Product Details

• Actors: Zuzana Kolinkova
• Directors: Stephen Marinick
• Format: Dolby, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: European Spa and Yoga
• DVD Release Date: November 6, 2008
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0578000601
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,655 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Sometimes we are getting too complacent in our understanding of yoga and its benefits.  Practicing with Zuzana has opened me to a new understanding of the most important elements of good Yoga posture. She has a great gift for teaching, and she has truly helped me to achieve greater benefit from my practice! --Dr. Jaroslav Rybka MD

Product Description

The Art of Flow Yoga is a comprehensive, one-hour yoga routine. It serves as both a guided practice and an instructional companion, helping you to achieve a meaningful, enjoyable, and beneficial yoga experience. Itís suitable for Yoga enthusiasts at any stage of proficiency! Flow Yoga is focused on linking postures to controlled breathing in a smooth "flowing" routine. This DVD begins with simple breathing exercises, progresses through a series of effective stretches and traditional Yoga postures, and finishes in a relaxing meditation. Convenient chapter segmentation allows the choice of playing the entire routine, or focusing on specific postures where improved technique is desired.  Special attention is dedicated to proper form, and to the proper way of breathing during the entire routine. We hope you will enjoy this beautifully produced DVD, shot on location at The Royal Palms Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practice is over too soon!, October 29, 2009

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Nom de plume "rawpetmom" (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Art of Flow Yoga (DVD)

This is a wonderful flow yoga DVD. Each time I practice I get more out of it. I've fallen in love with flow yoga recently and have watched and practiced with many DVDs. You can tell when an instructor's goal is to teach and guide well.

Zuzana offers variations for the postures, typically providing the beginner option first, then progressively more advanced options as the pose is held. Usually this works well. There are a few instances when it's not clear whether options are being offered or a pose sequence should be repeated (especially with the camel-rabbit sequence), only because she is trying to fit all of the necessary information into her voiceover. Zuzana is especially concerned with the breath and postural alignment, so she provides excellent cues, more than many other DVD instructors. As someone recovering from a first-time back injury, I am grateful for the "pull your navel to your spine so your lower back is flat and protected" reminders. She is not "chatty," though; her comments are instructive and to the point. Her voice is clear and calming.

There are no times listed with the DVD sections. The following are approximate. The sun salutations* section listed below doesn't correspond to the one listed on the DVD cover because some of the latter, more intense sun salutations are included in the DVD "Flow" section, but I timed them together.

Introduction
Breathing/Seated positions (2 minutes)
Stretches, basic spinal twists, warmup (7 minutes)
Sun Salutations* with twists and stretches (12 minutes)
Balances, stretches, splits (8 minutes)
Backbends - Camel/rabbit (3 minutes+)
Stretches - Shoulder, butterfly, reclining spinal twist, reclining butterfly (5 minutes)
Inversions - Legs up wall, plough, shoulder stand, knees to ears, fish (2 minutes+)
Attention to breath/relaxation/meditation - corpse posture (7 minutes)

Some of the latter sun salutations are different and challenging (disclaimer: I am an advanced beginner to intermediate practitioner). As others have said in their reviews, Zuzana makes this practice accessible to beginners as well as more demanding for the more advanced. The guided relaxation and meditation is wonderful and allows you to integrate the practice well. (Many other DVDs cut this part of the session short, and when they do it feels like something is missing.)

The production quality of this DVD is excellent. The only (very minor) negative comment I have is that, once or twice, the shot went from Zuzana showing a posture to something else a little too soon.

The only problem (a compliment, really) is that the practice is always over too quickly! Thank you, Zuzana, this DVD is wonderful. Please make longer and more advanced practice DVDs!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, December 8, 2008

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Fenton Claypool (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Flow Yoga (DVD)

Wow! This is a very impressive video. I am an avid yoga enthusiast and own many videos, but this one is truly different. It is shot in what I would describe as an almost "cinematic" style. It is beautifully rich and vivid. The session has been designed in a fashion that gives it a very intimate and personal feel -- like you would receive during a private lession at a very fine resort. It is well worth the money. I return to it often in my practice at home, and I never travel without it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looking for a great yoga instructor?, December 31, 2008

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This review is from: The Art of Flow Yoga (DVD)

How many yoga instructors have you had that didn't help you to improve your poses? I have had many and it is disappointing. Well, this is the first yoga DVD that I have bought where the instructor really helps me to understand how to hold certain poses correctly and why it is important. It is almost as if she is right there with you and knows when you're tempted to be sloppy! After watching this DVD, I find that I recall what she taught and I apply it in yoga classes.

Also, as a very frequent traveler, this DVD is the next best thing to having a great yoga instructor right there. It is always in my suitcase!