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Crunch Yoga Mama - Prenatal Yoga |  | Director: Andrea Ambandos
Actor: Susan Elkind
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 8069
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 45 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: ANBD12760D
UPC: 013131276091
EAN: 0013131276091
ASIN: B0001LJCSO
Release Date: April 27, 2004
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Product Description
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 01/29/2008 Run time: 41 minutes Rating: Nr
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Crunch, a New York-based gym, keeps bringing innovative and hip exercise videos to VCRs across the country. You don't have to be in a metropolitan area to experience cutting-edge fitness trends and formats because Crunch: Yoga Mama delivers an effective (and chic) pre-natal workout that can be done in the comfort of your living room. Instructor (and pregnant woman) Sue Elkind leads this 40-minute workout with concise descriptions and a healthy knowledge of yoga as it relates to pregnancy. The content here provides a workout that is both safe and efficient, with great attention to participants' individual fitness levels. This session is presented with a backdrop class (consisting of women in various stages of their pregnancies) that demonstrates modified and more challenging options to each pose. Pregnant participants may find it more appropriate (and less annoying) to take direction from another pregnant woman rather than an ultra flexible, ultra thin (non-pregnant) instructor. Basic postures within yoga are taught with intensive focus on breathing, flexibility, and the constant connection between mind/body (and mother/child). Some poses are altered to accommodate the roundness of the midsection with constant awareness of spine alignment. Elkind gives special attention to balance as she slowly increases the intensity of postures. After a series of basic poses are performed, Kegels are practiced (which strengthen the pelvic floor), and meditation closes out the workout. This basic format is friendly for beginners, pre- and post-natal women, or anyone who requires modifications. This safety-conscious video offers a simple, straightforward workout with real potential for increased strength and flexibility. Props needed: a blanket or pillow, a mat, and (especially if you are expecting) a chair. --Olivia Voigts
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 Not the best May 10, 2010
K. Perkins
I bought this dvd along with 10 Minute Solutions: Prenatal Pilates. I really didn't like Yoga Mama very much. It moved really slow and was overall pretty boring in my opinion, and a little cheesy too. I also didn't really like that it's just one workout and that it's 40 minutes long. I recommend 10 Minute Solution: Prenatal Pilates - it's a way better workout, you can select one of five segments to do or combine them to make a longer workout, and I feel the instructor does a better job of explaining each exercise in a way that makes sense.
 Surprisingly Effective April 7, 2010
L. Allred (SLC, UT)
I am 15 weeks pregnant now and am surprised at how effective this simple video was at eliminating my lower back pain. I had been losing sleep since I began sleeping on my side at 12 weeks--walking, stretching, extra pillows, etc. were not working to relieve it, so I wanted to try a yoga video. I found the video very easy (obviously for very out of shape women or very pregnant women), sort of cheesy, but decent for a stretch session. After two days of doing the video my back pain disappeared. I would highly recommend this video to healthy (aka: no prior history of back pain) women who want to release stress before bed and who have tried almost everything to eliminate the aches of a changing body. I would also recommend the Perfect Pregnancy Workout Vol. 1--it's fantastic!
 Good for beginners March 5, 2010
Kristen Norsworthy (Florida)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm 28 weeks pregnant, I'm a pretty lazy person and this was my first attempt at yoga. Some of the positions were awkward for me, but its something that I will just have to get used to. I felt really good after finishing the video and I recommend this to women who want a light exercise but still feel like they actually did something!
Awesome for back and swelling February 4, 2010
A. Grow (Your House)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have never done yoga, I'm 7 months pregnant with my 5th child in 3.5 years, and my muscles were shot. I have had terrible lower back problems this time due to a fall. I've been seeing a chiropractor once a week, but needed to go more often. My OB recommended prenatal yoga, and since I couldn't find a class close enough, I searched for videos. This one is perfect for what I need. It stretches and releases all the muscle tension at the end of the day, helping my chiropractic adjustment last longer. It's not so much a workout, but I didn't think this was the time for me to dive into something hardcore. It has also done wonders for the swelling in my legs and feet. It has never made me sore or anything close to it. If you want to sweat or ache, this is not the video for you. I do have to wait for a few hours after my last meal so it doesn't come back up when my head is down, but that's just how it is at the end of your pregnancy. The instructor is a little cheesy, but very descriptive, so I don't have to look up at her. She also helped me see some of the typical pregnant postures I had that were making my back pain so much worse. Now I consciously work on engaging my core muscles to support my belly, tuck my tailbone and move my thighs back throughout the day, and it really helps my back pain even more.
 Relaxing pregnancy workout January 17, 2010
S. Snider (NJ)
This DVD has been great for those days when you are too exhausted to do a "real" workout, but want to do something. It is not difficult, but feels good! The poses are very basic and all the moves are adapted for pregnant women. All the women in the video are in various stages of pregnancy and the directions are easy to follow. The DVD is not going to get your heart rate up, but it does help with easing aches and pains and increasing flexibility and balance.
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