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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pleasant Pilates-Yoga hybrid, but not a challenge, April 6, 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Yogilates Workout Two [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This tape is a pleasant mixture of beginner Pilates mat exercises and basic yoga postures (2 sun salutes, Warrior 1 and 2, triangle pose, a few floor stretches, bridge, etc.). Unfortunately, I bought it under the mistaken belief that it was meant for people very familiar with yoga and Pilates, but it's absolutely NOT. It's really more geared for advanced beginners than true intermediate level yogis or Pilates practitioners. Jonathan Urla has a nice, gentle manner, gives simplified but clear dirctions, and the tape does a good job of giving you an up-close view of his positions. However, there is very little emphasis on the timing of the breath during the Pilates or the yoga, which surprised me, since Urla mentions the importance of the breath early on. I was curious about Yogilates but I have to say that for me, a fairly devoted yogi who occassionally dabbles in Pilates, it has nowhere near the power to transform body and mind as either yoga or Pilates in their more pure form. Still, for someone just starting to explore both, this tape might be fun. You can certainly borrow mine!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
finally a good combination of both techniques!, May 22, 2002
This review is from: Yogilates Workout Two [VHS] (VHS Tape)
When I first got the tape, I thought it will be more along the lines of "power yoga" exercises, meaning that you will need a lot of stamina (and strength) to complete the workout. Been already familiar with both Pilates and Yoga; I found it to be quite fluid and even easy to follow thru the entire workout. I was already alternating Pilates and Yoga in my weekly practice but separatedly; finally someone came up with the idea of fusing both practices into one.
The first half is more about Pilates style floor exercises which concentrate on strenghtening the core muscles, i.e: abs and lower back; while the second half concentrates on traditional yoga poses and twists that stretch the entire muscles of the body (sun salutations, triangle, side stretch, dog, cobra, shoulder stand pose and so on). It begins with a quick warm up and ends with savasana or relaxation pose. Jonathan Urla has nicely fuse both techniques into a single workout session quite fluidly and in a gentle way, not over-exhausting. His soft voice and gentle manners (propper of a choreographer)takes you thru the entire workout without leaving you short of breath and feeling fresh and stress relieved, yet muscle toned, at the end. If by performing this exercises frequently with this tape I can achieve Urla's chiseled physique I'll be more than pleased. I wish he will come up with more tapes like this, perhaps aimmed at more advanced students.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it!, January 23, 2002
This review is from: Yogilates Workout Two [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I wanted to let you know I received Yogilates II and tried it out this evening and I absolutely love it! It has some new and innovating moves that I'm not used to doing and I felt it had such a well rounded mix of stretch, pilates, yoga and even some relaxation that I couldn't be happier! It was well worth the wait! I just love both your videos and hope you continue to make more new ones.
Thank you so much!
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