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Yogilates - Level 3 - Advanced Workout

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I have owed series of workout videos over the past 3 years. After 2 years of practicing Winsor Pilate, I was looking for something more challenging. I have always heard that how good yoga is for our mind and body, yet I found it was not intense enough. Then yogilates comes in! I just practiced Jonathon Urla's Yogilate Level 3 (DVD) this morning, I felled in love right away! The 80 min long practice is well combined the dynamic core training of pilates with the static balance poses of yoga. Jonathan's guide is very clear and accurate yet not make you feel too much of him talking. There are a few poses in the workout that I was not able to do, so that gives something to improve every time I practice. To sum it all, I definitely give a thumb up for Jonathan Urla and this workout video. And if you are looking for more advanced workout to tone up the long lean muscles, Yogilates level 3 will be my recommendation!

If you already have been working with Yogilates 2 for awhile or have experience with yoga and pilates, this DVD is a defnite must-have. While recovering from pregnancy, I started doing Louise Solomon's Yogalates series...I found this to be a great introduction to yoga and pilates, but after a year of doing her advanced tape I needed something more challenging. So I worked with Yogilates 2 for almost a year as well and LOVED it....it was relaxing, fun, and gave appropriate challenge. Well, after awhile, I felt like the Yogilates 2 was no longer doing much for me, so I had to move up to #3. I am finding it to be quite a big step up from the second (as demonstrated by the fact that his second DVD has a room full of students and this one only two, and one of these is intermediate/advanced rather than advanced. It is long and very challenging and I haven't yet made it through the entire thing after working with it for a couple weeks pretty intensely, but I feel that the confidence I gained from his 2nd DVD has been very motivating for me, and it is great to know that this one will give me something to work with for awhile.

That said, if you have experience with yoga but not pilates or the other way around, you might want to start with his second DVD. This one is very challenging but definitely doable for the advanced practitioner.

I am doing power yoga for many years (B. Kest, D.Swenson, B.Baptist) and decided to try something different. I enjoyed this workout very much. The exercises are challenging, but doable; Jonathan Urla is charming and has a sense of humor; his models are beautiful and motivating. This workout is outstanding and could be compared to Brian Kest's Power Yoga (not boring, variety of exercises, challenge and results). I highly recommend it for intermediate and advanced students. Enjoy!Yogilates - Level 3 - Advanced Workout