Product Description Garden Fitness with Blanche Black Learn How to Make Your Time in the Garden a Safe Fitness Workout Whether you re just a beginner or a seasoned gardener, discover the yoga principles of breath and movement and strength and power of stability in your garden tasks. The Garden Fitness DVD guides you through 5 mindful sessions that follow the cycle of warm-up, workout and stretch in your gardening routine. The instruction is designed to transform your time in the garden into a safe fitness workout. 5 Part Program approx. 40 minutes 1) Mountain Pose is a Yoga posture for grounding & centering 2) Greet the Garden with a warm-up for your whole body 3) Garden Task Rehearsals focus on breath & movement, strength & posture 4) Strength Training uses your shovel for resistance 5) Stretching helps keep you pain free in the garden with 12 easy energizing stretches The Garden Fitness DVD is endorsed by Physiotherapist Ron Jobson Blanche Black is a certified strength trainer and yoga instructor. She has a medical background and 15 years of fitness instruction. This latest DVD joins her catalogue of 9 other specialty videos/DVDs intended for a lifetime of safe, effective and positive fitness. Review Garden Fitness with Blanche Black Video Librarian Recommends 3 stars (out of 4) 2006 Issue For some, reading and edging library shelves on a hot July Afternoon is just about as Zen as you can get. But for out- Door types like Blanche Black, a strength trainer and yoga Instructor, incorporating a bit of yoga into garden work is just what the Buddha ordered. In Black s new GARDEN FITNESS program, viewers will discover that key features of yoga (such as focused breathing, extended range of motion, and balance) translate almost seamlessly to various aspects of basic garden maintenance. In this straight forward no-frills program, Black leads viewers through a series of garden tasks including shovel- ing, pruning, digging, and planting, demonstrating how these actions have a counterpart in many standard yoga poses (for example, the cat stretch is a perfect warm-up for getting down on all fours and weeding). Featuring functional exercises for older viewers who may not necessarily be looking for buns of steel, but want to maintain agility and flexibility while enjoying the simple pleasures of gardening, this unique and sure to be popular exercise program is recommended. Aud:P (N. Plympton) Garden Fitness with Blanche Black Library Journal Oct. 2006 Issue Library Journal says An excellent addition to any public library --Video Librarian Publications Oct. 2006