Pregnancy Yoga with Tara Lee by Amy Eastwood and Tara Lee

I've been doing yoga (just on my own, a combo of stuff I learned way back, stuff I've learned from various videos, etc) for years now, just to stay flexible, and when I got pregnant my sister recommended I get a DVD of prenatal yoga because she really enjoyed the class she took when she was pregnant. This one sounded pretty good so I nabbed it, and I'm glad I did. So far I haven't explored more than maybe half of the segments; I'm not as into it for the "deep connection with your baby/the earth/etc" spiritual part; I mostly want it to deal with aches and pains after work, to relax and de-stress, to keep acclimated with my body and how it moves and how I balance as it changes during my pregnancy.I'm only in my second trimester so we'll see how it goes by the third (which is when I'll start exploring the breathing/preparation/hypnobirthing sections), but so far this DVD has met my needs. I mostly stick to the Move section and go through Neck and Shoulders, Back, and Hips every day after work. It helps a lot as I work on my feet 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and all those areas get sore by the end of the day. On the weekends I do the 20 minute move, which is a little more active. The music is relaxing, Tara's voice is very gentle and soothing. I do wish Amy would demonstrate more of the adjustments Tara mentions for stuff like pelvic girdle pain (though thankfully I haven't had any of that yet). She will demonstrate some adjustments but I almost feel like it would be better if Amy showed the most modified moves (like "do it like this if you're very restricted"). There's one move in the 20 minute move section that they say not to do in a squat if you have a low-lying placenta (as I do), but they don't give you any variation to do instead. Even if they just told me to kneel or something, it would be nice.

A great collection of workouts for prenatal and post-natal. I am in my second trimester and so far I love the workouts, and I also love that Tara Lee's voice is actually calming and she has a peaceful way about her. I plan to use this DVD throughout my pregnancy and after.

There are many great workouts to choose from-varying lengths, as well. It was a little difficult for me to do a few of the moves, but I was not into yoga before pregnancy. A couple of the moves did relieve my back soreness.

Very easy to follow instructions, even for a beginner like myself. Love the calming tone in her voice. It is great to have one part that gets you moving and another that helps you achieve ultimate relaxation.

Some of the sections I really like, the neck and shoulder segment is my favorite (I get very tight there), other sections not so much. I have another prenatal yoga video that I tried that I felt tighter and worse after, this one helped loosen things up.

I looked at a ton of prenatal yoga video reviews... I selected this one and I am so glad I did. It gives me a little bit of everything.

At first I thought this DVD was not going to work for my needs. If you are active in yoga, then this DVD may not work for the first and second trimester. I found the flow too slow for those months, but by the third it was perfect.

Calming.