
![Bill Nye the Science Guy: Reptiles & Insects [VHS] Image](/images/Bill-Nye-the-Science-Guy-Reptiles-Insects-VHS-6303439314-X.jpg){kind=small}
Bill Nye the Science Guy: Reptiles & Insects [VHS]Walt Disney Video; Release date: 1995-08-11; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.52
Price in other shops:
![Leap Frog - Letter Factory [VHS] Image](/images/Leap-Frog-Letter-Factory-VHS-B0000INU7C-X.jpg){kind=small}
Leap Frog - Letter Factory [VHS]Warner Home Video; Release date: 2003-12-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock [VHS] Image](/images/Schoolhouse-Rock-Grammar-Rock-VHS-156949407X-X.jpg){kind=small}
Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock [VHS]Walt Disney Video; Release date: 1997-08-05; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $10.39
Price in other shops:
Pinocchio (Walt Disney's Masterpiece)Walt Disney; Walt Disney Home Video; Published: 1993-03; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $1.92
![Schoolhouse Rock! - Multiplication Rock [VHS] Image](/images/Schoolhouse-Rock-Multiplication-Rock-VHS-1569494096-X.jpg){kind=small}
Schoolhouse Rock! - Multiplication Rock [VHS]Walt Disney Video; Release date: 1997-08-05; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.84
Price in other shops:
![A Bug's Life [VHS] Image](/images/A-Bug-Life-VHS-6305326940-X.jpg){kind=small}
A Bug's Life [VHS]Walt Disney Home Video; Release date: 1999-04-20; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.99
Price in other shops:
Similar Video, DVDs, Audio CDs
Anatomy and Asana: Preventing Yoga Injuriesby Susi Hately Aldous
Eastland Press; Published: 2006-03-15; Spiral-bound; Book
Best price: $23.25
Price in other shops:
Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & BodyWarner Brothers; Release date: 2003-12-30; DVD
Best price: $24.71
The Story of the Weeping CamelWarner Brothers; Release date: 2005-01-25; DVD
Best price: $17.69
Price in other shops:
Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healingby Yoga Journal, Timothy McCall
Bantam; Published: 2007-07-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.60
Price in other shops:
Yoga: Gentle Vinyasa FlowRelease date: 2008-01-11; DVD
Best price: $11.84
Price in other shops:
Kripalu Yoga Gentle DVDRelease date: 2005-05-01; DVD
Best price: $19.95
Beyond Basic Yoga for DummiesAnchor; Release date: 2002-09-24; DVD
Best price: $6.29
Price in other shops:
Yoga For Inflexible Peopleby Judi Rice
Vas Entertainment; Release date: 2002-09-01; DVD
Best price: $7.79
Price in other shops:
Kripalu Yoga: A Guide to Practice On and Off the Matby Richard Faulds, Senior Teaching Staff of Kripalu Center
Bantam; Published: 2005-12-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.77
Price in other shops:
![Kripalu Yoga - Dynamic [VHS] Image](/images/Kripalu-Yoga-Dynamic-VHS-B00005MEZA-X.jpg){kind=small}
Kripalu Yoga - Dynamic [VHS]Wellspring Media; Release date: 2001-09-11; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.48
Price in other shops: