YOUR NEEDS CHANGE EVERY DAY, SO SHOULD YOUR DVD!
PRENATAL YOGA COMPLETE™ is the perfect companion to help keep you and your baby healthy, fit and feeling good throughout your entire pregnancy. From the moment you learn you are pregnant to the time of delivery, this DVD will adapt to meet your ever changing daily needs.
With over 8 routines for each trimester, breathing & pelvic floor exercises to prepare for delivery, and specially designed routines that may help with fertility issues, this unique DVD is the ideal aid to guide and assist you through this transformational time of your life. Routines include those for Morning Sickness, Lower Back Pain, Rejuvenation, Relaxation, Digestive Issues, Preparing For Labor. Special Fertility section included.
The Interactive Personal Trainer™ revolutionizes how you can take care yourself and your baby throughout your entire pregnancy. Unlike other prenatal DVDs that contain a single workout, this DVD has dozens of routines to fit your ever changing needs.
This DVD is an Iyengar style of yoga, which is a slower paced style of yoga. The Iyengar style emphasizes alignment and awareness of your body and breath to ensure the health of you and your baby. Suggested props: Yoga Mat, Blankets, Strap and Block
Mary Pappas-Sandonas is renowned for her warm, encouraging and precise approach to teaching yoga. As a certified Iyengar yoga teacher with an M.S. in exercise physiology, Mary has had a keen interest in the mind-body connection for over 20 years. In addition to having taught prenatal yoga classes for many years, Mary has established prenatal yoga programs for medical facilities, including a highly successful fertility program. Mary teaches at the Unity Woods Yoga Center in the Washington D.C. area.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Alot of Props and Choppy Editing!
I was disappointed when I tried using this DVD. I am Not saying that the Yoga was not effective or professional. I am saying that the numerous props (about 3-6 per pose) and the ‘choppy’ workouts (no transition phases between poses) were very distracting and burdensome. I normally never leave negative feedback. I decided to do so when I realized that with two children money can be limited and I wanted to save someone their money because there are alot better videos ‘out there’. Good Luck.
3 Stars Too many props
There were so many props used in this video it was hard to keep up with them all. If you like a video that you can just pick up and use this is not the one for you.
3 Stars too much gear needed not enough flow
There are ample routines on this dvd for your whole pregnancy. However after just 3 different poses I shut it off. First you need a lot of gear, bolters, blocks, straps etc, so setting up for each pose takes too much time, The deep stretches were great , but I was using pillows etc. Also, there are poses cut into each segment, it isn’t a continuous flow which is what I am used to and prefer.
2 Stars So slow
Before I entered my second trimester I was a runner and did pilates and yoga on a regular basis. I bought this DVD to keep active and prepare for labor, but I don’t think I will be able to use it at all. It is too slow and there is too much explination (the instructor never stops explaining so you can’t relax into a pose).
This DVD will be great for someone who has never done yoga before or didn’t work out regularly before pregnancy, not for somebody who was already familiar with yoga or in great shape.
My biggest compliant is the extensive use of props and in between every pose you have to get up, get the props set up and even change position of your yoga mat!! I have never done a yoga routine before where I had to get up between poses and move my mat!!
5 Stars So many options!
I loved this video because it had so many great options. For each trimester there were several options you could choose depending on your ailment (headache, backache, drowsiness, etc…) and the amount of time you had to do yoga. Each option was broken up into a segment for each pose. The pace was slow but you got a lot of stretch out of each pose. It was so relaxing & it really did help relieve some ailments.
I also had a very easy delivery compared to others. It was painful, but fairly quick & I truly believe that yoga had a lot to do with the quick pace of my labor because I was able to work with the pain & I was in shape for delivery.
I recommend this video to all of my pregnant friends!
