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Exactly what I was looking for

Deva Robbins | 03/17/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have never been to a yoga class. I have pretty much only seen the crunch yoga DVDs with Sara Ivanhoe. I was looking for an audio track that would just talk me through it so that I didn't need a DVD player to practice. This is perfect. I didn't know the sanskrit names for the poses but i kind of figured it out. She gives a very detailed description of how your limbs are supposed to be arranged and then usually says both names when she introduces a pose. So in the beginning when we first did Cobra pose she talks you through curling up and she called it Cobra pose and Bhujangasana. By the end she's just calling it Bhujangasana but most poses she introduces with both names. I suppose if I keep listening to it I'll learn the sanskrit names so that is good.



The poses are pretty basic. I've really only seen one yoga video but I was still familiar with most of them. There's downward dog, plank, tree, warrior 1 and 2, triangle, chair and I think some other lunge type poses. Staff and fish pose were new to me but she was pretty straightforward in her explanation. Then there was a seated twisting pose that was new to me and I don't think she said the english name so I had to look it up. I think it's half lord of the fishes pose on [...]. It's like a stretch we did in track where you put one foot over the other leg and twist but in this one you curl the straight leg in. She goes through the explanation kind of fast on that one.



She only mentions any particular manner of breathing once in the beginning. Ocean breathing i think she called it. I don't know what that is so i just breathed regular full deep breaths through my nose like Sara taught me.



I originally just bought the long track but then I didn't have how you're supposed to start out (lying on the floor I think) and also the final relaxation pose. I was being cheap so I bought the other five minutes and now for three bucks I have a perfect yoga class whenever or wherever I want."

Perfect for me

Mary W. Foster | Winston-Salem, NC, USA | 01/17/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have done yoga for several years, and I am familiar with the more common poses, so I wanted an audio I could just listen to so I could practice at home. This one is PERFECT. The narration has enough reminders in it to help me be sure my form is good, and the practice is challenging enough. I do pause it between the balance pose and floor work to add in poses that I like to do, then I pick it back up. I love that I can just start up my ipod and go, and I'm done in 45 minutes. I don't have to drive to the gym and back. I wouldn't recommend this for anyone unfamiliar with yoga, but for someone who knows what they're doing, it's like having an instructor in your ears at home."