| View Larger Image | Yoga: Just My Size With Megan Garcia | DVDStarring: Megan Garcia
| List Price: | $9.95 | |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 45 minutes | | Format: | Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | Wellspring Media | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | February 15, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 45,977th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Description
Certified instructor and plus-size model Megan Garcia presents a simple and rewarding introduction to yoga designed for every size and shape. Run time 28 minutes. DVD includes an additional 17 minutes of run time. |
Amazon.com
Yoga for plus-sized women? Why not, especially when it's presented clearly, simply, and utterly without condescension, which is the case with Just My Size Yoga. Instructor Megan Garcia, a large woman herself, knows that self-consciousness and limitations due to shape and size keep many would-be yoga practitioners from attending actual classes; hence this 45-minute program designed to introduce new students to yoga's many benefits. Garcia promises that a regular yoga practice will promote not only physical well-being (including energy and flexibility) but also confidence, calm, and what she calls "an inner sense of self"--ambitious goals, to be sure, but also attainable ones. The practice consists of three parts. The warm-up focuses on the breath, along with arm lifts, spinal twists, and such; the "workout" section includes some reasonably demanding poses like Warrior 1 and 2 and downward-facing dog (after demonstrating each pose separately, Garcia repeats them as one continuous, flowing sequence), and "deep relaxation" consists of savasana, the so-called "corpse pose." Other elements of Just My Size Yoga include a "special tips" section (with suggestions about using a wall, chairs, or other props to modify the poses) and an interview with Garcia. All in all, this is a gentle, easy, yet effective introduction to yoga. --Sam Graham |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 109 reviews)
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Just Not My Size by D. de Luis (Hawaii USA)  2 Stars
September 07, 2009
While I very much enjoyed seeing a plus-sized woman teaching yoga, this video was absolutely useless for me. As another disappointed purchaser commented, the limited modifications are in a separate part of the video. If you're unable to jump into the video from the get-go, it can be very frustrating trying to learn the modifications then work them into the video. Further, as someone who has difficulty getting up and down from the floor, I would never have purchased this had I known that much of the workout expects just that. Some of the chosen floor poses are further complicated if you have a large stomach/abdomen. All in all, the video left me feeling frustrated and cringing at the word "yoga." If you were hoping for something designed for a wider range of abilities, plus size or not, I would recommend Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy. It really is Yoga for the Rest of Us, and presents various positions and their modifications as you follow along the video. You can even go from start to finish without hitting the ground, but you will know you worked out! Another workout that I've enjoyed recently is Element: Tai Chi for Beginners. "Tai Chi for beginners" moves fairly slowly and starts with a lovely Qi Gong workout that I now use every morning.
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Loved it, but wanted more by Lisa A. Walling (New Jersey)  4 Stars
August 08, 2009
Her method and way of teaching is great. I'm a big fan of her book, Mega Yoga, and I picked this up because of the great reviews. After working with the book for as long as I have, this is pretty much the "quickie" workout version. After doing it, watching her, following her lead (which is absent in books) with the music, I learned to pace myself better than I was, and I felt super relaxed afterwards. It was a great augment to what I've already learned, and my normal routine. My only complaint is that I want more! I want the entire routine, all the moves! I want to be really worked over, and tired.
All in all, it's great, makes you feel good, tranquil, stretched, and like you've really accomplished something in that half hour.
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Great for beginners by Loves to Knit (NJ, USA)  5 Stars
June 23, 2009
This DVD was my first experience with yoga, recommended for PT following a broken ankle. I like it a lot for these reasons:
1) the poses are possible for everyone to do, regardless of body-type;
2) minimum chanting (since I'm not a "believer" in that aspect of yoga, just want to exercise);
3) Megan moves slowly and illustrates poses very well;
4) the narrator describes most poses in enough detail that I can follow by listening.
What I wish: the workout was longer (45 instead of 30 min) or she comes out with another more advanced DVD.
At the end of the DVD, I feel exercised (in the positive sense), relaxed and yet energized. I do modify one pose for me to prevent pain, and that's a great thing about DVD workouts in your house- no one tells you you are doing a pose wrong when you have to modify it for your own body's needs.
I also bought the book by Garcia, reviewed separately.
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Perfect for the out of shape beginner by Shuree D. Munden-Wagstaff (Southern California) 4 Stars
June 02, 2009
I loved this because it wasnt too hard for a round, out of shape gal like me! Dont get me wrong..its an effect workout for sure!
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Inspiring Plus Size Yoga DVD by Martha McKinnon (Phoenix, AZ USA) 4 Stars
May 05, 2009
Yoga really is for everyone, not just the young, fit, skinny, and flexible, as Megan Garcia demonstrates in the video, Yoga Just My Size, produced in association with Just My Size (JMS), the plus size clothing company.
Garcia, a successful plus size model and certified yoga teacher, is an inspiration to women everywhere. She glows with healthy confidence and exudes a positive body image lacking in so many of us.
Megan explains the purpose of the video in an interview included on the DVD: to help full figured women discover the benefits of yoga with poses that have been modified to accommodate a large body. With regular practice, this gentle DVD is designed to help increase self-confidence and body awareness, improve posture ad flexibility, and create a sense of calm.
Yoga Just My Size is one of the few yoga for plus size programs performed by somebody who is actually plus sized.
The 28-minute Yoga Just My Size program is divided into 3 sections: Warm up (10 minutes), Workout (15 minutes), and Deep Relaxation (3 minutes). Throughout the program, Megan provides clear voiced over instructions that are positive, nurturing, and uplifting.
The warm up begins with seated focused breathing to quiet the mind and focus attention. She chants OM, to further quiet the mind and then moves through several more gentle postures to awaken and warm up the body. Each posture is held for five deep breaths.
The workout portion of Yoga Just My Size includes several standing poses that are performed slowly and purposefully with Megan providing good alignment instructions for performing the poses safely. She also mentions the benefits of each pose, which I like.
The yoga workout then transitions back to the floor for four more poses that include table pose, child's pose, and downward facing dog pose. The deep relaxation section includes a guided relaxation as you recline on the floor and focus on your breathing.
The DVD also includes a Special Tips section where Megan demonstrates a few additional poses to help open up tight areas and explains how to modify various poses with the use of props such as a warrior pose with a chair, downward facing dog pose at the wall, and child's pose supported with pillows.
One nice feature of the DVD is that you can do the whole program or just one section, such as the warm up to begin your day or the deep relaxation just before crawling into bed.
Overall, this is an excellent DVD for the plus size yoga beginner. But may be too basic for more experienced yoga students.
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