Product Details

• Actors: Deb Dobbin
• Directors: Sean Riehl
• Format: Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Real Bodywork
• DVD Release Date: January 11, 2008
• Run Time: 226 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012KK6R4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,665 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Item Name: Yoga: Spirit of Vinyasa Flow; Studio: Real Bodywork

Product Description

Get inspired with this dynamic and energizing practice! This comprehensive Yoga DVD features one 39 minute sequence and two 70 minute sequences. These 3 powerful routines combine breath and movement into one continual yoga flow that will lengthen, strengthen and help rejuvenate your body and spirit! Also included is our unique Yoga Pose Guide section: a valuable resource that gives detailed instruction on 20 poses including proper positioning, common mistakes, pose benefits, and contraindications. This means that you can study proper alignment and positioning in one section, then enjoy and flow during the main sequences. Deb's insightful teaching and vital practice will take your yoga to new levels! This Yoga DVD is intermediate to advanced level. Filmed in Santa Barbara, California in high definition, with over 3½ hours of footage.

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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great flow, January 7, 2009

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YogaGirl (san francisco, ca United States) - See all my reviews

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There are 3 classes on this dvd. Class a 39 minutes, class b 70 minutes, class c 71 minutes. I did classes a & b. Both of these classes take place on a cliff, somewhere. Why do yoga teachers insist on scaring us half to death by filming classes on rocks, cliffs, boulders or any place that looks dangerous or uncomfortable?? Would you do yoga on the edge of a cliff? I wouldn't.

Anyway, class A starts out as a nice simple easy class with a seated stretch, half salutes, half warrior one, triangle, standing split. Then it heats up to bound side angle and bird of paradise. That pose took me by surprise as she had lulled me into thinking that this class was for beginners. Alas it is not, it is for intermediates that don't feel like working very hard and are short on time. It also includes side stick with top leg in tree pose. You get into this pose from one legged down dog. Interesting never tried it that way before and guess what, it works! The class also includes camel, heros pose,and shoulder stretches. For 39 minutes, it's a good, short,sweet class. I sweated bullets and felt good afterwards.

Class b is a killer. It concentrates on your hips and hamstrings. Poses include salutes a & b with variations, half moon, warrior 1 & 2 with variations, full split, twisting lunge prayer and the most intense seated stretches I have ever seen on a yoga dvd thus far. One pose was wide legged stretch with one leg bent behind you. Ouch! felt that one. I have been doing this dvd for 3 weeks now and for the first time in my life I am able to do a complete full split. Suprised myself!

I sweated bullets, and felt great afterwards. My only complaint was that on some of the poses, the camera angle wasn't good and I couldn't see what was going on. Also, her cuing wasn't the greatest. She lost me a couple of times and the right left thing is not part of her teaching style. She sometimes cues on one side, but not the other. She also has the habit of adjusting her clothes and fidgeting alot. Better editing would have fixed this as it's distracting.

I just looked at class c and it includes a lot of arm balances. I tried this class and it way above my pay grade. I'll leave this one alone, for now.

All in all a great vinyasa flow class. Very little spirituality here, just a whole lot of stretching and sweating. Oh one more thing about the pose guide. She goes over about 19 poses. Well not really as one section is about not scrunching up your face in class because it bothers her? Huh? Anyway the poses are for absolute beginners. She goes over common poses like triangle, lunge, warrior 1 & 2 half moon. But wait this isn't a dvd for beginners. It says that right on the cover of the dvd. I was expecting her to explain how to get in and out of the intermediate/advanced poses, ie bird of paradise, side crow, head stand. If you are an absolute beginner you shouldn't even buy this dvd. To me, the pose guide was for another dvd, not this one.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great workout, September 24, 2008

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James E. White (Oak Park, IL) - See all my reviews
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This is a great workout that is definitely geared toward an intermediate to advanced practitioner, at bare minimum a beginner with a high degree of flexibility. Even the beginner flow (39 min long) includes some poses that you may not get the first time you try the DVD. There are 2 other flows that are 70 and 71 minutes respectively. These flows provide a great mix of beginner, intermediate, and advance poses done in a flow that will more than likely make you sweat. The DVD also includes a section with 20 or so poses that gets very detailed about how to enter and hold the poses. Overall the DVD quality is good and the instructor is excellent. I would suggest at least several years of experience before trying this DVD unless you have a gymnastics, a dance background, or a good enough understanding of yoga to otherwise be able to modify some of the poses to suit your level.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Calming & Energizing Workout At The Same Time, March 4, 2008

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Cheryl L. Malone (Costa Mesa, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I can see why this teacher is so popular; her practice brings serenity and at the same time, energizes. The poses are standard like updog, downdog, cobra, etc., but it is the way they are done that brings the calmness. There are some advanced poses like: standing bound angle which can be a challenge but who doesn't want a challenge, now & again? I am delighted with this DVD.