A combination kit of props and guidelines for starting yoga
Helps with stress, flexibility, and muscle tone
Includes sticky mat, yoga block, and yoga strap
Offers a gentle introduction to yoga
Also comes with 50-minute Wai Lana relaxation video
The Wai Lana Get-Started kit includes all the tools and props you need to do just that--launch a yoga practice in the comfort of your home. Intended to help you release stress, improve flexibility, and add muscle tone, the set is ideal for people who seek a gentle introduction to yoga or cannot attend a yoga studio. The kit includes a 24-by-68-inch purple sticky mat to add stability and comfort to your poses. A 4-inch-thick yoga block and a 6-foot yoga strap, also in purple, help with alignment and allow you to progress through several levels of intensity. To get you going safely and easily, the set also comes with a 50-minute yoga relaxation workout video led by Wai Lana, an internationally known yoga teacher. --Emily Bedard
This review is from: Wai Lana 152 Yoga Get-Started Kit
This is a good set of basic tools including a sturdy strap ending in D-rings and a metal tab, a high-density foam block the size of a big brick, a sticky yoga mat and a video (not DVD) of basic asanas for relaxation. There is an included poster showing how to use the blocks in the triangle pose and other asanas and listing what each pose is supposed to achieve (relaxation, stretching, breathing, strengthening.)
Wai Lana includes poses from yoga (asanas) and other techniques to achieve relaxation via gentle movement, though the beginner might find some of the poses challenging at first. But no one says you have to stretch the entire way.
The poses include:
Three-step leg lift on your back
Rock & roll on base of spine
Sitting eagle
Arm circles, Shoulder rolls, Shoulder lifts
Reaching backbend (careful if you have back issues)
Windmill
Tree pose
Easy Camel (requires twisting)
Alternate leg stretch
Biking pose (the old fashioned bicycle exercise)
Drawbridge
Side leg raise
Lizard pose
Locust lift
Sacrum massage
The music is new-age style and relaxing. Wai Lana is set in a changing background (ocean, shore, rocks, stream) and her outfits (she designs them like a combination of a Chinese acrobat's costume mixed with a jogging suit) change with the scenery. She wears Chinese opera-makeup so don't be alarmed; her lips are strawberry pink and she has a slash of bright pink blush under each cheekbone. It's fun to watch her leis shred up as she rolls into a ball on her back (petals all over.)
This is not a difficult workout but it is challenging if you are facing any back pain. So go easy. This would be good for anyone recovering from a sore back (with doctor's permission--for example the rolling on the back might not be good for severe osteoporosis of the spine.) You need to use the mat and I put down two for extra cushioning. A nice wakeup-body workout....
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