Yoga for Healing

I am a very physically active 55-year old woman who is in recovery from a stroke that I had about 2 years ago. I am having a good recovery, focusing on walking, riding bikes, and Tai Chi and building at a snail's pace. I am making very slow, but steady progress. Everytime I reach a plateau, it is important to challenge myself with a new activity. This time, I chose gentle yoga and purchased a variety of DVDs. This is by far the best one! The instructor really gets it- even though I do not have fibromyalgia I was inspired by her story and the stories of the members of the class. When you have a stroke, the experts often tell you there is no recovery after the first year. That is not true! As long as you keep challenging yourself you can continue to make progress. As long as you can do a tiny bit, you can build on it, even if the progress is glacially slow. This is kind of the tone of this DVD. Everyone can start somewhere and then try to build on it. I am very hopeful that the gentle yoga will stimulate further the power of my body to heal itself!PS I have been practicing the postures on this DVD for 1 year now, and I really feel better and can move more easily. I started to feel better the first week, and am now motivated to keep adding on to my practice. Kudos to Sarah!

I have fibromyalgia'I was desperate to do something about it that is why I bought this DVD. I have been doing the gentle yoga only so far . The health and strength yoga is too much for me I got really tired after I tried it and my mood was really down the next day. Some gentle yoga also didn't work for me like "legs on a chair" affects my mood too so I skip. My fibromyalgia got better than before but I have to be very careful which pose I choose. I guess this is the best one so far so I gave four stars but I was hoping a little better result .

Dreadful dull and poor quality. No star

I've not brought myself to actually work through the DVD yet. It's too simplistic after working through Rodney Yee's Beginning Yoga & his A.M. Yoga for Your Week. That being said, I have one more of his DVDs, Daily Yoga that I've never worked through due to it's complexity. I will hang on to the Healing Yoga by Sarah Bates for the future, as I have Fibromyalgia too, and might need to utilize the techniques within.

I was cautious about getting this video since I knew nothing about it and the price for me was high under the circumstances. I also didn't want a video with all the "extreme yoga" meditations, moves and music. However, the selling point for me was that this was supposed to be good for Fibromyalgia, which I have among other things. My physical therapist also recommended yoga for strength and stretching. All in all I figured that it was worth a shot. I'm SO GLAD I DID! This video is just what I was looking for! Sarah has a very soothing voice, there is none of the meditation stuff, and the music is quite calming. The video is broken into segments so you can do breathing, stretching, bed or chair exercises (great if you are in pain, elderly or just want a lower key regimine), stronger core strengthening poses, and extra relaxation poses. I couldn't be happier with these sessions and I know that I will use this consistently for years. If you are a hard core yogi, this probably isn't for you, but for those who aren't into yoga, those who want to de-stress from life, and for those in pain, this is a real deal!!

I was expecting a lot more from this DVD based on the reviews and the fact that it was priced significantly higher than others of the same description. The props used in the poses are difficult to find and also expensive. I will probably not bothering to view it again because of this.

I had just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and my doctor told me that I needed to start doing yoga. He said that it would relieve some of my pain along with more exercise. I came home and searched the Internet and came across this site about fibromyalgia with exercise DVDs. There were so many yoga DVDs. Just so happen Yoga for Healing was on the second page. I read the reviews and I decided this was the one for me. Reviews are so important!! The price of the DVD seemed a little steep from me so I waited about two weeks and finally I told my husband I was getting it. I wish I had gotten it when I first saw it!! This is an awesome DVD!!! Its inspirational and its empowering and its helped me with my pain and its EASY!!!! I would so recommend this to anyone who has fibromyalgia whether you are 20 or 80 years old. Yoga for Healing is GREAT!!!!!

I was a bit leery of spending so much on a DVD but you get wehat you pay for :) Very easy to follow I can see myself using this often