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Viniyoga Therapy for the Low Back, Sacrum and Hips
Actors : Gary Kraftsow
Director : Ian Albert and Mark Holmes
Studio : Pranamaya, Inc
by Pranamaya, Inc
Release Date : 2007-07-17
Publisher : Pranamaya, Inc
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0692041104474
UPC : 692041104474
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 27 reviews)
List Price : $24.95
Our Price : $22.48
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Presentation on Understanding Back Pain and the application of yoga therapy
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Technique Workshop on how to safely perform postures and movements
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Focused practice for Low Back and Sacrum Therapy (23 minutes)
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Focused practice for Hip Therapy (30 minutes)
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Integrated practice for sustained low back Strength and Stability (31 minutes)
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Product Description |
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This DVD features short, simple therapeutic yoga practices carefully designed to alleviate pain and promote health in the low back, sacrum and hips. For the first time ever on DVD, benefit from the expert guidance of Gary Kraftsow, one of the world's leading yoga therapists. Founder of the American Viniyoga Institute, Gary is the designer of the only yoga practices demonstrated to be effective for back pain in a National Institutes of Health-sponsored clinical study. If you are one of the 8 out of 10 Americans who have or will experience back pain, make the powerful therapeutic practices on this DVD a part of your everyday regimen for health and well-being! Highlights from this DVD include:
Presentation on Understanding Back Pain and the application of yoga therapy
Technique Workshop on how to safely perform postures and movements
Focused practice for Low Back and Sacrum Therapy (23 minutes)
Focused practice for Hip Therapy (30 minutes)
Integrated practice for sustained low back Strength and Stability (31 minutes)
Bonus MP3s of all practices for audio-only classes at home or on the go |
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End Suffering From Back Pain |
This is an extremely professional high quality DVD by Gary Kraftsow, one of the world's leading yoga therapy experts with over 30 years experience, who designed the yoga therapy protocol used in the National Institutes of Health Study that successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of yoga therapy for relieving back pain. Results of this groundbreaking study were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine back in 2005.
Gary now provides the protocols used in the study in this highly educational instructional DVD - a gift for anyone who has ever struggled with low back pain. The DVD has four main chapters:
1. Understanding Back Pain
The first chapter is an in-depth academic presentation about back pain that includes discussion about types of back pain, causes of back pain, an introduction to back, sacrum, and hip anatomy, and basic biomechanics. He then briefly discuss what yoga is and the goals of the yoga therapy for back pain DVD - to reduce pain, increase circulation, improve function, and increase overall sense of well being. While a bit clinical, this is important information for increasing our awareness about the back, its structure, how it works, and what we can do to care for it.
2. Techniques Workshop
In the second chapter, Gary explains each posture (exercise) performed in the therapeutic practices chapter including instructions for how to breathe, how to move, and what sensations to expect. A model demonstrates each posture while Gary explains what is happening in the pose and why it is beneficial.
3. Therapeutic Practices
Three therapeutic practices are provided in Chapter 3, as well as guidelines for how to use the practices. The first practice is a 23-minute series of postures designed to rehabilitate the low back and sacrum. All the poses are done on the floor, either on your back, belly, or hands and knees. These are very basic poses that focus on slow repetition.
The second therapeutic practice is a 31-minute series that focuses on stretching, strengthening, and balancing the hips. Many of the poses from the first practice are repeated here, with additional poses specifically for the hips.
The third practice builds upon the first two. It is a stronger practice designed to build sustained low back, sacrum, and hip health. Several basic standing poses are included in addition to the poses done on the stomach and back.
Viniyoga Therapy for low back, sacrum, and hips is a serious DVD designed to address a serious problem - low back pain. Anyone who has ever suffered from low back pain knows just how debilitating it can be.
I turned to yoga more than a decade ago seeking relief from sciatica and back pain. Although Viniyoga teachers are not that common where I live, I had the opportunity to take several classes from a teacher who had studied with Gary. The focus on function over form and repetitive movements brought immediate relief not experienced with other styles of yoga.
The set is uncluttered and simple - just a single model demonstrating the routines, while Gary provides expert voiced over instruction. His delivery is calm and monotone. There is no music to distract you from concentrating and paying attention to what you are doing - one of the tenants of Viniyoga Therapy.
If you suffer from low back pain and are in the market for a Yoga DVD containing therapeutic yoga practices with proven success in helping relieve back pain you may want to consider investing in Viniyoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum, and Hips.
Highly Recommended |
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Educational and thorough, good for beginners |
I've been doing yoga for several years, but specifically the last year for my lower back. When I'm not doing the poses given by my physical therapist twice a day, I have preferred Rodney Yee--especially "For Back Care."
This DVD is excellent. His lecture at the beginning is very thorough, although a bit akward. However, the verbal instructions for the exercises are excellent. There were not many new poses for me here, but excellent variations and more repetitions than I was doing. I could feel the difference. The mp3 versions are also a nice touch--saves me a step to get it on my ipod for traveling.
I have only done the "Low Back and Sacrum," but this will be a daily staple. After a century (100 mile bike ride) weekend before last, the chirporactor didn't quite get my back in place. I can already feel the difference from one workout.
This is excellent for beginners because it is very slow moving and gentle. At the top of the screen, you always have the option to click for more specific instructions on each pose. |
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Viniyogatherapy VERY HELPFUL! Highly Recommend!!! |
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After having chronic low back and right leg pain for four years, I chose this DVD to help me recover from surgery. The stretches and exercises have helped me more than anything else! It's very relaxing and effective to release tension in the muscles. |
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I thought I would fall asleep |
I know part of yoga is to be calming, however you have to get tot the yoga...He just goes on and on and on and on...by now everyone in the world knows what yoga is.
Also the 3 segments are the same exercises...please...it wasn't worth the money |
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Viviyoga Therapy for Low Back, Sacrum & Hips - Kraftsow |
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I purchased both of Gary Kraftsow videos and they were very similar so that wasn't expected. I'm relatively new to yoga so was trying to find a video that was slow enough for me to follow yet provided enough benefit to continue - both of these would fall into that category. |
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