HomeVinyasa Flow Yoga, Grace, Power, Surf, and Sunset, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD*** |
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 Great Yoga dvd Jul 26, 2010
The Vinyasa flow yoga dvd was easy to follow, graceful and what I needed to keep me practicing while my yoga tutor was on holiday.
I felt the yoga teacher explained the poses really well which made the dvd easy to follow. The setting is lovely, I also live by the sea in Cyprus so identified with this immediately.
Beautiful balanced practice for intermediate yogis May 21, 2010
I practiced yoga with this DVD this morning for the second time and thoroughly enjoyed it. My favorite thing about this DVD is that it includes headstand and shoulderstand. If I only do two poses per day, those are the two that I will do. When I practice to most other DVDs I have to pause and do my headstand / shoulderstand practice, or add it on to the end. In addition, I appreciate that it is headstand on forearms with a longer hold, vs many videos that only come into tripod headstand from prasarita padottonasana (spelling?). She holds headstand for a couple minutes, which if you want to hold it longer you can just continue and back up the DVD when you are finished.
The practice included appropriate counterpose and felt very balanced. There are two women practicing to voice over. One woman will occasionally show the less advanced version of the pose. A couple of times I looked at the screen and they were moving a bit ahead of the instruction, but I tend to not look at the screen too much. I love the option to have no music, as I prefer to practice without most of the time.
The DVD description indicates that this is for intermediate and advanced students, which of course is very subjective. Advanced yogis may feel it is easy while beginners may feel it is very advanced. I would say that it is not for a beginner in any way as you should already have learned headstand and other advanced poses. This DVD was described as a practice DVD and not an instructional DVD. There is some binding in side angle pose and other non-beginner poses include bird of paradise, mermaid pose, and jump backs from bakasana (crow). If you are a yogi that likes a fast paced sweaty practice filled with lots of arm balances and extremely advanced poses this may also not be your cup of tea.
Honestly, I think that if you are an advanced practitioner it is good to always remember to keep the beginners mind. I feel great benefit even from the most basic beginner level practices if I am focusing on alignment and remaining present with my breath. It doesn't always have to be the most physically challenging practice in order to feel benefit. I find that this DVD has a balance of challenging poses and simple poses to create a perfect balance of doing and undoing. I will be using this DVD for years to come.
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 For the advanced and super advanced. Apr 02, 2010
I would say first, if you like slow Hatha yoga or power yoga, this is not for you. Vinyasa Flow is a faster pace, palates-speed type of yoga. I didn't care for it and the poses were difficult for an intermediate. I don't plan on being able to stand on my head for a pose anytime soon. There are alternate poses, but I like to be able to try everything in a video.
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 Very good practice yoga Feb 20, 2010
I really enjoyed this video, unlike alot of people here I am going to say that I didn't find the video to be all that challenging and I know there are some people who think that 90+ minuites is a long time for yoga but I find that after 90 mins I am just getting warmed up and can easily practice yoga for 3-4 houor mrs ore. Only thing I felt lacking was the dialog of how to build some of the posture. If you are intermediate to advanced I would suggest getting Ashtanga Yoga with Richard Freeman because his dialog on how to build each posture is very precise and articulate.
The setting on the beach is very good, although I am familiar with the practice enough to really not pay much attention to that but the beach at sunset is very calming.
I really enjoyed the music and there are multiple tracks you can listen to each time for something different which is very nice, so you won't have to listen to the same song every time.
All in all a solid practice video for home practice.
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A beautiful workout Jan 26, 2010
This is my second favorite yoga disc. Maril is great, and her commentary is deep and interesting, peppered with mind-expanding metaphors. You have a few music choices and whether or not to have instruction. I personally find the first music choice to be fantastic--mellow and deep but not too Eastern.
It's a good, challenging workout, but not too hard. Scenery by the sea is quite beautiful. I use this one once a week. Don't miss this one.
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