Yoga Link: Hip Helpers with Jill Miller
by Mark Holmes and Ian Albert
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Actor: Jill MillerDirector: Mark Holmes and Ian Albert
Brand: Widowmaker Filmsllc
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 151 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-02-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Bayview Entertainment/Widowmaker
Product features:
- Designed to penetrate congested connective tissue and stimulate weak muscles
- Will help release tension throughout your body
- Features a series of extraordinarily deep hip and psoas exercises
- Hosted by acclaimed yoga teacher Jill Miller
- Perfect complement to your current yoga, dance or fitness practice
DVD Reviews of Yoga Link: Hip Helpers with Jill Miller
DVD Review: An intense yoga practice and workshop which targets the hips from every possible angle
Summary: 4 Stars
This DVD is part of the Yoga Link series originally offered by Pranamaya. The instructor for this series is Jill Miller, who had previously created her own self-produced video series called Yoga Tune Up. This series incorporates many aspects of Miller's prior work but adds excellent production values plus a variety of additional workout and DVD options. For starters, there are two main aspects to this DVD, the Hips Workshop, in which Miller uses live instruction to break down the individual moves in great detail, and the Hips Practice, where Miller presents the same exercises via voiceover for a more flowing experience. Also included is a 16-minute Breath Primer: this same segment appears on all three of the DVDs in the Yoga Link series, and it offers an opportunity to obtain detailed instruction on the types of pranayama, or yogic breathing, which Miller utilizes in these practices. Miller uses various props throughout this DVD, including a yoga mat, 2 blocks, a strap, a wall, and a chair/other ledge. There are also several segments in which she glides along her smooth wood floor on a blanket; if you have carpet instead of flooring at home, Miller suggests substituting a trash bag, but I found that this didn't work very well.
The Hip Workshop includes a 60-minute instructional session, 7 minutes of Hip "Extras," and 16 minutes of Advanced Asymmetrical Standing Poses. The workshop itself focuses on the six basic directions of movement for the hips (a brief primer on this precludes the workshop). The Workshop chapters are broken down into Hip Warm Ups, Flexion/Extension, Internal/External Rotation 1, Adduction/Abduction, and Internal/External Rotation 2. Starting immediately with the long Warm Ups sequence, Miller brings fire and heat to the muscles of the entire lower body with Monk Walks, or static lunges; additional warm-up moves offer variations on lunges and hip circles. The leg stretches which follow are performed lying on the floor, and then Miller leads the viewer through a pelvic series which includes a slow cycle of Kapalabhati breathing.
I found the Adduction/Abduction segment to be particularly challenging; this is where Miller uses a blanket to slide on the floor, likely making it very difficult for those practicing on carpet to complete this segment. Notwithstanding the potential practical problems, these movements are quite physically strenuous as well. The final sequence of Internal and External Rotation includes many types of rolling motions for the hips in both standing and lying positions; the blanket is used for sliding again during this series. The two chapters found in the Extras segment, "Sitting Seiza" and "Ankle Churning," focus on stretching mainly the ankles and toes in a seated position. As mentioned previously, the 58-minute Hips Helper practice offers all of the same exercises that are in the workshop, but here Miller is instructing via voiceover for a more flowing routine. Also, she sets aside time to rest in savasana at the end of the practice. The Advanced Asymmetrical Standing Poses, part of the Workshop section, can be performed after either the workshop or the practice. In this 16-minute series, Miller teaches some tricks for working on warrior 2, side flank pose, and reverse side flank, using the blocks and the wall to demonstrate how to go more deeply into these postures.
The main goal of these hip exercises is to mobilize the hips from every angle, and Miller certainly achieves this objective (your muscles will no doubt achingly bear witness to this fact). However, I have to admit that although I love Miller's teaching style and generally have enjoyed all of her DVDs, I did not particularly enjoy this one; rather, I found it to be quite grueling. Despite this, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Jill Miller's Yoga Link series in general and this DVD in particular to any experienced yoga practitioners; few other yoga teachers will challenge you to explore your body in such an intense yet accessible manner.
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