[.ca] Yogamazing

poses, not pratice:
I read all these great reviews and must admit I was REALLY disappointed. I thought it would be a yoga dvd I could do with my child and she could have fun while I got at leaset a litle of my workout in. WRONG. It is more like a visual encyclopedia of kid "yoga" poses. The yoga guy talks about the pose and "kid chats" a bunch, but RARELY is the one demonstrating the poses. I do not want to suffer though it again for an exact quote but basically he says things like "Camel pose is great, do you want to be a camel??? Camels this and camels that, bla bla bla camels". The whole while sitting there looking at you not doing the pose he is talking about and just talking while looking at the camara. Not even telling you what to actually do, just talking up the virtues and fun of the next pose. I would give it a 5 if it were a 2 part dvd with an actual yoga routen you could do that put all these poses together. The host talks longer than you do the pose it felt like. Definately not a break a sweat or high energy dvd. LOTS of down time and chatter with NO flow or routen. It will not remain on my shelf. If you are looking for a DVD with tons of talk and lots of gaps between movement than this is the one for you.

Great to do with Kids!!:
I bought this DVD for something to do with my 4 year-old Daughter while her brother is at school. I turned it on for both of the kids while I was doing laundry one afternoon. The giggles that were coming from the room were worth every penny I paid for the DVD. My daughter and I love doing this together. It is geared for kids but fun for grown-ups too. This is not a serious yoga workout but for the poses and an introduction to Yoga it is GREAT!

Yoga is very fun!:
I hope you have fun enjoying this. It comes from a website. It comes in handy. You can do it! I just know you can. I like the kangaroo pose, but when I topple over doing the camel pose, it wears me out. The kangaroo pose - BOUNCE,BOUNCE,BOUNCE - I love it! I really like the sandwich guy and as the toe turns, because they are funny. You should buy it!

So much fun - for both of us!:
My daughter actually wakes me up in the morning, asking to do yoga. This video makes it so much fun for her, and it's a perfect beginners workout for me. All of the poses are done in a way that kids can make believe, and get some excercise at the same time. My five-year-old's favorite is "the butterfly", she pretends she's flying around looking for flowers. This is great for someone like me because I have no motivation to work out whatsoever, but my daughter encourages it. This is the first workout video I've ever seen that actually makes it fun for kids and adults alike.

Better for younger children:
Based on the excellent reviews, I bought this video for my 8 yr. old daughter. Yes, we did it together and felt very silly. This video is geared to the preschool set. I thought that the poses were not held long enough, especially for kids who have had some prior yoga instruction. This video is a great introduction for younger children (under 7) but not for school age kids.