This DVD is great for beginning Iyengar Yoga if one has scoliosis. It is beneficial specific to the needs of persons with scoliosis. Elise Browning-Miller is excellent!
Just another yoga dvd:
I bought this thinking it would help me tailor the yoga program I already do to help my scoliosis. The information from the doctor and Elise about which way the curves in your spine go is very confusing and so I was unable to identify which person on the video I should follow in adapting my poses. There was only one pose on the dvd which I was not already doing in yoga. If you have never done yoga before this would probably be a good dvd to encourage you to do yoga for scoliosis. If you have socliosis and... more info
Warning: Yoga for Scoliosis:
I just want to insert a warning: Though the DVD title is "Yoga for Scoliosis", these exercises are for scoliosis sufferers who haven't had the spinal fusion surgery. In other words, if you are like me and underwent the corrective surgery in your youth, the exercises in this DVD are not appropriate for you. I am still looking for a good set of yoga exercises to relieve my back pain, and if anyone knows of a "Yoga for Scoliosis, Post-Spinal Surgery" resource, I'd be grateful to know of it. Beyond... more info
Nice work out for scoliosis suffers.:
The exercises of this dvd are very good and well-explained. However, I realized that I couldn't do all of them - at least at this point. Once I become more flexible, I may be able to do so. Initially, I thought that the dvd was either blank - as other review had said - or that I had problems to play the dvd in my computer. A friend said that I should download a program called VLC media player, which is known for enabling computers to play basically everything. It really played it afterwards. In case... more info
