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TITLE: Yoga Journal’s Yoga for Relaxation and MeditationRELEASE DATE: October 22, 2001FORMAT: Color, DVD, NTSCLANGUAGE: EnglishREGION: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)ASPECT RATIO: 1.33:1NUMBER OF DISCS: 1RATING: NR (Not Rated)STUDIO: GaiamRUN TIME: 180 minutesVOB is a full quality rip from the DVD, so you can burn it to a DVD, mount it with Daemon Tools and play it, or convert it to a format to watch in your media player. The Daemon Tools (or similar application) is easiest.DVD SYNOPSIS:Relieve tension, focus your mind and draw yourself gently into the present moment by using yoga to enhance relaxation and meditation.With yoga, you can learn to open your body and mind and enjoy each moment while achieving balance within yourself.Led by internationally acclaimed instructors Patricia Walden and Rodney Yee, Yoga For Relaxation And Meditation includes seven different sessions to help you release tension, improve concentration and restore energy.Yoga For Relaxation includes two practice sessions: restorative poses followed by stretches and forward bends.Yoga For Meditation includes five sessions to address common challenges associated with sitting including body tension, improper posture and restricted breathing.This special DVD edition offers exclusive in-depth interviews with Rodney Yee and Patricia Walden.Practice this workout whenever you want to relax the mind, restore the body and bring more energy to your life.REVIEW:This Yoga Journal DVD combines two workout programs, “Yoga Practice for Relaxation” and “Yoga Practice for Meditation.””Yoga Practice for Relaxation” helps stress slide away with restorative yoga poses that replenish your body’s energy and rejuvenate your spirit. With these poses you’re not working your body, but “undoing, allowing nature to restore you … [and] the healing powers of yoga to reveal themselves to you,” explains Patricia Walden, who teaches the first 30-minute session of resting poses. Your body is supported by props, such as folded blankets, a bolster, or a wall, so the stretches are not intense. The second 30-minute session, taught by Rodney Yee, emphasizes forward bends, often done seated on the floor in various positions, with your forehead and arms resting on a chair for support.In Yoga Practice for Meditation, Rodney explains, “Meditation is awareness of posture, ease of breath, and attentiveness of the mind.” Yee quietly and expertly leads you through five yoga practices that release bodily tension, improve posture, and open up breathing in the gorgeous setting of Yosemite National Park. The practice is divided into five segments: Mountain, a series that moves from pose to pose, used for making the transition from daily activities to a sitting meditation (12 minutes); Garden, gentle movements that open the hips and stretch the back (10 minutes); Tree, four sitting poses, using props to modify the poses to your personal flexibility level (10 minutes); Wind, a series with a focus on breathing, releasing tension, and relaxing deeply (10 minutes); Sky, a meditation focusing on posture and breath and “inviting the mind into the present moment, time and time again”