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 Very RELAXING... Zen July 15, 2010
cheesecake lover (AZ)
I really enjoy using this video. I like the guy that leads the video. He is very calming. Good workout.. Love the music by Sting.. All around a good end to a long day!
 Fairly easy but really works muscles March 18, 2010
Book Lover in NC (North Carolina)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really like this video. At first I was not sure if it providing me with enough of a challenge but after doing the full 45 minute session once I FELT it for a couple of says afterward. It felt good and I use it regularly sometime alternating it with the 25 minute session if I do not have enough time.
Beginners can benefit too February 18, 2010
Caren J. Schwartz (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a beginner and new to yoga practice with a set of inflexible kness, but I found this a most enjoyable workout. One has to be smart about it and carefully listen to the prompts, paying close attention to your body's ability to perform all the poses - modify if needed, that having been said I enjoy it ... and with each workout I am becoming more flexible and able to do the poses... the meditations are quite nice too, and I take time to add them to the end of the workout. This is a workout for those confident enough to listen to their body's cues as well as the soothing voice of the intructor.
A beautifully filmed, graceful yoga practice February 8, 2010
Beth Cholette (Upstate NY USA)
NOTE: I received a free review copy of this DVD to review for the web site Metapsychology Online Reviews; you can read a more detailed version of my review on that site.
Warrior Yoga features Trudie Styler, wife of the musician Sting, in a workout led by trainer James D'Silva. It is set outdoors to music provided by Sting. The Main Menu of the DVD offers the following options: Full 50 Minute Practice - Express 25 Minute Practice - Trudie Styler Meditation - James D'Silva Meditation - Bonus Materials. The yoga routines are taught by D'Silva via voiceover, with both the Full 50 Minute Practice and the Express 25 Minute Practice containing the exact same footage (the 25-Minute version eliminates pose repetitions as well as one short series). A unique aspect of this practice is that you will move through a long progression of poses entirely on one side of the body (about 25 minutes total in the longer practice) before switching to the other side and repeating.
Some of the poses that are included in the posture flows are chair pose, high lunge, pyramid pose, down dog, mini-cobra, cobra, camel variations, crazy dog, pigeon pose, warrior 1, reverse warrior, triangle, side angle, wide-legged standing forward bend series, low lunge, standing splits, seated twist, Sage 3 twist, Sage 3 forward bend, wide-legged seated forward bend, wide-legged seated balance, and tree pose. Neither the 50-Minute nor the 25-Minute practice includes relaxation posture. However, either of the two meditation practices can be selected directly from the Main Menu. Each one is just over 5 minutes in length, with the first showing Styler seated while D'Silva provides voiceover instruction, and the second displaying D'Silva alone with Styler's voice featured.
Overall, this is a beautifully filmed, fluid, graceful yoga practice. D'Silva's approach to the routine is unique and clearly influenced by his dance background. The practice is very accessible and should be doable to most with some prior yoga experience. It is important to note that because D'Silva is constantly moving you one from pose to the next, he spends little time providing form or alignment information. In addition, he does not suggest modifications for the few more challenging postures which are included (e.g., no alternate is given to binding in Sage 3 pose). However, for yoga practitioners who have reached at least an advanced beginning level, this DVD provides a lovely, distinctive practice experience.
Great for out of practice, slightly advanced beginners February 2, 2010
V. Coberly (CO)
I bought this a few weeks ago and finally got around to trying it out. I really thought it was a great workout. I have dabbled in yoga for years and I felt just great while I was doing it. I do have a some advice though, take the suggestion they give at the beginning and watch it though at least once before actually trying it out. It made a great difference to me. You do the whole routine one one side and then the other, which was a bit odd and a bit of a hill to climb once you get to the second side after you had already done a lot of work, and it seems to end a it abruptly. But over all I enjoyed it and will do it again!
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