Fabulous Core Workout. A+
Wow! Sadie Nardini's prowess as a teacher just grows and grows. I love this DVD! Her very detailed instructions and visualizations come into both my left and right brain through her use of physiological detail and sharp metaphorical imagery. After just 3 meetings on my mat with this DVD, I am learning how to send different kinds of instruction to my core, using deeper muscles than have become my habit.
This series of abdominal/core flows are deep, sweet and tough. I have done the DVD 3 times and each time I worked it into a longer yoga experience with another DVD, doing Sun Salutations and standing poses, then doing Sadie's Core DVD, then onto the mat for a few more front body stretches, hip openers, twists and shavasana. Because this DVD is easily done as either one continuous series of flows or 3 individual sections, it is very easy to insert into the middle of a longer practice when I want to focus more on core work. If I were to do it alone, I would still do some Sun...
Fun & challenging, not for beginners.
I've been practicing Bikram yoga for over a year and wanted a dvd I can do at home when I cannot make it to the hot studio. I tried this last night for the first time. First thing I noticed is that the entire dvd is actually 45 minutes long as opposed to the 30 it says. There is a 15 minute warm up, a 15 minute standing series and a 15 minute floor series (you can pick and choose or do them all). I am more than ok with that.
I wouldn't call myself a beginner Yogi but some of these poses were too advanced for me to come close to completing on the firsr try. That being said: I am, again, more than ok with that. I will follow along as best I can and now I have an additonal goal of learning to complete all the poses.
I love this DVD. It's a nice change of pace from Bikram and if you follow her instructions about the way to hold your stomach and your lower spine, you can really feel your belly burn. I noticed it a lot in the muscles right below the belly which is exciting for me...
Very different!
I made the mistake of deciding to try this video for the first time on my first day back to exercise after a week sick with the flu. I had mistakenly thought that since it was only 30 minutes (and, actually, as some reviewers have already pointed out, it can be longer if you opt to select all three of the segments), that it would be easy. Not true! It was quite a challenge - in a good way. I love videos that give me something to work towards (like the side crow pose in this one!). This video is very different from her other Sedona video, as well - no repeats here. In fact, between the two Sedona videos, this one is definitely my favorite. I found this to be a very unique yoga workout with several moves I have not seen elsewhere - it is almost like pilates in the sense that it is very targeted towards the core. (In fact, several of the moves are very reminiscent of pilates moves.) I definitely plan to add this video to my workout rotation frequently, and I hope that Sadie will...
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