Product Description

Yoga can help reverse the aging process by improving flexibility, massaging the internal organs and glands, sending oxygen to all the body's tissues, and enhancing a state of serenity. Breathing deeply into certain postures affects the nervous and lymphatic systems. It helps relieve tight muscles, increases energy and circulation, improves strength, and promotes radiant skin. On a deeper level, it's a tool for observation. It brings us into the present so that we may fully receive what each moment has to offer and teach.

Join Rainbeau Mars and experience yoga in paradise on the breathtaking beaches of Maui. Vinyasa Flow: Beginners is easy-to-follow, flowing yoga postures to give you a foundation to begin your own yoga journey.

The body is like a recording device. Each time we hold our breaths, get angry, stressed or experience pain, it's recorded in the body. Vinyasa Flow: Beginners is a mind, body practice, focusing on the breath and peaceful meditation. Practice with Rainbeau regularly and you will feel powerful results, both physically and mentally.

This is truly the heart of yoga. Enjoy!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61364 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-03-11
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Great for beginners!
This DVD is great for beginners and experienced persons needing to tone down their workout due to a back ache, etc. It is a must have for at home Yoga.

Calming Yoga
Rainbeau Mars warm personality infuses this yoga practice with a subtle energy. The poses are perfect for beginners or relaxing for intermediates. As Rainbeau leads you through a flowing set of asanas the pleasant narrations is subtly calming. This is perfect for the end of the day when you want to nourish the body with breath. During the first 30 minutes you will be doing Cat/Cow, Downward Facing Dog, Child's Pose, Table, Moving Cat, Forward Bends, Low Lunges and Cobra. The session ends with a final relaxation pose or you can choose to do five additional poses shown from the front or side view.

~The Rebecca Review

Spiritual slow for beginners & relaxation w/telling of benefits for each asana
Many people wrote great reviews already. I want to add that Rainbeau has great body awareness, she is very calm & inspiring. She teaches very patiently, gives modifications for those who aren't as flexible or as strong. There are some "new agey" terms or mantra to cultivate the spiritual side & mind/body awareness connection, but much less then her "power sweat" or "power" dvds.
For each pose/stretch, she tells you what organs it benefits, body system, ailments, or for which people it would help depending on which sport they participate in. She is not overly chatty at all and is good on details making sure you don't overdo it.
She mostly concentrates on simple lying down stretch, 2 lying down spinal twists, downward dog, standing fwd bends, cat/cow stretching w/1 leg up & then also w/knee to nose, crescent (lower leg on ground), mountain & baby cobra.
The setting is a beautiful beach w/waves, dolphin light music and it's in 2.0 or 5.1 surround sound.
The extras are to work w/o narration and a detailed teaching of mountain, downward dog, lunge, baby cobra, and chair seen in it's entirety of side or front views w/even more detailed straight forward instruction.

This is best for those who are beginners, those who want a more spiritual aware basic instruction, or those who want a slow relaxing workout that isn't too physically demanding. Those who want a normal speed workout should try her "power" for strength & "sweat" for cardio dvds.

You can see an idea of her personality at youtube under her name that shows her other dvd workouts or her advanced, graceful ability.