Product Details

• Actors: Eva Barash
• Directors: Steve Portney
• Format: Color, DVD, 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: Razor Digital Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007
• Run Time: 48 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MKXEXI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,577 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

About the Actor
Eva lives and teaches yoga in the living rooms of Brooklyn and New York City, where her classes are an excititing blend of East and West, energy and relaxation, and strong and soft. Certified to teach prenatal, post partum, restorative yoga and yoga for children, she created Living Room Yoga after completing an intensive basic and advanced teacher training in India.

Product Description
Have you ever come home and just not eanted to go to the gym? If so, this workout is for you. Based on lyengar's principals of alignment, this workout includes movement (vinyasa), breathing exercises (pranayama), and yoga calisthetics to help strengthen the body and mind.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A down-to-earth yoga practice, July 8, 2007

By	Beth Cholette "doctor_beth" (Upstate NY USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

In Living Room Yoga, instructor Eva Barash offers a down-to-earth yoga practice set--where else?--right in her living room (well, in someone's living room, this one being quite modern, with chrome furniture and a flat-screen TV). She describes her 45-minute yoga practice as being "not for beginners," as some of the poses are a bit more challenging, and she does not provide a lot of detailed form instruction. However, a separate section of the DVD, titled "The Library," offers almost 30 minutes of more detailed breakdowns for many individual postures. THe Main DVD menu includes the following options: Play All-Introduction-The Workout-The Library. There are also bonus materials, including "Getting the Most Out of Your Living Room" (see below), and a 6-minute interview with Eva.

As mentioned above, main yoga workout is about 45 minutes long, with Eva teaching live in a casual, laid-back manner (although surprisingly, she mostly uses Sanskrit names for the postures). The practice begins seated on the floor for some opening poses, including down dog and locust, with Eva's sequencing continuing to be non-traditional throughout. She does then move on to sun salutations, completing 10 total rounds: 4 modified, 4 full, and 2 with breathing only (no instruction). Following this, Eva performs some standing side stretches and then moves to the floor to lie briefly in relaxation pose and to perform a reclined twist. A standing series is next, starting with warrior 1 to warrior 2 to wide angle forward bend then side angle, triangle, and another standing forward bend. Next the difficulty level increases a bit with side angle and half moon postures, and then Eva finishes the standing work with dancer's pose. Moving to face-down on the floor, Eva performs half bow before moving on to full bow pose. She does a simple straight leg seated twist before proceeding to some abs work in the form of single and then double knee hugs. Bridge pose follows, adding a block under the sacrum for a supported inversion, and then the practice finishes with a brief savasana.

The Making the Most of Your Living Room segment is a shorter (12 minutes) stretching program that uses a couch for most of the exercises. Seated on the couch, Eva performs modified fish, seated twist, seated forward bend, and wide-leg seated forward bend. She then stands behind the couch for modified down dog, single leg lift, modified push-ups, and tadasana. Moving back to seated, she does a seated backbend over the arm rest and then lies on the floor with her calves resting on the couch to finish.

This DVD would be best suited for those looking for a very down-to-earth, straightforward yoga practice which is more focused on the stretching than the spiritual aspects of yoga (in fact, the DVD case calls the practice a blend of core strength and "yoga calisthenics"). I'd say that it is appropriate for advanced beginners who have a solid foundation in yoga but are ready to experiment with a few slightly more difficult postures such as half moon and dancer's pose. The bonus workout is intended as a means to de-stress without even having to change into your workout clothes, and it's certainly a nice addition for those short on time. Overall a solid DVD that is likely to appeal to many casual yoga practitioners.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accessible and practical yoga!, November 13, 2007

By	Caravaggio38 (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This is by far the most accessible and friendly yoga DVD I have come across. While I love to practice with beautiful beaches on screen, I found this DVD very refreshing. I was immediately struck by the sense of familiarity, fun and humility of the video. She was doing it in a living room! You know Eva did not spend a lot to produce the video, but her sincerety, humility and sense of joy come through, and that makes her practice more enticing.

(1) Eva is so accessible - You can understand her and relate to her. Her explanations are simple and friendly. She tells you what to expect so you don't wonder in the middle of a pose whether you should be moving on to the next one. Even if you are a beginner, you will not be overwhelmed. She looks like an ordinary person (I don't mean this in a dismissive way but as a complement), who does not do "perfect" poses. Just watch when she transitions from upward facing dog to downward facing dog - she does it the way I and many other ordinary practitioners do.

(2) She seems to enjoy what she is doing. I rarely see yogis on DVD smile while practicing. In fact, I'm now trying to think of one who actually does smile while practicing.

(3) She gives instructions while actually doing the poses herself, so you know that her poses and sequence are doable. I also appreciate the fact that she doesn't do "perfect" poses.

(4) Her introduction to the DVD is very useful and practical (for example, she says that her sequence is not for complete beginners, and that if you are a complete beginner you should check the library for more explanation).

(5) Her short presentation on how to do poses using objects in your living room, while wearing jeans, is very practical and useful.


I've tried it a couple of times since I got the DVD recently, and I have no doubt that I will use it often. This is by far the friendliest, most accessible, most practical and most enjoyable yoga DVD I've had and I am glad I bought it!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Purchase, June 27, 2007

By	richard (usa) - See all my reviews

I've bought other dvds where I couldn't stand the personality/voice of the instructor and was really pleasantly surprised in this case. I just love Eva. She's totally sweet and down-to-earth and walks you through every move with some really refreshing commentary. I like the Rodney Yi dvds, but I prefer this one because she's not miles away on some fantasy island--she's in her living room and really guides you through the practice instead of just showing you how to do it and having there be all this dead silence while you wonder if you're doing it right! And for that reason too, I found the library to be really useful. It breaks down how to do all the main poses the right way. I'd definitely recommend the dvd.