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Shiva Rea Flow Yoga For Beginners DVD |
December 17, 2011 |
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Pleasantly surprised
from Western Australia
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This is my first Shiva Rea DVD. At first it seemed a bit ponderous and slow, but maybe that's the point. The pace and the focus on breath encourages the mind to become quiet and work with the body, rather than rushing through. This was an ideal routine for returning to yoga after a number of years in the gym. It has taken a couple of sessions to tune in to and fully appreciate Shiva's style and instruction but it was well worth persisting. A challenging yet calming practice, intelligently put together with thoughtful guidance. This routine hits many spots that often need attention. While all the movements do work to strengthen the abs, I would like to have seen included some work that specifically targets the abs. Alltogether a very good DVD that covers a range of experience and abilities. More experienced practitioners will spot the places where they can increase the challenge of the routine. A very good buy that has gone into regular rotation with other favourites.
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Flow Yoga For Everyone |
May 17, 2009 |
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Yoni
from Israel
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I was so glad to get another new Shiva DVD less than 5 months since her last one. This DVD was filmed in Kauai , Hawaii as well as her next DVD's to be released this year and next year. This practice is aimed for beginners but everyone can enjoy it , the whole DVD is 70 minutes and has 4 segments (and savasana) that can be done seperately:1. Foundation Flow - approx 14 min, Shiva starts with some breathing exercises on a rock near a beautiful waterfall and continues with simple poses like cat , cobra and some variations.2. Beginner's Backbend Flow -approx. 20 min, there is a change of scenery and Shiva is in a beautiful garden with a lot of trees near a lake.It is actually mainly standing poses - she prepares you for backbends in this practice with some lunge variations , chair with twists ,side bends, half splits and cobra variations and finally bow and camel. This segment might be quite challenging for true beginners but she shows easier modifications for most of the poses so it's definitely doable.3.Relaxing Flexibility Flow - approx. 10 min , Shiva does simple stretches on the back , very similar to "supine poses" segment in Yoga Shakti it ends with a forward bend (badhakonasana) , it was very relaxing.4. Beginner's Standing Pose Flow - approx 23 min . now she's at the beach , the clip from [...] is taken from this segment and it is dark here too not just in the clip , it was probably shot at dusk. This is really a seperate practice cuz there is no sense of getting up for another energizing practice after the relaxing segment. It is a more challenging vinyasa that includes warrior 2 variations and some more backbends.Too bad there is no matrix , because this segment is just stuck between the previous segments and the savasana ,it would be nice to do it before or after the second segment but since there are only a few chapters I guess it's not such a big deal to skip between them with the remote.This segment also ends with a very short savasana , barely 2 minutes, which is another minor complaint but all in all I really enjoyed this practice and felt really stretched out , I can't wait for her next DVD's to come out.
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