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yoga dvd suggestions pleeeease
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Has anyone tried the valentino brothers dvds or worked with them in real life? They always interest me. www.valentinobrothers.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/Elasticsteel ( i am going to use this guys older videos for some dynamic stretches to make it easier to learn how to hold upright splits, open v's, and to be sure my muscles are strong in stretches. Also going to look into martial arts stretching.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVq9nL_tLbo ( this girl goes through some great stretches, but make sure you read little box first)
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Hey Vamp, Go to your local library. Mine has a TON of yoga DVD's. I happened to check out Shiva Rea and did it yesterday and WOW. She is awesome. She's very much on our level I think – I could definitely see her poling! One of her DVD's, Vinyasa Flow, supposedly infuses dance with yoga so I just purchased it from Amazon.
Jess, I have the Valentino Bros 2 stretching DVDs. I have only done one of them so far. The production value is very poor, but hey, it is only 15 bucks! One of the stretches though worried me because it is contraindicated by ACE and the Navy training centers. It hyperflexes both knees and is pretty dangerous. It's on page for of this document: http://www.usuhs.mil/bde/physicalfitness/navydocuments/physicalfitnessseriescontraindicated.pdf
The valentino bros lay all the way down with their backs fully on the ground, stressing the knee even more than in the picture in the pdf. I have to say I prefer my yoga dvd's better than the Valentino's dvd.
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Ok, so I did one of Shiva Rea's DVD's this morning. It kicked my ass,but it felt SOO good!! I have to say that what she teaches is so applicable to pole! The continuous slow flow of the moves in the 'water' section reminds me of the way Alethia dances, so fluid, controlled and sensual. The fire section had a TON of push-ups which is great for all that upper body strength we need. There was also a lot of hip opening (perfect for splits), back bends (I love me some bendy backs) and spinal undulations (very sexy). The music is world music and has a hypotic quality to it. She's not a 'typical' yoga teacher. There is a lyrical, rhythmic quality to her movement. I used to teach yoga and have studied it for years, so I've been exposed to a lot of yoga. She's different. I am really enjoying her fresh, creative, and hip style. Now that I'm thinking about it, she is my new fav.
I got it from the library and I'll definitely be getting her other dvds. Most people on Amazon rave about her Yoga Shakti DVD. 218 people gave it 5 stars!
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Yogavibes.com
You can choose by class, by difficulty, by instructor…
The free videos can keep you busy for days!
🙂
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My favourite yoga DVD is Yoga's Journal's Complete Beginner's Guide. It's an hour, so just slightly shorter than the P90X DVD but I find the pace much better, and similar to the P90X yoga DVD it's easy to skip through so if I don't feel like a particular move, I just move to the next one, or the next series. The DVD also has two 15 minute routines and an encyclopedia of moves. I think it's around $30 (Canadian), and you can order it from their website.
Rodney Lee DVDs are also a good suggestions. I have a couple on my computer, so I don't know their names.
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wow, you guys are the best. Thanks for all the ideas. I just ordered a couple of the mentioned dvds fron Netflix. Hopefully hubby won’t get mad when all he gets in the mail are yoga dvds lol. I will post how it goes as soon as the first one arrives!
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I just want to second Angel's vote for Shiva Rea, when I first looked at her Yoga Shakti video a few years ago I was intimidated and turned away by her under stated style of teaching. But now that I am more familiar with the poses and different styles of yoga, etc., I watched her again last week and was enthralled. She's into dancing and surfing so yeah, she know's what's good. For beginners to yoga in general, I would also like to recommend Baron Baptiste. He's a great instructer and has a very well balanced practice.
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forgot to mention this free series currently available too: http://www.hulu.com/yoga-zone
I haven't watched it yet but I suggest checking it out before Hulu takes it out of rotation as they often do.
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Hi!
@Angel, which DVD do you have? Is it "Daily energy" or "Fluid power"? They're both entitled Vinyasa flow yoga. I'm really looking forward to trying it!
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Hi Pink Bubbles! I was referring to Daily Energy in my original post. Since then I tried Fluid Power which includes some segments from Daily Energy. Fluid Power has workouts from several of her DVDs on it and you can select and piece them together using her 'matrix'. Lot's of variety on Fluid Power! I don't think you can go wrong with either DVD!
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Yay! Great! I'm ordering it today. Thanks for the advice, I really really love it here you guys are so helpfull! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gifhttps://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gifhttps://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_heart1.gif
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http://www.hulu.com/yoga-for-everyone
Free Shiva Rea vinyanas from her DVDs for all to try at home, was going to post this too but didn't want to be redundant. Hulu is 100% legal and with commercials for those unawares.
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I like Shiva Rea's "Yoga Shakti" dvd. It has matrix option which will allow you to customize your own pracitce. (http://www.shivarea.com ) It's an excellent Yoga dvd.
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@Angel1201 Are you referring to Shiva Rea's "Upper Body" Yoga practice dvd? 108 pushups in the 32 minute practice. I like that practice too.
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I am finally getting yoga shakti from netflix tomorrow, very excited to finally try it this weekend.
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