Yoga: Just My Size With Megan Garcia

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Actor: Megan Garcia
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, 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: Inspiring Plus Size Yoga DVD
Summary: 4 Stars

Yoga really is for everyone, not just the young, fit, skinny, and flexible, as Megan Garcia demonstrates in the video, Yoga Just My Size, produced in association with Just My Size (JMS), the plus size clothing company.

Garcia, a successful plus size model and certified yoga teacher, is an inspiration to women everywhere. She glows with healthy confidence and exudes a positive body image lacking in so many of us.

Megan explains the purpose of the video in an interview included on the DVD: to help full figured women discover the benefits of yoga with poses that have been modified to accommodate a large body. With regular practice, this gentle DVD is designed to help increase self-confidence and body awareness, improve posture ad flexibility, and create a sense of calm.

Yoga Just My Size is one of the few yoga for plus size programs performed by somebody who is actually plus sized.

The 28-minute Yoga Just My Size program is divided into 3 sections: Warm up (10 minutes), Workout (15 minutes), and Deep Relaxation (3 minutes). Throughout the program, Megan provides clear voiced over instructions that are positive, nurturing, and uplifting.

The warm up begins with seated focused breathing to quiet the mind and focus attention. She chants OM, to further quiet the mind and then moves through several more gentle postures to awaken and warm up the body. Each posture is held for five deep breaths.

The workout portion of Yoga Just My Size includes several standing poses that are performed slowly and purposefully with Megan providing good alignment instructions for performing the poses safely. She also mentions the benefits of each pose, which I like.

The yoga workout then transitions back to the floor for four more poses that include table pose, child's pose, and downward facing dog pose. The deep relaxation section includes a guided relaxation as you recline on the floor and focus on your breathing.

The DVD also includes a Special Tips section where Megan demonstrates a few additional poses to help open up tight areas and explains how to modify various poses with the use of props such as a warrior pose with a chair, downward facing dog pose at the wall, and child's pose supported with pillows.

One nice feature of the DVD is that you can do the whole program or just one section, such as the warm up to begin your day or the deep relaxation just before crawling into bed.

Overall, this is an excellent DVD for the plus size yoga beginner. But may be too basic for more experienced yoga students.

DVD Review: For beginners
Summary: 3 Stars

As a woman "of size" and a beginning-intermediate yoga practitioner, I was very interested to see this video. It seems that all too often my yoga teachers don't appreciate that my boobs and belly just don't fit into certain poses. So what I've been doing is figuring out what exactly is the point of each asana- to lengthen the spine, to stretch the groin, to open the chest- and focusing on that, rather than worrying about doing it just like the teacher. That has worked pretty well for me, really, but sometimes I'm just not sure how to get there, and sometimes my teachers really don't get it! So what I really wanted from this vid was a discussion of modifications for those of us with fleshy bits that get in the way. Unfortunately, the modifications she gives are really for people who are INFLEXIBLE, rather than FAT. Only one mod was what I was looking for(the one for Child's Pose), and that one I already knew. Plus, I wish she would offer the mods in the video or announce at the beginning of the workout to look at the "Special Tips" section first, and I also wish she would discuss yogic philosophy during the workout.

That being said, I do have a big crush on Megan Garcia now for being so beautiful and happy in her body and accepting of big girls. This video is really great for beginners, especially those who don't know anything about yoga to start with or are extremely inflexible. And I did learn a couple new poses, so that's all to the good. At some point, I hope to take a class with her in New York, because I believe I could learn a lot from her... but it's just not in this video.

P.S. This really is not terribly related to this video, but it's a pet peeve: where is all the yoga instruction for fat men??

DVD Review: simple yet effective
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a good intro to yoga for a beginner like me. I'd never done any yoga before because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do many of the positions because of my size. Just My Size gives me some good beginner positions that helped me realize that I'm more flexible than I thought. The positions given are simple ones, yet they still have an effect, I can feel the burn the next day in my sore muscles. I would definitely recommend this for any beginner and I would definitely buy more of her dvds.

DVD Review: Very relaxing but not much work out.
Summary: 3 Stars

I really enjoyed this from a relaxation stand point but it was WAY too easy for me personally. I have not done a whole lot of yoga and I'm not in very good shape and this presented no challenge what so ever. This would be a very good starting point for someone who is very out of shape and has no experience at all with yoga (or for people who just need to relax)

DVD Review: Yoga
Summary: 5 Stars

I actually love this dvd... Not just cuz it is slow. It is a real good stretch out.

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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