Product Description

Ever wonder how yogis look so strong and muscular without lifting weights? This program will show you how yoga enables anyone to build strength in every part of the body by using balance and the weight of the body itself. In Strength Building Yoga, internationally renowned yoga instructor Rodney Yee guides two complete practice sessions: an aerobic workout to develop greater physical strength, clarity of mind and self- confidence; and stretching and balance practice to improve stamina of body, mind and spirit. Strength Building Yoga is a unique yoga workout to create a lean, powerful physique.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #46917 in DVD
• Brand: GAIAM AMERICAS
• Released on: 2002-11-19
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 65 minutes

Features

• Ever wonder how yogis look so strong and muscular without lifting weights? This program will show you how yoga enables anyone to build strength in every part of the body by using balance and the weight of the body itself. In Strength Building Yoga, internationally renowned yoga instructor Rodney Yee guides two complete practice sessions: an aerobic workout to develop greater physical strength, cla

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In the first 10 minutes of this 75-minute video, expert yoga teacher Rodney Yee performs a truly stunning flow series that will motivate you and leave your muscles itching to work. The lesson begins with variations of sun salutations and poses such as the dog pose, triangle pose, and others. In the second, more intense sequence, Yee leads the bridge, shoulder stand, warrior, and balancing poses, his narration soothing and his technique inspiring. Very difficult poses, such as the crane pose and pendulum pose, comprise the end of the set. This session is not recommended for those new to yoga because it is quite strenuous; students should first be familiar with the vinyasas to ensure that the poses are reached and held correctly. Yoga Journal's Yoga Practice for Strength is an exceptional workout that will build stamina, power, and confidence. --Jhana Bach

Customer Reviews

Rodney Yee gets it all RIGHT!
This tape is quite amazing! Paced perfectly, and quite challenging. I practiced yoga at a studio until my schedlue prevented me from attending classes. I bought this tape so I could continue at home. My hunch was that no tape could take the place of my class. I was pleasantly surprised! This tape is not as good as class, but it surely comes in a close second! Highly recommended!

Wonderful, thoughtful strength-building practice
I have been practicing yoga for several years now and consider myself to be at an approximately intermediate level, but I've been wanting to incorporate challenging postures such as inversions and arm balances into my home practice. I found Yoga Practice for Strength to be a perfect video for meeting this goal. Rodney Yee has created two practices of less than 30 minutes each; the first is designed to prepare for inversions, particularly headstand, whereas the second consists of balance work, including arm balances.

The first practice begins with several vinyasa sequences. Rodney slowly builds up to a full sun salutation and then adds additional poses such as triangle and side angle; I loved that he moved slowly and held each pose for a long period. After the 16-minute vinyasa segment, Rodney goes through 20-minutes of inversion work. He starts by working in down dog, first doing a bent arm down dog (tough!) and then holding down dog for two minutes; both of these moves are designed to build strength. Next, he practices bridge pose and then moves into a shoulderstand and plow sequence using a chair and a strap. He finishes with a reclined leg stretch and a very short savasana.

Rodney begins the second practice with a vinyasa warm-up, moving through the vinyasa twice and including a beginning balance posture, side plank. He then works on standing poses for balance: triangle, side angle, half moon, forward bend, tree, warrior 1, forward bend with feet apart, warrior 3. He did not hold the poses as long as in the first program, but he still moves slowly and precisely. Rodney then moves to the floor for more challenge postures, including boat, pendulum, and crane pose. Although I couldn't do pendulum, Rodney showed how to modify with blocks, and he made me feel that I could get there eventually. Rodney ends with a reclined twist and savasana, bringing the total practice time for this session in at about 23 minutes (Rodney spends additional time talking between sections).

This is definitely one of my favorite Rodney Yee practices, and I highly recommend it for intermediate yogis wanting to build strength. However, if you are used to a faster-moving, power yoga style, this video is not for you.

2 really wonderful, challenging yoga sessions...
Though this is definitely not for beginners or people still feeling intimidated by yoga, it's a tape with 2 really great sessions with different focuses. I find the second session to be more difficult because of the super challenging arm-balances, which you may need an instructor to help you with if you've never done them. But as usual Rodney is clear in his instructions and you get a well rounded "workout" no matter which one you choose to do. I even use the vinyasa at the beginning of the tape to warm up for other yoga tapes or other workouts sometimes.