Product Details

• Actors: John Friend
• Directors: John Friend
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Anusara
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2007
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0979150922
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,044 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

About the Actor
John Friend is one of the most charismatic and highly respected hatha yoga teachers in the world. Blending an uplifting Tantric yoga philosophy with an entertaining sense of humor and a profound knowledge of biomechanics, John's teaching style guides each student to live every moment fully from the heart. Students often comment in amazement that they can perform their yoga poses under John's guidance with a level of creative freedom and inner power that they have never experienced before. Above all, John respects and honors his students with a great deal of loving-kindness and inspires them to see their own unique beauty and divine goodness. In 1997 John founded Anusara Yoga® to promote his innovative vision. Today, Anusara Yoga is one of the most popular and fastest growing schools of hatha yoga in North America with an expanding presence in the UK, Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Product Description
In this shakti-filled class, John Friend focuses his teaching on forward bends, hip-openers, and sitting twists that are specifically sequenced to deepen alignment with the Supreme pulsation at the essence of all life. Pranayama exercises and mantra repetitions are also interwoven throughout the practice. Take a ride on the waves of Spirit to enliven your entire being and attune to the rhythms of grace. This one and a half hour class was recorded live as part of a week-long retreat with John Friend at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. It was originally available as a live broadcast.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hip Openers...oh joy..not!, April 19, 2009

By	ComputerLiteraryYoga Guy (West Chester, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This is the 2nd of 4 DVDs. If you are looking for a beginner DVD, buy the first DVD "Laxshmi rocks me". If you want to master more advanced poses...well..before you do...open up those hips!

As 30-something year old dude, I despise hip openers. But I realize for me to get into and maintain certain advanced poses...well, I got to do it. While the instructions on this DVD is not what I would call a traditional yoga class, the poses and the needed alignment to get into them will be needed for more advanced poses that show up in later DVDs (or even in your more advanced classes)

While the first DVD may have sweating....this one has you stretched and opened more than you will want to remember! :)

Not a bad DVD...my only complaint (and thus the lack of the fifth star) is that the poses were not properly demo-ed. John does talk you through the asanas, but there were moments where I wished the camera was on Emily, who is introduced at the beginning of the DVD as somebody who would be there for demo purposes. Instead the camera focuses on John while he talks. Huge bummer. What's the point of having somebody do demos if the camera isn't even on her for more advanced poses? The first couple of times of watching this DVD, it may take 2 hours to complete the asanas -- mainly because I found myself pausing, watching, and then rewinding so I can listen and figure out the pose myself.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I's OK, December 22, 2008

By	Nanette Ketchel - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I expected a Yoga routine, something I could do daily. The description of the CD wasn't complete. Do you know one of his that would give the complete sun salutation?