Product Details

• Actors: Kate Agnew, Antonia Kidman
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Wellspring Media
• DVD Release Date: December 14, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000641YXW
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,638 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Actress Nicole Kidman's sister lends some second-hand star power to Antonia Kidman Yoga: The Power and Style of Ashtanga, a modified, nicely presented version of the practice that has become popular among Westerners seeking a vigorous yoga workout. The series shown here is less than an hour long, about half the length of the traditional ashtanga practice (serious users are encouraged to check out the DVDs and videos by Richard Freeman, perhaps the foremost ashtanga yogi in America), but it touches on the major areas: flowing sun salutations, standing poses, seated poses, backbends, and an inversion or two; many of these asanas demand a combination of strength, balance, and flexibility that may be too much for beginners, although easier variations are demonstrated. The instruction (by Kate Agnew; Kidman herself is the host) is adequate but incomplete, as is so often the case with yoga video products; there's no warm-up, and curiously, the few minutes devoted to yoga breathing, far and away the most vital component of any practice, come after the ashtanga series is over. More advanced users will have no problems with The Power and Style of Ashtanga, but the less experienced should watch the program once before actually doing it. Even better, if possible, take a few classes in person and then use it as a supplement to a regular practice. --Sam Graham

Product Description
30 minute DVD extras include: Bonus Exercise (Breathing, Abdominals, Sun Salute), interviews with Antonia Kidman and Kate Agnew, Behind the scenes reheasal footage. Antonia Kidman (sister of Nicole) teams with Ashtanga Yoga instructor Kate Agnew to present an invigorating workout of deep, nourishing and energetic postures designed to strengthen, tone and increase flexibility.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, flowing workout, November 11, 2004

By	Hamutal (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews

I love this DVD because it features a smooth, flowing Ashtanga yoga workout. Antonia and Kate (the instructor) are very graceful, plus there are good modifications for beginner to intermediate levels. The only minus is that it's not very chellenging for advanced practitioners. Also, it's a bit short - approx. 45-50 minutes.
So, being quite an advanced practitioner, I save this DVD for when I'm looking for more of a stress relief and sensation workout, and if I want more of a chellenge I go for the wonderfull Brian Kest Power Yoga Series.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smooth flow, demanding exercises, great teacher, December 7, 2004

By	Sophia (London) - See all my reviews

I like this video, and have used it several times.

There are three people doing the exercises, performing them at various levels, so you can adapt the exercises to your abilities. The teacher is a former dancer, very graceful, and it is a joy to observe how she does the exercises.

The exercises flow smoothly inmto one another, and the teacher encourages you to try harder, whitour overdoing it.

There are not enough instructions to attempt the more demanding postures, but I believe that nonbody should do yoga just from following videos at home. I believe one needs a mixture of live classes and home videaos.

I did not find the exercises too easy, but then I am not that athletic.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good + Bad = Just okay, April 16, 2006

By	DVD Workout Queen (CA USA) - See all my reviews

I did not like the Sun Salutations in the beginning of this workout. They were too fast, so that when they were done, I was not even warmed up. It reminded me of MTV Power Yoga, which I hated.

However, I really liked that there were a whole standing and then seated sequences. I aleady have them, though. The seated sequence was basically the same as is on Yoga Shakti, and the standing sequence the same as the Nicki Doane video Ashtanga Yoga Beginner's Practice (but shorter and therefore less good).

So, if you don't have any such videos, this is good because it was cheap and they talk in Australian accents. (They say "Let's move into THE up dog.") If you have a healthy-sized collection, though, it wont really add anything.