Yoga for Beginners with Kino MacGregor : Ashtanga Yoga

I know that this is a "Beginners" DVD, but I did find it harder than expected. I'd suggest that, if you are expecting a nice fluffy gentle workout, this is not it. I consider myself relatively fit and this makes me sweat, however I am a true beginner and I also find some of the postures (like downward dog, which is used liberally throughout the practices) challenging.If I was to level any criticism it would that it moves from one posture to another quite quickly at points and it can be hard to keep up if you are new to the poses, but, quite often you will find yourself in downward facing dog for a bit, so you get the opportunity to catch up. I would also expect my speed to improve over a period of time.The DVD is made up of an introductory chapter, showing some poses and explaining them, three twenty(ish) minute practice sessions of varying intensity, a core workout (which i confess I haven't done yet) and the thing that I really liked was that there is a final chapter which takes you through some meditation. I've only used this chapter a couple of times, but found it to work (where I have struggled with this before).The thing that I really like about this DVD, is that it is that the practices repeat a limited number of moves, but it is challenging enough that I feel that I am improving every day. I am into my second week and the postures are becoming easier and my flow is improving, although, I think that I am going to use this for a few more weeks before even attempting a class.Edit: I've just tried Tara Lee's elements : earth Foundation and it does move more gently and demonstrates more moves. So if you are looking for another recommendation, take a look at that.

I'm not surprised this video won an award, because it is better than average, to say the least. But I'm surprised that it won for "best gentle workout" - as it really is still very very challenging, despite the "beginner" label.For those totally new to yoga -- as opposed to those totally new to Ashtanga Yoga, specifically -- this will in NO WAY be gentle, slow or an easy "beginner" level yoga practice -- just be forwarned. It is really good and you will still gain much benefit from it if you have patience with yourself and take it at your own pace and progress at your own pace, so as to avoid injury from trying to make your body do what it isn't ready to. But I do believe that a truly easy or "ease-ful" start to this style of yoga is just not possible without watering the practice down so much it just won't be Ashtanga practice. The Ashtanga practice is an acrobatic/athletic/physically demanding form -- it just is -- and if that is just not for you or your body, then this video, no matter how introductory, will never be for you. And even the wonderful Kino MacGregor's best efforts to simplify and make this accessible or easier for the unprepared newbie won't change that.So the above is why I knocked off one star -- the other star has to go because, damn damn damn, if the audio narration isn't beyond annoying! My partner came in the living room while I was practicing and heard her giving the cues and wondered aloud, "What is this? Yoga for manics?!" Because, seriously, seriously (did I mention 'seriously'?) she talks super fast throughout the entire dvd. Really, really, seriously fast. You will have to watch and listen sometime without trying to do the asanas/movements, just to make sure that you have a chance to hear and absorb all her verbal cues and tips for progressing in the practice. After a while, I'm guessing they expect you to turn off her audio cues and go it alone, because otherwise you will truly be driven batty by the chatter.

If you want your yoga with gentle sitar music & lots of slow relaxing 'take a moment to enjoy the sensations' commentary, do NOT buy this DVD. If you want a workout with constant instruction throughout and encouragement to hold on for a bit longer in a pose you'll be fine with this. I wouldn't say you'd want to jump straight in to it as it's fairly fast paced, I've been doing yoga at home off DVDs for a year now and started with Tara Lee's earth-air-fire 3 DVD set which I enjoy and still do (albeit working round some of the impossible poses) just fancied something a bit different (although all the moves in this DVD are on Tara Lees with a few minor variants). And yes some of the postures on this are impossible but then I think they are on all yoga DVDs unless you started young and have been doing it for 30 years. The criticisms about the moves being too dangerous and a recipe for injury are a bit unfair - if you've not got the common sense to stop before you hurt yourself then you're going to come unstuck with any workout tape. If you are a complete beginner then I think Tara Lee to start with, particularly the earth foundation DVD, and work at that before moving on.

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Ich habe mir diese DVD gekauft, weil ich nach kraftvollen Yogahaltungen gesucht habe. Bisher beschränkte sich meine Yoga-Erfahrung auf einige Stunden im Fitnessstudio. Seit kurzem besuche ich einen privaten Yoga-Kurs und habe mir diese DVD gekauft, um Zuhause zu üben.Die DVD ist einfach klasse! Es gibt 3 Übungssequenzen, eine Kardioübung und eine Meditationssequenz, jeweils einzeln abrufbar. Die jeweiligen Sequenzen dauert zwischen 10-25 min. Ausserdem ist ein Tutorium dabei, wo die wichtigsten Haltungen langsam besprochen und gezeigt werden.Die Übungen sind für Anfänger sehr anspruchsvoll - und man sollte sich nicht zu sehr von Kinos (absolut beeindruckendem!!!) Können einschüchtern lassen ;)Ihre Stimme ist sehr angenehm. Manche schreiben in ihren Bewertungen (nicht hier), dass sie sehr viel redet: finde ich persönlich nicht, da es mir lieber ist, wenn detailliert erklärt wird. Sie geht in ihren Übungen nicht nur auf den Körper sondern ebenso auf den Geist ein. Sie hat mich sehr motiviert, die Übungen wirklich JEDEN Tag zu machen.FAZIT: Wer eine Yoga DVD für Anfänger sucht, die athletische und anspruchsvolle Haltungen bietet ist mit dieser DVD bestens beraten!

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Llevaba ya practicando 2 meses la primera serie de Asthanga Yoga cuando decidí comprar este DVD. Es un 10 porque te viene muy bien explicado todo lo que es la base de las primeras posturas de la serie de Asthanga Yoga. Si quieres empezar y no sabes por donde este es el programa necesario. Las clases son más o menos de 20 minutos entonces no te resulta agobiante. También tiene una parte sobre como mejorar la fuerza de tu core y como empezar con la medicación. Conclusión: es un 10.El servicio de transporte OK. Bastante rápido.

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