Yoga Fusion: Basic Steps to Great Abs
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sun_salutationYoga Fusion: Basic Steps to Great Abs
I picked up this VHS from the library because of how much I enjoyed Teigh McDonough's Yoga Fusion: Power.
I was very MEH about this video, though to be fair, it is what it says it is. Basically yoga abs, with some pilates thrown in. You get Lolasana, DolphinPlank, and Navasana, as well as half sun-salutations, and a modified Surya Namaskar A vinyasa. There is also Core Plank, as described at this iyougalife link, and crunches based on Supine Pigeon.
Pilates moves include Roll Downs and Bike. There's also that head and foot lift thing with Breath of Fire.
They bring in the alternating Belly Twist (Jathara Parivartanasana A) that Hemalaya Behl uses for Evening Bath on Hemalaya Behl: Yoga For Urban Living:. Again, it is done as a vinyasa, exhaling, dropping the legs to one side, inhaling, bringing the body back to center, then doing the other side.
There is a brief restorative segment at the end with Supta Baddha Konasana followed by Savasana.
It is a relatively short workout – 30 minutes total. The instructors are attractive and competent, and the spiritual yoga component of their instruction is very heart-focused. For some reason they were irritating me this morning, but that might just have been me this morning. Good modifications are offered, and the encouragement from the instructors to use the correct modification was better than average, with a lot of emphasis on being true to the needs of your body so that you use easier modifications as needed, but also encouraging you to attend to your breathing as a way of cluing you in if you are not challenging yourself enough.
Not a bad abs routine, but it is definitely not "full-body" and while some of the postures made me work, I really didn't sweat much. I also don't know what to say about the level of this routine. Lolasana is freakin' hard, but the vinyasa pieces are very much for beginners.
I will note that this video is a mere $2.00 right now on Amazon. So it would be a good value if you were looking for something short, yoga, and abs. (BTW, if anyone wants a VHS converted to DVD for their own, personal use, I have the equipment for that.) I will probably leave it on my wishlist just because it is so cheap, but I think if it were a normally-priced DVD I would be content just to check this out from the library sometimes.
Namaste.
I picked up this VHS from the library because of how much I enjoyed Teigh McDonough's Yoga Fusion: Power.
I was very MEH about this video, though to be fair, it is what it says it is. Basically yoga abs, with some pilates thrown in. You get Lolasana, DolphinPlank, and Navasana, as well as half sun-salutations, and a modified Surya Namaskar A vinyasa. There is also Core Plank, as described at this iyougalife link, and crunches based on Supine Pigeon.
Pilates moves include Roll Downs and Bike. There's also that head and foot lift thing with Breath of Fire.
They bring in the alternating Belly Twist (Jathara Parivartanasana A) that Hemalaya Behl uses for Evening Bath on Hemalaya Behl: Yoga For Urban Living:. Again, it is done as a vinyasa, exhaling, dropping the legs to one side, inhaling, bringing the body back to center, then doing the other side.
There is a brief restorative segment at the end with Supta Baddha Konasana followed by Savasana.
It is a relatively short workout – 30 minutes total. The instructors are attractive and competent, and the spiritual yoga component of their instruction is very heart-focused. For some reason they were irritating me this morning, but that might just have been me this morning. Good modifications are offered, and the encouragement from the instructors to use the correct modification was better than average, with a lot of emphasis on being true to the needs of your body so that you use easier modifications as needed, but also encouraging you to attend to your breathing as a way of cluing you in if you are not challenging yourself enough.
Not a bad abs routine, but it is definitely not "full-body" and while some of the postures made me work, I really didn't sweat much. I also don't know what to say about the level of this routine. Lolasana is freakin' hard, but the vinyasa pieces are very much for beginners.
I will note that this video is a mere $2.00 right now on Amazon. So it would be a good value if you were looking for something short, yoga, and abs. (BTW, if anyone wants a VHS converted to DVD for their own, personal use, I have the equipment for that.) I will probably leave it on my wishlist just because it is so cheap, but I think if it were a normally-priced DVD I would be content just to check this out from the library sometimes.
Namaste.