Serene Body Stretch

Jacqueline Adams holds a masters degree in dance from UCLA and is also a certified hypnotherapist. Interesting combo. Clearly, she had some career choices. She could have become an evil dance teacher hypnotizing shy unsuspecting students into a troupe of dancing chickens, or she could have become a fitness instructor who, believing in the union of mind, body, and spirit, would make videos dedicated to keeping bodies resilient and flexible through a regimen of stretching practices and guided imagery. Did you catch her on Letterman last week? Nope. Instead, she's made a video on a series of stretching exercises that will help keep optimum range of motion in aging muscles and joints (we learn that aerobics without flexibility can compromise inactive muscles and result in major injury and musculoskeletal problems). Viewers will follow a nicely paced exercise program--accompanied by lovely quasi-classical music--that massages "from the inside out." Kind of like a warm-up and cool down with none of the jarring pain in the middle, this is recommended for general viewers, especially those recuperating from Tae Bo. Aud: P. (N. Plympton)