YOGA SHORT FORMS The Practice Ashtanga Yoga Doug Swenson
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Movie Reviews of YOGA SHORT FORMS The Practice Ashtanga Yoga Doug Swenson
Movie Review: fantastic dvd!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this DVD. After a long search, I finally found a video that covered all the bases and was a great workout as well as a soulful journey. I am addicted to it and feel great!Movie Review: Yoga short forms
Summary: 5 Stars
Great to use if you want to incorporate Yoga into your life as a daily practice. 15-30-45 miniutes, whatever time you have :)Movie Review: one of my best teachers
Summary: 5 Stars
Being Ashtanga Yoga a seriously hard tecnic as it is,I think the sweetness and patient voice and instructions of DAVID SWENSON make the practice much more pleasant and easy to follow.
I just wish I could be as flexible as he is, but as he say "you have your entire life to practice yoga, don't be in a hurry,build your practice trough time and don't forget to breath"
A great rutine from a very loving teacher.
Movie Review: Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I like this DVD a lot! I like the options of doing short to long yoga routines. The DVD is a good representation of Ashtanga Yoga. However, I feel it moves a little too quickly between poses. You hold each pose for 5 breaths by the time I get into a pose Doug Swenson is already on 3 breaths. I don't get to hold the poses long enough once I get into them. I'm not quite as flexible as Doug!Movie Review: Short, but challenging and satisfying
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a good way to fit a bit of yoga into your daily routine. Swenson goes through the poses at good rate and doesn't shy away from the hard stuff, although he also gives alternatives if you find a pose too challenging. I regularly go to vinyasa yoga classes, and I was looking for a DVD to use when I travel -- something shorter than the full Ashtanga series, but not something aimed at beginners. I really like the flexibility of being able to choose a 15-, 30- or 45-minute workout, and the deep relaxation and the end is very pleasant.
I'm not very good with the Sanscrit names, so here is a summary in English (from memory, probably incomplete) of the poses in the 45-minute workout. He does them in the right order, so if you practice Ashtanga and want to do a pose that he leaves out, you can just pause the DVD at the right place and do it.
sun salutations A and B, 3 each
forward bend
triangle
wide-stance triangle
wide-legged forward bend
balancing on one leg with the other one in front
half-lotus and fold, or tree pose
warriors, A and B
seated postures (vinyasas between many of these):
staff pose
forward bend
forward bend in half lotus
forward bend with one foot on the inner thigh of the other leg
marichiasana A and B (spine twists)
boat pose (3 reps)
backbend (1 prep, with your shoulders on the floor, then the option to do one full backbend)
forward bend as counter-pose
shoulder-stand, then plow (fish as counter-pose)
head-stand (child's pose as counter-pose)
lotus with forward bend
deep breathing in lotus
lift off floor while in lotus
corpse pose