Yoga For The Rest Of Us-Peggy Cappy

Here's one more wonderful yoga dvd that I just tried today.  If you ever watch PBS when they do their drive, you might have seen Peggy Cappy. Her DVD's are yoga stretches for those who are inflexible, out of shape, feeling aches and pains and think yoga is beyond them because of their age, medical conditions, or fitness level.

Here's what one of Amazon.com's reviewer's had to say about Peggy Cappy's yoga video.

I've been interested in trying out yoga, but my flexibility stinks and my joint strength is sub-optimum which is a real shame because I'm only 30. I saw Peggy Cappy's special on PBS. It showed her yoga class: a group of senior citizen ladies. Some were doing modified yoga exercises. Others were doing the un-modified exercises. Well, it was inspiring to me. If these ladies could do yoga and benefit from it, surely I could benefit from it too.
Peggy does a great job explaining breathing and demonstrating the exercises.

It's terrific that some of her students do modified versions of the exercises, so you can keep up with the video no matter what your physical level is. The exercises are modified, primarily, by the use of a chair. So if you can't bend to the floor, no worries. Or if you're unsure of your balance, again, no worries, the chair is there to hold onto if you need it.

The video is divided into 20 minute work-outs: stretches, poses and the Sun Salutation. You can do the whole thing at once or you can do the 20 minute segments individually.

I don't think this video would be challenging for folks who are proficient in yoga or for folks who with above average flexibility, balance and strength. But I think it's great for beginners, old and young.

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