Iyengar Yoga With Gabriella
by Harlan Steinberger
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Actor: Gabriella GiubilaroDirector: Harlan Steinberger
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); Italian (Unknown); Japanese (Unknown); Russian (Unknown)
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 84 minutes
Published: 2005-01-01
DVD Release Date: 2003-12-01
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Hen House Studios
DVD Reviews of Iyengar Yoga With Gabriella
DVD Review: Yoga that will make you thin, beautiful and happy in 3 hours a week.
Summary: 5 Stars
This looks like a basic yoga tape. It's not. What it is, is an archival DVD recording of one of the finest yoga teachers in the world, Gabriella Giubilaro. Because it was intended as a reference for her teachings, it allows each exercise to be viewed on its own, out of any sequence.
But, if you just push, "Play", it's also a series of yoga poses that can be done as a routine. Therein lies its genius: if you need guidance to get through a yoga practice, this will do it. No more looking wistfully at that yoga book.
However, in order to do these poses properly, you would have to a) study with a disciple of B.K.S. Iyengar for at least three months, or b) practice with a book by an Iyengar disciple who talks about the muscle activation that Gabriella is doing in this dvd. (You're looking for cues like, "No droopy kneecaps." "Imagine four points on the soles of the feet.) Basically, the idea is that you are using all of the muscles by forcing them to work, just by thinking about the muscles tightening while you are in the poses.
The results of the effort involved are threefold: the level of concentration required by this practice will bring up emotional issues and force you to stay with the feelings; the amount of muscle work involved will turn you into a skinny yoga person after about a year; the stress it takes away will clear up your skin.
(It is possible to do the same thing with slow, heavy weightlifting, but I've never known a weightlifter who was without injury after thirty years. I know a lot of yoga practicioners who have gone fifty years without a serious injury.)
In my twenties, I took a class a lot like this, three days a week. At the time, I lived in New Orleans, ate and drank what you would expect to eat and drink in New Orleans, was in a sedentary, stressful graduate program, and, after a year, wore a size eight.
Caveats: Not for beginners. You have to start with some instruction, either via an Iyegar book aimed at beginners or a class. This uses intermediate level timings. After a few months you will need to increase the length of time you hold the poses, and you will need a book to tell you how to progress.
This is what yoga is supposed to be. It's very basic. It's very focused. It brings with it power and grace.
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