Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss (Spanish Edition)

This is the best Yoga DVD I have used. It's a great workout. Suzanne Deason is a great instructor! I use it most mornings. It really works and is fun and calming.I have many Yoga DVD's and this one is one of the best.

I have only been doing yoga since Jan.2007. This is perfect for beginners. I highly recommend it.

Rebecca Johnson wrote a great review, adding about it's great to have 4 different women showing different stages/types of modifications to watch. Having it be in Sedona really helped me, otherwise I would find it too jagged/boring since I do not need modification help.
Suzanne does this in voice over. She speaks only when she has to, no spiritual/earthy words, just some guidance on how to do the poses, but for absolute beginners this may be enough for some, but not enough for those who like details & really are careful about doing it right. This is NOT vinyasa, she does child's pose or mountain in between almost every pose & the pace feels to jagged, almost but almost as bad as a gym class stretching routine.
The active part was surprisingly hard, then again, I went as deep or deeper then Suzanne & held the poses while they were in child's or mountain pose to rest or did other stretching.

Intro - 5 min - her talking
Body & Breath Awareness - 11 min - sitting slight torso stretch to open chest, cross legged sitting fwd bend, easy sitting torso spinal twist, cat/cow on hands/knees & then straight single leg back & knee to chest, child's pose in 6 min, then mountain w/arm movements & breath, chair pose in/out many times in 2 min (I just held it the whole time), standing fwd bend
Active Yoga Conditioning - 20 min - mountain, wide angle standing fwd bend, standing fwd bend, lunges, warrior 1, warrior 2, side angle, triangle, standing bend over head to knee of front leg stretch, wide angle standing fwd bend w/arms like triangle torso twist, child's pose
Balance & Relaxation - 14 min - child's pose, locust w/upper torso up as well, bridge, knee to chest stretch, very modified boat (back still on ground), lying w/knees at 90 in air for short up/down ab strengthening, knees to side lying spinal twist stretch, 2 easy sitting spinal twists, seated fwd bend over both legs
Meditation - 2 min - her voice still guiding & credits w/same song as meditation

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I did know know about Suzanne Deason before purchasing this DVD, but picked it because I wanted a general yoga DVD and this one had pretty good reviews. She is not annoying at all. You can choose to watch the DVD at several different experience levels. This is definitely not for advanced yoga practitioners, but it includes all of the basic poses, and you will definitely be feeling good when the DVD is over. The beautiful scenery in the background is calming and not cheesy at all.

This is a solid and nicely-produced yoga routine for beginners. I would rate it more highly if the title had not led me to expect a more vigorous workout.