Shiva Rea – Fluid Power – Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Posted on | February 1, 2010 | 5 Comments
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We are naturally fluid. More than half our total body weight is water. And yet this fluid power—in our awareness and way of moving—is often an untapped reservoir of energy and joy. Explore the power of your fluid nature with Shiva Rea, one of the yoga world’s most inspiring teachers. Her innovative sequences move with natural flow for a completely original style of yoga that enhances vitality, agility, and creativity. Through rhythmic, circular, and spiraling movement… More >>
Shiva Rea – Fluid Power – Vinyasa Flow Yoga
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February 2nd, 2010 @ 1:11 am
Hopeless!!!
The programme which is used to set up the dvd is a disaster.
There is no possibility to switch from one track to another.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 2nd, 2010 @ 4:06 am
I really like yoga, but this is just a bit too weird for me. The motions and her manner of speaking seem like a skit from SNL.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 2nd, 2010 @ 5:58 am
I have worked with Shiva Rea’s yoga shakthi and Radiant Heart and really like her style of teaching. Not sure though what she was thinking with this one. She flays limbs around wildly with quick flow instructions, a beginner or even intermediate yoga person can easily injure body parts by wiggling in this fashion. It is good to be creative in any exercise form but yoga is meant to introduce stillness and stretching, it is not a dance form. Also teachers like Shiva must introduce level of complexity, meant for beginners, intermediate or advanced yoga, not for all. Clearly this is for advanced, and even there for those who can wiggle body parts without risk of injury.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 2nd, 2010 @ 6:52 am
i really like the free flow almost dance-like style of shiva rea’s yoga here. it’s very liberating and meditative to move my body as she instructs, so for that, i really enjoy this video, as a stress reliever and to open/loosen my body and mind. i haven’t tried that much yet, but from the beginner lessons, i found it to be quite challenging.
the only thing i don’t care for that much is the setting. i’m a water person, not a desert person, so being in a desert with no sight of any body of water makes me feel a bit claustrophobic. just a personal preference. but it is a beautiful setting in white sand with mountains in the background if you enjoy that. oh, and i’m not a huge fan of the music in the background either, although it seems to go well with the desert setting. It’s sort of a very soft, soothing Indian style of music. Again, personal preference. I do think some people might really enjoy these things.
Rating: 3 / 5
February 2nd, 2010 @ 9:09 am
I just returned this DVD to the store after giving it a whirl. Not what I was looking for. Right off the bat, Shiva started swaying her hips and rotating her arms around in some odd, fast pattern, without any guidance. Huh? I just want to emphasize for potential buyers that the style of her yoga in this DVD involves more dance-like movements than the product description emphasizes. Insert “lots of spiraly swaying and coordination” for “fluid power.” Anyone been to a good rave lately? Alright, alright, it’s not that extreme, but this DVD is quite unique and probably not suited for beginner and intermediate folks looking for a DVD to help them practice the basics more consistently at home. I have been an informal student of traditional yoga (the asanas and the philosophic system) for the past ten years, and this DVD’s approach really turned me off. Obviously, Shiva Rea can move however she wants to and teach however she wants to — and aesthetically the result on this DVD is quite beautiful. Definitely unique, and it may be a great buy for those who love dancing and coloring outside of the lines.
Rating: 3 / 5