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4.0 out of 5 stars
Overall good program, but more Yoga and less Kathy, please!, May 20, 2002
This review is from: Kathy Smith - Ultimate Yoga (New Yoga Basics / New Yoga / New Yoga Challenge) (DVD)
I really enjoyed the yoga programs on this DVD, the advanced class is especially challenging and well explained, but the camera work is unfortunately a whole different story! FAR too much time is spent focusing on Kathy and not necessarily on the parts of her body which she is doing the yoga position with. The advanced program is actually led by a very knowledgeable man and is just wonderful, but part of the time he is explaining important positioning and proper alignment, what do we see but a close up of Kathy's face! What is UP with THAT? If one has a strong background in yoga, it may be best just to listen and not to watch the screen. Overall, this DVD provides a wonderful, well balanced workout and provides some of the best instructions of any of the Yoga DVDS I've used, but doesn't always provide the appropriate visuals to go along with the verbal instructions.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kathy Smith + Rod Stryker= Excellent Yoga, December 4, 2005
This review is from: Kathy Smith - Ultimate Yoga (New Yoga Basics / New Yoga / New Yoga Challenge) (DVD)
I have done an individual review of all three DVDs so I will keep this one relatively short :)
I've been doing Yoga daily for 9 years and have a great deal of Yoga Videos/DVD's by many different teachers (over 80 programs).
I will be the first to admit that I was extremely skeptical about what I initially perceived to be a fitness queen jumping on the Yoga bandwagon. After trying all three of them out from my local library I ordered them almost immediately to have in my home collection!
Kathy Smith explains (at the beginning of the program) that she had actually been doing Yoga for 20 or so years (at the time that she first recorded these programs). It is clear that though she is involved in many fitness pursuits, she obviously has a sincere interest in and commitment to Yoga at least as a physical practice.
She was also smart enough to get one of the best Yoga teachers in the world, Rod Stryker, to help her put this series together. They are each very different from each other so you can alternate them depending on your experience or energy level without them becoming redundant.
They are all very thorough and contain clear instruction as well as being beautifully demonstrated and filmed.
Highly recommended!
Namaste
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
What are you talking about???, April 16, 2004
This review is from: Kathy Smith - Ultimate Yoga (New Yoga Basics / New Yoga / New Yoga Challenge) (DVD)
Give her a break, guys! This is the first and only yoga program I have seen and while it is challenging it is by no means impossible or asking too much. I really appreciated her 'breaking it down' so much since I had never tried yoga before. If you can't follow her, and I couldn't at first, there are also a man and a woman behind her that are using simpler versions of the positions. The only problem I had was readying myself mentally, I was kind of self-conscious and giggly when I tried it with my friend, but when I tried it by myself something clicked. Now I am addicted, thanks to this set. And, the harder versions give me a goal to work toward! And, best of all the price is right!! Thanks Kathy, your fan, Susan
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