Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Well rats! I just wrote a detailed response to this, Carolyn, but it didn't post! Grrr! In short- great review, I've been looking at this dvd at various places but have been hesistant to reach into my pocketbook for it, esp since I have many more yoga workouts in my library left to try. My tree sometimes topples too, it gets better with practice, and your balance is different on any given day. I had a lot of frustrations today and pounded on the bag with basic punching and kicking drills for 45 minutes, kickboxing to kb musci from powermusic.com (anyone can buy this). After that, I did the first routine of Baron Baptiste's Power Yoga 1. I will review this after I've done the whole thing. In short - this is the surfer dude's/babe's version of yoga. For example. he uses the word " people " a lot, as in, " Breathe deep, People! Focus on your center, People! " etc. To my glee, however, part of routine 2 was advanced! Yay! I'll explore further later. Off to take a bath and hit the sack. Namaste, > tonights workout was MTV YOGA. > > i tried to do some basic yoga when i first started getting into fitness > almost 2 years ago but i wasnt very good at it and didnt enjoy it very much. > so, i decided to forget about it and do more athletic type stretching > instead. > however, lately ive been getting curious about yoga and thought that i would > give it another try. > and.... i loved it! > all of the athletic stretching that i have been doing has made yoga ALOT > easier for me. > also im stronger now which really helps alot as well. and my ability to > balance is better. > > so, this workout is around 45 minutes, i think. led by kristin mcgee, who > gave very good cues... particularly on how to breath properly which i found > helpful and also gave lots of instruction on proper form. behind kristin > are 3 other participants who demonstrate beginner, intermediate and advanced > versions of the poses. > > i thought that i did fairly well with this workout... i could achieve the > intermediate level on some of the poses while i participated as a beginner > for others. a few were very difficult -- i could not do the tree pose very > well tonight, for example! hopefully next time i will do better i > certainly felt the stretch in every single pose. i have done some of the > poses in other workouts, here and there, but there were also some poses that > were new to me. and the whole workout wasnt just ending one pose and > forming another -- there was one section during which kristin made the poses > flow into each other and that was really fun and challenging. > > after doing mtv yoga tonight, i feel great!! i need to do more of a warmup > before-hand next time though, as no warmup is supplied as part of this > workout. however this is the first time that ive done yoga and ended up > all hot and sweaty! LOL. after the workout, kristin goes through a > handful of the poses, giving detailed form pointers and demonstration which > is a good feature of this tape. im going to schedule this workout for my > next rest day too! i also have mtv power yoga but i think that i should > perfect my practice of the poses in this one before moving onto that one > > oh! and i have to mention that this workout has good music! not the slow > new-agey stuff that seems to normally accompany yoga practice, but more of a > funky beat that really added some interest without being a distraction. > > *~*~*~*~* > Carolyn > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.689 / Virus Database: 450 - Release Date: 5/21/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 In a message dated 5/24/2004 9:48:24 PM US Eastern Standard Time, pvisser@... writes: i also have mtv power yoga but i think that i shouldperfect my practice of the poses in this one before moving onto that one HI Carolyn, I have both the MTV workouts and I like them both, but the power yoga is difficult for me in certain parts. I think she moves really fast in the first section so I modify big time.. I love the stretching she does in both of the workouts. Let me know how you like the power yoga. ~*~*~~*~*~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 > Let me know how you like the power yoga. hi michelle! i will! i think that i should practice just the regular mtv yoga routine first though before i venture into mtv power yoga i was quite surprised that i was better at it then i thought i would be... but i still need lots of practice! LOL -carolyn. --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.689 / Virus Database: 450 - Release Date: 5/21/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 2, 2004 Report Share Posted October 2, 2004 At 12:27 AM 10/02/2004, avonmommy@... wrote: >Does anyone have the MTV yoga dvds? Avon will start carrying them and >was thinking about ordering them since I will be able to order a " demo " >set at such a discount price. i have the MTV yoga workouts on VHS. they can be bought inexpensively around here at the mass merchandisers (on vhs). i dont know if there are any bonus features on the dvds or not. i like the first, regular yoga workout that they do... and i also have the power yoga, but i havent tried that one yet. i hear that it moves along very quickly and i thought that i should get better at yoga in general before tackling it. although i do have some other power yoga workouts, i have heard that this one is fairly tough. -carolyn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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