Product Details

• Actors: Sadie Nardini
• Directors: Matthew Bross and Chad Eacker
• Format: NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Delinea Design
• DVD Release Date: May 25, 2009
• Run Time: 135 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0027USUHQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,330 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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175 of 176 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for serious at home yoga students, June 5, 2009

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This review is from: Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Total Body Transformation and Weight Loss with Sadie Nardini (DVD)

I agree with the first 2 reviews on this DVD so I won't bother repeating what has already been written.

I've practiced yoga at home for about 10 years without benefit of personal instruction. I own over 20 DVD's on yoga and at least a dozen books on the subject because although my life does not allow me to get out and go to classes, I am a very serious student. I'm 50 years old and I need to stay fit and balanced to take care of my aging body as well as a severely disabled loved one. That said, I count on instructors who can reach out to people they've never met and try to anticipate all the questions and various levels of ability of these many students.

I first encountered Sadie Nardini through her wonderful YouTube videos. If you are sitting on the fence and want to see for yourself how this woman instructs I suggest you go to her YouTube channel [...] and watch some of her many offerings. After watching her videos I longed for a DVD with Sadie talking me through a good routine. Sadie really delivers with this DVD. You get the benefit of her explanations and unique approach to yoga with a routine that is beautifully designed. Sadie also has a preview of this DVD on her website:[...] She needs to link it here as well, hopefully she'll do that.

Sadie moves through everything slowly and carefully. If you are a beginner or restarting after taking too much time off (raising my hand) this gives you plenty of time to adjust to getting into the various poses. If you've built up some stamina and you know the routine well, this slowness really forces you to develop grace, strength and really challenges your stamina.

The routines she has outlined is quite a bit like buying several DVDs in a set. Sadie could easily have made about 4-6 separate DVD's with the material she offers but she found a way to give it to you all in one DVD. Sadie doesn't cheat you anywhere during the workout. If you can't last through the whole thing - I was struggling toward the end. I just backed off and trusted that with time I would rebuild my endurance. The restorative phase is often rushed through in some DVD's in order to squeeze in a lot of poses but Sadie is very conscientious in this area as well. I love the way she takes you through the restorative phase and oh dear, it was really necessary by the time she got done with me.

If you don't have time to do any of her full length workouts you can select small sections to work on. This is useful also if there is something that really challenges you and you wish to study and practice it more. As one reviewer already stated, a matrix option would have been nice here but it really isn't that much of an effort to select a section, then select another and sometimes those matrix menus can be a pain in the rear to navigate anyway. So I can't really complain about this small thing when everything else is so outstanding.

Although I order a lot of material from Amazon I don't bother to write reviews very often so this lets you know how strongly I feel about this particular DVD. If you like Shiva Rhea but find her a bit hard to keep up with, try out Sadie. You won't find her easy but what you will find is some really good explanations and ways to build into some of the more difficult things you might find in other DVD's. This one DVD by itself has all you need to use yoga to build a fierce body but if you like to switch to other instructors and workouts to keep from being bored, then Sadie will help you to be better at all those other workouts as well. It's one of the best resource materials I now own on yoga. Thank-you Ms. Nardini for making this DVD.

82 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Power workout, November 25, 2009

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This review is from: Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Total Body Transformation and Weight Loss with Sadie Nardini (DVD)

If you're looking for "power yoga," you'll probably love this workout. It *is* incredibly challenging, creative and varied, but despite the fact that there are yoga postures here, it doesn't feel like yoga to me. I don't mean to disparage Sadie or the practice. If a power workout is what you want, that's great and this may be it. I prefer more of a mind-body-spirit practice, so this just isn't for me. To each his or her own!

I had trouble keeping up with some of the cues. I was also a little worried about some of the moves - for example, "Shakti kicks." If you're not able to do these with complete control, it seems like you could really hurt yourself. Sadie is in fantastic condition, so even though I'm in ok shape, older (lol) me could in no way keep up with her! Again, it's up to the practitioner to be aware of limitations and adjust accordingly, but Sadie is so enthusiastic it's hard not to want to try to stick with it.

If you want a challenging workout, you might want to give this DVD a try. If you're looking for a more balanced, more than physical practice, you may want to consider looking elsewhere.

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative, invigorating, intense!, June 2, 2009

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Annie (Bloomington, IN United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Total Body Transformation and Weight Loss with Sadie Nardini (DVD)

I discovered Sadie through her YouTube videos, which are excellent, and a great preview for this DVD practice. Her sequences are so much fun--they always contain an unexpected element, and you'll get a sweaty and invigorating workout. The pace is brisk but not frantic. I was able to extend fully into poses before she moved on. The core focus is worked in smoothly and consistently. This is NOT Pilates with a few yoga poses in between.

The DVD is broken into mini flows, including her unique Sun Salutations, a twisting flow, a balance flow, inversions, hip openers, arm balances, an ab flow, and a few others. Some of the sections are relatively brief (7-9 minutes-ish), while others are over 15 minutes. She also includes several preset sequences, which, as the previous reviewer mentioned, are lengthy but so very worth it.

Lastly, Sadie has a great narration voice, and bless her, she avoids the goofy yoga metaphors and descriptors when she's detailing the poses. Awesome!!