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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Prevention
EAN: 0018713523303
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Gaiam
Manufacturer: Gaiam
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Gaiam
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Running Time: 36 minutes
Sales Rank: 37613
Studio: Gaiam
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description:
Better Belly Yoga features three 10 minute segments, each one targeted to a different trouble zone the front, back and sides of your waistline. Together, this workout will work your entire core and get you the best belly yet.
Certified yoga teacher and personal trainer Desirée Bartlett, has been leading yoga and group fitness classes for 15 years in Los Angeles.
Better Belly Yoga will flatten your lower belly, shrink love handles, reduce stress, strengthen your lower back, and enhance energy.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Misleading Title
I bought this because I was excited about the prospect of a yoga routine targeted specifically to the core. However, this is just a basic intro to vinyasas and while it claims to have beginning, intermediate, and advanced postures, the camera rarely ever focuses on the girl doing the advanced forms so how can we follow it? I recommend this DVD to those who want to learn basic yoga postures but not to those already well-versed in yoga. It will frustrate you as she focuses on the beginners, dragging out the routine and slowing me down without offering the option to focus on the advanced. I am giving this to a friend who is new to yoga. I prefer Sara Ivanhoe's 20 Min Yoga Makeover: Flat Abs for a good core workout.
Rating: - Better Belly?
I think the name is deceiving. While the stretches are great as is the instruction, there's WAY too much of it. Some of my pet peeves with this video are:
Too MUCH time spent on instruction;
Too much repetition;
Too much focus on arms and legs and not enough on core;
Actually BOTHERED my lower back vs. relaxing it
I can't see how this would strengthen your core. While I realize I have a pretty strong core and a pretty strong, flat lower stomach, even if I didn't I don't see how this would build those muscles. Maybe I'm missing something. I wouldn't say don't try it, but if you are looking for something closer to a miracle than doing nothing at all, this won't do it.
Rating:  - One of the best I currently have in inventory
I bought this dvd a couple of months ago because I love yoga but I also have a belly! This is one of the best workouts I do! Between Pilates and this belly yoga I and can see and FEEL a difference. If you are new to yoga this dvd will teach you the basics... this dvd is very relaxing and your body will feel wonderful. I never buy a workout dvd that is going to take any longer than 45 minutes, this one comes in segments but if you do the whole series it wont be any longer than 45 minutes. Actually Prevention has some of the best work outs in the industry as far as I am concerned.
Rating: - Beginner Yoga for those not into mind/body connection
Yoga has bee around for thousands of years & can ease/heal many health issues.. burning fat/calories is the least that it does. This is another Westernized/aerobicized version of a deeper/beneficial physical healing session.
There is only chapter choices & choice of instruction w/ or w/o music. The music is the usual fast beat elevator music of most fitness videos that are meant to be soothing.
Set the usual hardwood floor & lighted wall stage w/one woman showing the beginner & the other advanced, Desirée Bartlett leads a toning/calorie killer emphasized easy paced yoga workout. As another reviewer said, with Desiree taking her time telling you what's coming next, you are standing there resting, those who aren't beginners will get bored. I found her lack of instruction on dangers of injury if done incorrectly disturbing like most Westernized yoga. Yes, you can move your body w/o knowing you should turn your head a certain way, but if repeated, you may cause strain or a neck ache over time if you don't listen to the discomfort when you do a pose incorrectly. She also will take time say showing a move that is considered intermediate, like standing hand to foot balancing (utthita Hasta Padangusthasana A) first explaining how the beginner does it w/a belt & then the advanced which is a big time eater.
Warm-up - 5 min
Sun salutations - mountain, standing side bends, standing fwd bend, downward dog, plank, chaturanga, cobra.
Series I - 10 min - Standing ... Read More
Rating: - Not for the core workout lover
I love core work and was very excited about this DVD. Unfortunately the workout did not live up to my expectations.
The production is professional and the instructor is pleasant. The setting is inside a studio and two yoginis show modifications, one for beginners and one for advanced yogis. The workout is well chaptered into three approx. 10 minute sections and one would think they'd make great add-ons... but they don't. That's because not much happens in those 10 minutes. There's a lot of talking and not enough workout. The poses are repeated maybe two or three times and they don't flow together which creates a stop/start feel to each practice.
The instructor usually pauses between poses to explain what's coming next. For that reason this would make a great beginners' practice. But advanced beginners and beyond will probably find it dull. There is one fun pose that I haven't seen before. If I recall correctly, the instructor calls it "bear" and it's a flow from chair to airplane. Unfortunately, that's the only highlight, at least for me.
If you are not an absolute beginner and are looking for a core yoga routine that is challenging and fun then there are much better ones available. Try Sara Ivanhoe's 20 Min Yoga Makeover - Flat Abs from her Yoga Makeover series. Or even Rodney Yee: ABS Yoga for Beginners. They both clock in around 20 minutes. If you're looking for something shorter, then there's Self - Firm Flat Abs Fast. The yoga chapter comes in under 10 ... Read More
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