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Real Adriatic Store - Bryan Kest Power Yoga Complete Collection
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $7.99
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Bryan Kest
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790791340
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 079079134X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-05-11
Running Time: 162
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Editorial Reviews:
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Feel the power. Be the power! Unlock the strengthening, slimming, detoxifying and reenergizing of Power Yoga. Bryan Kest leads you in a vigorous workout based on the robust Ashtanga stule of Yoga.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Okay - not great.
Comment: First to let you know where I'm coming from ability wise - I used to be a dancer, and I've been practicing yoga on an intermediate/advanced level for about 3 years.
Now on to the DVD . . . unlike other power yoga classes I've taken, there isn't much of a flow - it seems to be more Ashtanga than Vinyasa. Which some people may prefer. The first work out is truely for beginers. The second work out wasn't bad, but not as challenging as I'd hoped. The third workout is challenging enough to form a sweat, but there isn't any variety. I recomend going for a DVD that has both set work outs and a matrix so that you can talor your work out for your day.
The part that annoys me is that it looks like it was filmed in the early/mid 90s. Kest himself wears jeans (which doesn't seem right while teaching a yoga class). One of the women in the video is wearing a thong leotard - that's just gross. The filming technique is weird - the white balance seems to be off, or something is happening to make the people look fuzzy. And the volume balance is off - there is a weird synthesized music that matches the volume of Kest's voice making it a little harder to hear him. Lastly, he rarely uses either the English or Sanskrit names for the poses - that's just a personal peeve, but it is annoying to me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I love the flow, but...
Comment: Brian Kest talks. too. much. I absolutely love the routines and flow, it is amazing and probably one of the best I have done (it deserves 5 *s), but I wish there was a way that I could do the practice that cuts out most of his talking. Others have commented on his touching the students way too much and inappropriately, but this doesn't really bother me because I do most of the practice with my eyes closed. Unfortunately, doing anything with closed eyes means that your other senses are more attune such as... your hearing. And while ears appreciate hearing pointers and encouragement - which he does offer - this DVD assaulted them with what felt like constant chatter and only occasional breaks. It is almost impossible for me to do this practice and feel peace because my brain is constantly trying to tune out the unnecessary chatter. I prefer a more calm and quiet environment to do yoga, and I realize from the amount of 5 *s that I am in the minority, but hopefully my review will help someone. :)
Two and half stars rounded up to three.
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Summary: Dangerous!
Comment: There is not enough warm up in this video, and it leaves one prone to injury! You have to get some blood to the shoulders before holding upper push up lower push up, or downward dog. All three of these are done right at the beginning, with no warm up!! For this reason alone, avoid this video.
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Summary: Unrated but should be!
Comment: Overall this is a fine, challenging yoga DVD for those with some yoga experience and a good fitness level. However the production is really distracting; all the participants are dressed in tight white underwear and the cameramen focus on their "bulges" and Bryan Kest provocatively grabbing them in intimate spots to guide their poses rather than showing us clearly how the poses should look. It seems like he is going for a "avant garde, sexy" ambiance but it gets really annoying if you are just focusing on getting a good yoga workout.
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Summary: A challenging and effective workout
Comment: I have only been doing Yoga for about 1 year and wasn't sure I would be "up" to this one, but I have successfully completed all 3 workouts on this DVD. The instruction is clear and Brian keeps encouraging you to go a little further to challenge yourself. I can do moves that I didn't know was possible. I do this one every 3rd day. In between I rotate one of several Kundalini Yoga w/Raviana DVDs and Rodney Yee Yoga Burn. The perception is that Yoga is all about meditation and stretching; while it is true that Yoga incorporates these elements into the workout, it is also physically challenging and a great head to toe workout. Combining these workouts and a low-carb diet plan, I have successfully lost more than 40 lbs. and changed the way by body looks and feels. No more backaches, I sleep like a baby.Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!Rodney Yee: Yoga BurnBryan Kest Power Yoga Complete CollectionYoga for Beginners & Beyond: Stretch, Strengthen, Be Stress Free! - Ana Brett & Ravi Singh
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