This DVD really stands out in my collection - not just because of how much is on the video, but how effective the workouts are at relieving stress and helping me relax. I am a big fan of this matrix idea in general and this one is really exceptional. A great DVD.

This is my second DVD with this teacher, while the first one was an introduction to yoga, this one focuses on yoga for various ailments.

The workouts cover various physical issues (headaches, digestion, shoulder pain) plus general calming down/peace of mind (insomnia) and have been very helpful to me.

Well done DVD and very good to have those times you need help to feel better.

Another wonderful DVD by Benagh with a great selection of practices for a variety of stress related conditions.

The routines here are geared more for specific physical issues such as headaches caused by tension. It also includes a section for morning and evening routines, though the AM PM DVD is probably a better choice if you are looking solely for morning/evening type routines.

This DVD is a good DVD to have even if you just want to supplement your workouts when you need extra focus on specific areas, though it also provides enough to use generally.

Highly recommended.

I bought this to deal with my Insomnia which was severely affecting my quality of life. After buying, I following the evening relaxation routine and it help me got to sleep. It does work more often than not. I would highly recommend it to anyone having sleep issues.

I really enjoy Barbara's DVDs.

Her instruction and speaking always is relaxing and helps me enjoy what she is presenting.

I love the breathwork routines alot, easy to do and are very relaxing and the routines to help with neck and shoulder tension are very effective.

Another beautiful DVD and the Dalai Lama's discussion of meditation and how it affects us is very interesting.

I have a few DVDs now by this instructor and enjoy them all. Like the others, this one is broken down into 4 main sections covering the general subject (Beginning and Ending Your Day, Neck, Shoulder and Back Issues, Breathing Exercises to Calm the Mind and Stomach and Digestion Issues), with a good selection of routines and poses in each section. Has helped me with aches and pains in the areas.

This DVD is quite different from others that I own, I'm not sure that I'd really call it yoga? More like stretching. I haven't tried the morning or evening practices, just the ones for specific ailments. I can see how this might be helpful...it helped my tension headache temporarily. But it seems like this DVD may have been made for older adults or for those simply looking to use yoga to help with certain issues. Not for people who are looking for a regular yoga practice. I will still probably pull this out when I have a specific issue, but won't use it otherwise. It's pretty slow. She pretty much just holds poses for lengthy amounts of time, and a lot of these aren't your typical yoga poses. This felt more like stretching and conscious relaxation than yoga. But the scenery is beautiful, the ocean is relaxing, and overall I think this is a well made DVD.

This DVD is somewhat disappointing: a long and rambling interview with the Dalai Lama, and a series of yoga postures that may be helpful to some, but were not so to me. My wife was reluctant to go through the program even a second time, as she was not really taken with the postures.

This dvd has been very helpful in relieving tension in the muscles. Your whole body is stretched and you do feel beneficial relief. The setting for these exercises is very beautiful and calming. The yoga Master is excellent.

This is an excellent DVD, it has really helped me with anxiety relief and insomnia. The instructor talks you through the poses and she lets you breath at your own pace instead of making you feel like you have to do a certain style of yoga breathing. This is a good DVD to use before bedtime.

A few days ago I got my DVD order for Barbara Benagh: Yoga for Stress Relief.

The DVD shows the same lovely beach in Half Moon Bay as in her Beginners Yoga DVD, but in this one, there is also very soft, gentle guitar in the background. You can barely hear it and it does not drown out the sound of the waves. So that is nicely done.

Barbara also has a rather longish interview where she talks about modern life being overloaded, and how yoga will help slow things down. And about how hard it is to slow down at first. Tell me about it! :)

The interview on meditation by the Dalai Lama contains great information and HH's soft, gentle humor. It is hard at times to understand what he is saying and one requires a slight bit of patience to understand some of this section.

This DVD has such a wealth of options in it, and all for helping with mental and physical conditions: headaches, shoulder/neck tension, opening your heart, digestive ailments, lower back pain, hip pain, anxiety, some AM and PM routines, an insomnia set, mood uplift, serenity work...

So far I tried these sections:

Easing Neck Tension, passive variation (20 mins) - Soft Spanish guitar music, everything lying down, mainly body twisting. Very sweet and restful.

Restorative Poses for Relaxation (15 mins) - soft new Agey music, three supportive poses: cobblers, heart opener and legs up the wall. Pretty much the same set as on Barbara's Yoga for Beginners DVD (the rejuvenate one) but without the centering/breathing part. Also, this one suggests more uses of the blankets and having an eye bag. As I got an eye bag as a gift, I was prepared. But you only really need three blankets/pillows for this section.

Lower Back Tension (35 min): This was the best one yet. With my period cramps it was incredibly soothing to my lower back/stomach area. We used a blanket, strap and eye pillow for this set. A bit more active than the two I tried above, this has locus pose and a great let stretch with the strap.

Hip Pain section(35 min): Essentially the same routine as the Lower Back Tension, but with two changes. One was the reclined half lotus and the other was something where you sit on your knees, then spread the hips wide, and lean your head forward to the floor. These were very nice poses for my menstrual cramping and this session took away the lingering pain I had.

Other than that, the footage is just sliced from the back pain one, with the same modified down dog, locust, hamstring stretch with strap.

We used a strap, and eye bag in this one, but no blanket was needed.

New Agey music, very gentle, as in the back pain one. You can still hear the ocean and even some birds.

Serenity in Stillness (35 min) - lovely section that really opens the sacrum and relaxes the entire body. There was quite a bit of repeats from the back pain and hip pain segments, including the reclining half lotus, but it all came together well. The supported backbend at the end requires a yoga brick. I really enjoyed this pose. New Agey music with a vaguely Hawaiian theme.

So many choices in this great DVD - it will be hard to get to them all! It's all all presented in a lovely beach setting and accompanied by Barbara's soothing, healing voice.

Highly recommended for yoga practitioners to use (as needed) for various physical/mental ailments. There are also a few AM/PM type routines in this disc, as a bonus for anyone wishing to add this DVD to their regular yoga rotation.

I enjoyed this DVD a great deal. Perfect to help with various ailments that we get from stress that we feel.

My tension headaches have been reduced in how often they occur and their serverity, so those exercises alone were worth it to me.

This DVD does what it says and I would recommend it highly.

This DVD is fantastic. Barbara Benagh is a no-nonsense yoga instructor. She explains the positions in great detail. She walks you through the positions and through the routines with a soft, relaxed voice. She doesn't pressure you at all. The setting is beautiful - right on the beach in Antigua. The sound of the waves contributes to the feeling of relaxation. There are many routines to choose from, depending on your mood. I use this DVD several times a week. I highly recommend it.

Excellent Yoga DVD; the 5-star reviews are quite accurate. It contains a large variety of routines, and all of them that I've tried were excellent.

I already do a little bit of yoga, but what attracted me to this video was the mediation feature with the Dalai Lama. Great addition. The yoga routines for insomnia, headaches and lower back have been the best for me so far.

The routines on the DVD are suitable for all levels. If you have stress related issues and want to use yoga to find relief, this is a good choice. Good instruction, very calming setting (on a nice beach), and the routines are as short as 15 minutes.

I've never found a yoga video that I actually loved, but this one is pretty good. The pace is good, the scenery is nice, and Barbara has a calm, soothing voice. I did think, however, that she included some poses that were too advanced for a beginner or someone with limitations. I would prefer the poses include modifications where possible.

Finally, this is the Yoga DVD I've been looking for. I'm a beginner, and I imagine that it's great for beginners and the more experienced. This DVD gives you a LOT of Yoga for your dollar. The running time is over 5 hours! It's separated into 4 categories: Beginning and Ending Your Day, Neck Shoulder and Back, Easing Your Mind, and Stomach and Digestion. Then within these categories are about 4 - 5 yoga sessions, from 10minutes to 60minutes. For example, in the category of "Beginning and Ending Your Day", you see sessions for Beginning Your Day Slowly, Wake Up, Evening Revival, Letting Go of the Day, and Insomnia Issues.

The only issues I have with this DVD is that for each category, there is no introduction. For example, I put on the session for "Insomnia Issues" and I was hoping for even a slight introduction that said, "Insomnia Issues. These poses will help you with X because X". There wasn't even a title screen, so when I put it on Insomnia Issues and the first thing she said was "stand with your feet apart... this pose is good for indigestion...", I wondered if the chapters were off. But I felt very relaxed afterwards so I figured it was correct. Another thing - have all your blankets (to prop yourself up), blocks, a chair, straps, etc., right there at the ready. Since there is no introduction for each session, she doesn't start off by saying, "for this session, you'll need....".

A very good buy, highly recommended.

My man has alot of stress in his life and some back pain, this DVD has helped him chill out and strengthen his back. His only compliant is its a little slow, so he is buying a workout yoga tape. Good for people looking to chill out, not so good as a workout.

This DVD has many workouts that help with stress and it has helped me relax and feel better. I can find something to do every day since there is so much on it. As others have said Barbara is wonderful to listen to and she helps reduce my stress and how I felt from it. I liked this one alot.

I usually do not take the time to write reviews; but, with this particular product I thought I would make time. I wanted a Yoga DVD to supplement the classes I take at my gym. I am not into the heavy duty type of yoga. I wanted something that had variety and was easy to follow and did not incorporate complicated poses. I chose this particular DVD because of the high reviews from Amazon.com. I was not disappointed. I absolutely love it. I have told my yoga instructor about it and she had also heard about it and she was very favorable about the content in the tape and the instructor. She also mentioned that it is used to ease anxiety at our local hospital. I am using it for the stretching exercises mainly; but, I will say that any tension I had at the beginning of a session on the DVD, at the end of the session I felt very relaxed. I would rate this DVD very highly. It met every expectation I had.

A good selection of routines and wonderful instruction to help with stress-related problems.

If you need to relax, have neck/back pain or other things that come from being stressed or from sitting improperly this will help. The neck and shoulders have helped and the headache one works well. A very worthwhile DVD.

This yoga is also good for folks with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue (immune dysfunction) syndrome. Yoga is meant to be done at one's own pace and this DVD makes it easy for people who need a slower pace. The special sections concentrate on different areas of the body.

The contribution by the Dalai Lama was wonderful.

I am a beginner yoga person and this DVD is awesome. I am usually not able to relieve stress easily but this video is amazing. The ocean waves in the background and the instructors soothing voice, and good explanation of how to do the moves. I am addicted to this video. It's so wonderful! It has really helped my neck pain. I've had neck issues for a while and this virtually cured them! I have tried other DVD's and if you're looking for relaxation, this is THE ONE!

I picked this up because I liked Barbara's other DVD alot. This one is just as good. Excellant instructor and workouts to help you relax.

I wish this practice flowed a bit better but some very nice shoulder openers in the am routine. Nice overall.

This is one of the best voga videos I have ever done. It has multiple options for what ever problem you are having. I recommend this video to EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

This DVD offers many different poses and a relaxing backdrop. The woman's voice is soothing, which combined with the noise of the waves, makes it very easy to concentrate and do Yoga breathing. Although I prefer taking classes in person, this DVD is great for days when I can't get to the studio!

I bought this DVD for my husband, who is also a practitioner of martial arts and street fighting.
He and I do it together and have a great time unwinding in each other's company.
His instructor recommended trying some yoga to help him out in his sport but my husband was worried that he would feel like a "sissy". This dvd was PERFECT for him. It allayed all his fears about trying yoga and doesn't feel too "new-agey" like some other dvd's out there.

I totally recommend this to ANYONE interested in a calming, quiet (but good!) yoga dvd.

Great DVD. I sit all day in front of a computer and the different exercices help me a lot with back, hip pain and stress. I love the various segments (neck and shoulder, beginning your day, ending your day,..). One day, I relaxed so much that I slept while doing one of the segments. I highly recommend it.

I consider myself a total beginner when it comes to yoga and, honestly, have not liked it much in the past. I ordered the Yoga for Weight Loss DVD and received this one by mistake. I am so thankful I was to be able to keep this.

I've always had a major problem falling to sleep - even when I'm exhausted, it can take hours. I tried the 40 minute routine that's meant to be done to help you sleep and 20 minutes into it I was ready for bed. I fell asleep more quickly and peacefully than I can remember. I even set my alarm 30 minutes early to have time to do the 25-minute "Start Your Day Slowly" routine. By the time I got to my 8:00 am class I felt well rested, energetic, peaceful and happy. I can't tell you what a difference this is to my normal state of being in the morning!

I would highly recommend this DVD to anyone - even beginners - who are looking for a way to improve their quality of sleep and feel better all day.

I started doing some yoga a few months ago and the DVDs I have helped me gain flexibility, which has made my vacations better. Often when I found myself walking around cities or hiking I found myself feeling sore.

I usually carry around my camera and odds and ends, and often will carry a backpack full of things to make sure I have what I need to get the proper photo and I would often feel alot of tension between the side of my neck down to my shoulders by the end of the day.

The Neck & Shoulder routines on this DVD helped reduce the amount of pain I had felt in the past and at the end of the day I would play them in my laptop to loosen up a bit. I found myself doing the shorter routine at the end of every day and also working with the Lower Back routines.

Overall I am impressed with how much the DVDs have helped me and made some of the things I like doing easier.

I purchased this video as a gift, and am not a yoga expert. In watching it with my friend, I found the instructor and images almost hypnotically relaxing. None of the frantically energetic tone of exercise videos, none of the exotic terminology (which is often interesting, but perhaps not relaxing!?), none of the para-mystical approach. Just simple instructions in stretching, calming, and stress reduction. If that's what you want, I recommend this video highly.

If you are new to Yoga or even have been doing Yoga for awhile and want to be able to really work on areas where you feel the most stress, this DVD is wonderful.

Whether you need to relax in general or if you need to help your stomach feel better it is on this DVD.

The intructor offers valuable view points and how difficult stress can be for us and it makes you feel not alone when you hear it. Often I thought it was just me who felt that way, and knowing that it is more common than I thought makes me feel like I can get past it.

I had purchased another DVD about 6 months ago by Barbara and loved it. It really did start making me feel better. I spoke about it to others, and I guess my husband thought I was hinting for things for the holidays. I had intended to purchase another of Barbara's titles, but my husband beat me to it.

So far I have not done everything on the DVD, probably about 1/2 of the routines due to the amount of material, which is extensive, and I am still working on my other DVD. Others have provided details on how many things this DVD targets and how it has helped them with various things, so I will not do that here, but the DVD does include routines such as Insomnia Series, Easing Neck & Shoulder Tension, Lower Back Tension, Tension Headaches, Anxiety Relief and Improve Digestion, and they deliver to help the things that their names indicate. Even if only one routine is what you are looking at in particular, for instance you have insomnia, and did nothing else on the DVD it is a worthwhile purchase.

I am going to keep working on my Yoga and learning from my other DVD, but there are days when I feel a bit more stress that affects me (it usually either goes to my neck or my stomach) in different ways and I have reached for this DVD.

Thank you also to my husband, but I really wasn't hinting ...much.