Yoga: Just My Size With Megan Garcia
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Actor: Megan GarciaDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 45 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Wellspring Media
DVD Reviews of Yoga: Just My Size With Megan Garcia
DVD Review: It's ok.
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this because I thought it would be gentle because I have FM and it is gentle but it is kinda boring.DVD Review: Just Not My Size
Summary: 2 Stars
While I very much enjoyed seeing a plus-sized woman teaching yoga, this video was absolutely useless for me. As another disappointed purchaser commented, the limited modifications are in a separate part of the video. If you're unable to jump into the video from the get-go, it can be very frustrating trying to learn the modifications then work them into the video. Further, as someone who has difficulty getting up and down from the floor, I would never have purchased this had I known that much of the workout expects just that. Some of the chosen floor poses are further complicated if you have a large stomach/abdomen. All in all, the video left me feeling frustrated and cringing at the word "yoga." If you were hoping for something designed for a wider range of abilities, plus size or not, I would recommend Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy. It really is Yoga for the Rest of Us, and presents various positions and their modifications as you follow along the video. You can even go from start to finish without hitting the ground, but you will know you worked out! Another workout that I've enjoyed recently is Element: Tai Chi for Beginners. "Tai Chi for beginners" moves fairly slowly and starts with a lovely Qi Gong workout that I now use every morning. DVD Review: Loved it, but wanted more
Summary: 4 Stars
Her method and way of teaching is great. I'm a big fan of her book, Mega Yoga, and I picked this up because of the great reviews. After working with the book for as long as I have, this is pretty much the "quickie" workout version. After doing it, watching her, following her lead (which is absent in books) with the music, I learned to pace myself better than I was, and I felt super relaxed afterwards. It was a great augment to what I've already learned, and my normal routine. My only complaint is that I want more! I want the entire routine, all the moves! I want to be really worked over, and tired.
All in all, it's great, makes you feel good, tranquil, stretched, and like you've really accomplished something in that half hour.
DVD Review: Great for beginners
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD was my first experience with yoga, recommended for PT following a broken ankle. I like it a lot for these reasons:
1) the poses are possible for everyone to do, regardless of body-type;
2) minimum chanting (since I'm not a "believer" in that aspect of yoga, just want to exercise);
3) Megan moves slowly and illustrates poses very well;
4) the narrator describes most poses in enough detail that I can follow by listening.
What I wish: the workout was longer (45 instead of 30 min) or she comes out with another more advanced DVD.
At the end of the DVD, I feel exercised (in the positive sense), relaxed and yet energized. I do modify one pose for me to prevent pain, and that's a great thing about DVD workouts in your house- no one tells you you are doing a pose wrong when you have to modify it for your own body's needs.
I also bought the book by Garcia, reviewed separately.
DVD Review: Perfect for the out of shape beginner
Summary: 4 Stars
I loved this because it wasnt too hard for a round, out of shape gal like me! Dont get me wrong..its an effect workout for sure!
Description of Yoga: Just My Size With Megan Garcia
Certified instructor and plus-size model Megan Garcia presents a simple and rewarding introduction to yoga designed for every size and shape. Run time 28 minutes. DVD includes an additional 17 minutes of run time.Yoga for plus-sized women? Why not, especially when it's presented clearly, simply, and utterly without condescension, which is the case with Just My Size Yoga. Instructor Megan Garcia, a large woman herself, knows that self-consciousness and limitations due to shape and size keep many would-be yoga practitioners from attending actual classes; hence this 45-minute program designed to introduce new students to yoga's many benefits. Garcia promises that a regular yoga practice will promote not only physical well-being (including energy and flexibility) but also confidence, calm, and what she calls "an inner sense of self"--ambitious goals, to be sure, but also attainable ones. The practice consists of three parts. The warm-up focuses on the breath, along with arm lifts, spinal twists, and such; the "workout" section includes some reasonably demanding poses like Warrior 1 and 2 and downward-facing dog (after demonstrating each pose separately, Garcia repeats them as one continuous, flowing sequence), and "deep relaxation" consists of savasana, the so-called "corpse pose." Other elements of Just My Size Yoga include a "special tips" section (with suggestions about using a wall, chairs, or other props to modify the poses) and an interview with Garcia. All in all, this is a gentle, easy, yet effective introduction to yoga. --Sam Graham
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