the first ever VF YOGA VIDEO AWARDS!

fikustree · 09-10-06, 08:30 PM

Lately I have gotten way into yoga, which is good for a vidiot but bad for the wallet! I have also found myself recommending videos to all sorts of different people both on forums and in “real life”. I have suggested things to people that I haven’t even done because they are popular on VF and I haven’t tried a lot of the different forms. I realized that maybe some of the videos that I am recommending aren’t even that popular, but they are possibly mentioned by the same people who post often (I personally am always trying to enable to people to jump onto whatever bandwagon I am currently riding.)

So I had this idea and I hope that you can all help me out. I thought it would be really cool if we could do the VF Yoga Video awards. I am going to make a huge list of everything that I can think of that I would recommend to people and then fill each category of which tape I have and like the best. I am hoping that everyone will do the same. Even if you only have one yoga tape and you love it (or one that you hate!) please add your votes in. You can use the same tape for as many categories your want. Leave anything blank if you don’t have one that you love for the slot. Once (hopefully) a lot of people have responded I will tally up the winners, and some honorable mentions in some categories and people can refer to it for giving out references and their own use. And it will be fun, I promise. Just please vote!

Here are the categories (PM me if you think I left out anything)
You can highlight the list and hold down ctrl (or the apple key) and
“c” to copy and then start a new post and hold down ctrl and “v” to paste the text and then just type your responses.

Please try and pick only one for each category

Beginner Video
Most Versatile
Flexibility
Power (faster)
Vinyassa (slower)
Ashtanga
Iyengar
Restorative
Kundalini
Wake Up
Before Sleep
For Stress
For That Time Of the Month
For Pregnant Yogis
Meditation
Yoga Inspired Dance
Strength Builder
One that you learned a lot from
Best for someone obese
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout
Best short practice
Audio
Book

Favorite Instructor
Favorite Scenery
Best Music
Best Savasana

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody
Your number one most used tape
Your number one favorite

CarlaVeg · 09-10-06, 08:50 PM

I only have a few comments/opinions here!

Power (faster) - I like Bryan Kest Power series, Yoga For Happiness with Eoin Finn
Vinyassa (slower) - Altar of the Heart, Total Yoga: The Flow Series - Fire
Ashtanga - Short Forms, David Swenson
Kundalini - Ana & Ravi, Warrior Workout, Ultimate Stretch, Beginers & Beyond
Wake Up - Any of my favorite tapes
Before Sleep - A.M. & P.M. Yoga - Conditioning For Weight Loss
For Stress - Any of my favorite DVD's
Meditation - Mantra meditation in the Kundalini Ultimate Stretch and the Warrior Workout
Best for someone obese - Bryan Kest Power Yoga Series
Best short practice - Rodney Yee Power Yoga (only 20 min), Short Forms, David Swenson
Book - Eric Shiffman, Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stillness & Yoga of the Heart, The Book of Secrets by Osho.

Favorite Instructor - Ana & Ravi, Eric Shiffman, Bryan Kest
Favorite Scenery - Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & Body
Best Music - Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & Body

Your number one most used tape - This is a tough one.... Lately, Power Yoga series of Bryan Kest, Ana & Ravi Warrior Workout, Ultimate Stretch, B&B, very recently Power Yoga for Happiness.

Your number one favorite - Tough one ..... I think Ana & Ravi Warrior Workout... but again I love the ones above as well!

fikustree · 09-10-06, 08:53 PM

Beginner Video Eion Finn's Pure and Simple Yoga
Most Versatile Yoga Shakti with Shiva Rea
Power (faster) Power Yoga For Happiness
Flexibilty
Vinyassa (slower) Pure and Simple Yoga
Ashtanga
Iyengar/Restorative Yoga for Inflexible People
Kundalini Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond with Ana & Ravi
Wake Up Yoga for Young Bodies with Hemalyaa Behl Chakra Shaker
Before Sleep YBB Pajama Time
For Stress YBB Pajama Time
Meditation AM/PM Yoga with Ravi & Ana PM meditation
Yoga Inspired Dance Shiva Rea's Trance Dance
Strength Builder
One that you learned a lot from Yoga Zone's Yoga For Flexibity and Stress Relase with Alan Finger
Best for someone obese
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout Total Yoga Water
Best short practice Project You Yoga Core with Kathy Smith
Audio Baron Baptiste Yoga Bootcamp Box
Book Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stillness with Erich Schiffman

Favorite Instructor Tie! Shiva Rea and Ana Bret
Favorite Scenery Altar of the Heart
Best Music Altar of the Heart
Best Savasana Yoga Zone's Yoga For Flexibity and Stress Relase with Alan Finger

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody Wai Lana Yoga. Relaxation workout
Your number one most used tape Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond
Your number one favorite Eion Finn's Pure and Simple Yoga but I haven't had it very long!

icey · 09-10-06, 09:09 PM

We as members should vote for all the fitness DVD's over the course of the year. Just as the Oscars. We should break them all down categorically, i.e., kickboxing, hi/low, AWT, Cardio/Weights, Yoga, Pilates, Dance, Strength Workouts, step, core, favorite instructor, etc. It can start small, and then one day evolve into a real award show, with all of us showing up....

Boy, I am really dreaming here.....

KathAL79 · 09-10-06, 09:13 PM

Icey, I have often thought about posting such a thread around Oscars time regarding the previous year's releases. I think we very well could do it this year, as a number of instructors have put out new releases, and a few others have or will be rereleasing videos.

Stephanie, give me some time to mull over your choices, and I'll be back to post them!

toaster · 09-10-06, 09:24 PM

I'm going to vote for just a few categories now, but I may come back and do more as I think of them:

Vinyasa (slow) AND Best Music: Tilak Pyle, Yoga: Altar of the Heart
Best Savasana: YZ Yoga for Flexibility & Stress Release

Here's another cateorgy suggestion: Best for TTOM

KathAL79 · 09-10-06, 09:41 PM

Beginner Video: Erich Schiffmann's Backyard Series: Beginning Yoga (although Eoin Finn's Pure & Simple Yoga is a good one, too)
Most Versatile: Hmm, tough call between Body Wisdom Media's Yoga for Every Body and Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti
Flexibility: Karen Voight's Yoga Focus - stretch
Power (faster): Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness
Vinyasa (slower): Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti
Ashtanga [haven't tried one]
Iyengar [haven't tried a true Iyengar video]
Restorative: well, I use Rainbeau Mars' Pure Tranquility and Kathleen Anderson's Yoga in the Garden of Serenity, although they're not technically restorative...
Kundalini: Ravi & Ana's Ultimate Stretch
Wake Up: either Ravi & Ana's AM Yoga or Rise & Spine from Beginners & Beyond
Before Sleep: Ann Dyer's ZYoga (too obvious!

)
For Stress: hmm, maybe Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart
Meditation: Erich Schiffmann's Live #2
Yoga Inspired Dance: Shiva Rea's Yoga Trance Dance
Strength Builder: probably Total Yoga - Fire
One that you learned a lot from: pretty much all of them! There was a ton of information in my first two DVDs: Body Wisdom Media's Yoga for Inflexible People and Yoga for Every Body.
Best for someone obese [not sure]
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout [not sure]
Best short practice: hmm, hard to choose - maybe Baron Baptiste's Yoga Bootcamp Box's 20 min. Vinyasa Flow or Eoin Finn's PY4H Quickie
Audio: Eoin Finn's free downloads (Tragically Hips, Honey, Winter, Quickie)!
Book: Erich Schiffmann's Moving into Stillness, followed by Miriam Austin's Cool Yoga Tricks

Favorite Instructor: Erich Schiffmann (although I do

Tilak Pyle, Eoin Finn, Shiva Rea, Katy Appleton...)
Favorite Scenery: White Sands (Erich Schiffmann's Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & Body, Gloria Draper's Full Moon Yoga, Shiva Rea's Yoga Trance Dance and soon to be Fluid Power Yoga)
Best Music: Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart
Best Savasana: maybe Katy Appleton's Geri Body Yoga

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody [haven't really found one that awful]
Your number one most used tape: Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness
Your number one favorite: Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart

For TTOM: maybe Body Wisdom Media's Yoga for Inflexible People (must try that Ateeka CD soon!)

I reserve the right to change my mind on any or all of these!

alikruegs · 09-10-06, 09:54 PM

Beginner Video - I don't remember which one I used...
Most Versatile - Yoga Sanctuary (I don't like navigating the Yoga Shakti matrix, but don't mind making playlists in Itunes)
Flexibility - Eion's PY4H (my flexibility needs are the hips)
Power (faster) - Bryan Kest orginal Power Yoga series
Vinyassa (slower) - Shiva Rea's Yoga Chant or Yoga Sanctuary
Ashtanga - don't have enough to compare
Iyengar/Restorative - I don't use Iyengar for Restorative...
Kundalini - Ana and Ravi's Warrior
Wake Up - Ana and Ravi's AM or Sattva Fitness 30min Yoga Routine
Before Sleep - Pure Tranquility
For Stress - I like Ana and Ravi's Fat Free for when I'm stressed
Meditation - Drops of Nector (although I got it recently)
Yoga Inspired Dance - Eagerly awaiting Ana and Ravi's Dance the Chakras...
Strength Builder - Pleasure of Strength (I like the 30min version)
One that you learned a lot from - Strength and Spirit
Best for someone obese - not sure..
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout - Eion's PY4H
Best short practice - Baron Baptise's Core Power
Audio (I've put my favorite audios above - I don't differentiate)
Book - Erich Schiffmann's The Sprit and Practice of Moving into Stillness

Favorite Instructor - Ana Brett, Ana Forrest, Baron Baptise
Favorite Scenery - Yoga Radiance (I don't like outdoor scenery that much)
Best Music - Mantra Girl
Best Savasana - Total Yoga Fire

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody - probably wouldn't generally recomend Kabbalah Yoga Advanced
Your number one most used tape - Core Power, Warrior, Yoga Sanctuary, Yoga Chant, Total Yoga Fire
Your number one favorite - probably Warrior or Yoga Chant

Great idea to do this thread!

suegy3 · 09-10-06, 10:24 PM

I just wanted to vote that Shiva Rea is awesome! I'm not too much into yoga but I really like Yoga Shakti and Yoga Trance Dance is awesome! The prana yoga feels so good the joints and muscles. I also like the music.

The Ali McGraw workout is good too.

fikustree · 09-10-06, 10:53 PM

will add TTOM and everybody feel free to change any votes, I already feel like changing a couple of mine!

I will close the voting at some point and let ya'll know.

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09-10-06, 08:30 PM
fikustree Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Austin, TX	The Results are in for the 2006 VF YOGA VIDEO AWARDS! Lately I have gotten way into yoga, which is good for a vidiot but bad for the wallet! I have also found myself recommending videos to all sorts of different people both on forums and in “real life”. I have suggested things to people that I haven’t even done because they are popular on VF and I haven’t tried a lot of the different forms. I realized that maybe some of the videos that I am recommending aren’t even that popular, but they are possibly mentioned by the same people who post often (I personally am always trying to enable to people to jump onto whatever bandwagon I am currently riding.) So I had this idea and I hope that you can all help me out. I thought it would be really cool if we could do the VF Yoga Video awards. I am going to make a huge list of everything that I can think of that I would recommend to people and then fill each category of which tape I have and like the best. I am hoping that everyone will do the same. Even if you only have one yoga tape and you love it (or one that you hate!) please add your votes in. You can use the same tape for as many categories your want. Leave anything blank if you don’t have one that you love for the slot. Once (hopefully) a lot of people have responded I will tally up the winners, and some honorable mentions in some categories and people can refer to it for giving out references and their own use. And it will be fun, I promise. Just please vote! Here are the categories (PM me if you think I left out anything) You can highlight the list and hold down ctrl (or the apple key) and “c” to copy and then start a new post and hold down ctrl and “v” to paste the text and then just type your responses. Please try and pick only one for each category Beginner Video Most Versatile Flexibility Power (faster) Vinyassa (slower) Ashtanga Iyengar Restorative Kundalini Wake Up Before Sleep For Stress For That Time Of the Month For Pregnant Yogis Meditation Yoga Inspired Dance Strength Builder One that you learned a lot from Best for someone obese Best for someone looking for a straight up workout Best short practice Audio Book Favorite Instructor Favorite Scenery Best Music Best Savasana Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody Your number one most used tape Your number one favorite Last edited by fikustree; 10-12-06 at 02:46 PM. Reason: forgot some stuff

09-10-06, 08:50 PM
CarlaVeg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA	I only have a few comments/opinions here! Power (faster) - I like Bryan Kest Power series, Yoga For Happiness with Eoin Finn Vinyassa (slower) - Altar of the Heart, Total Yoga: The Flow Series - Fire Ashtanga - Short Forms, David Swenson Kundalini - Ana & Ravi, Warrior Workout, Ultimate Stretch, Beginers & Beyond Wake Up - Any of my favorite tapes Before Sleep - A.M. & P.M. Yoga - Conditioning For Weight Loss For Stress - Any of my favorite DVD's Meditation - Mantra meditation in the Kundalini Ultimate Stretch and the Warrior Workout Best for someone obese - Bryan Kest Power Yoga Series Best short practice - Rodney Yee Power Yoga (only 20 min), Short Forms, David Swenson Book - Eric Shiffman, Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stillness & Yoga of the Heart, The Book of Secrets by Osho. Favorite Instructor - Ana & Ravi, Eric Shiffman, Bryan Kest Favorite Scenery - Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & Body Best Music - Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & Body Your number one most used tape - This is a tough one.... Lately, Power Yoga series of Bryan Kest, Ana & Ravi Warrior Workout, Ultimate Stretch, B&B, very recently Power Yoga for Happiness. Your number one favorite - Tough one ..... I think Ana & Ravi Warrior Workout... but again I love the ones above as well!

09-10-06, 08:53 PM
fikustree Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Austin, TX	Beginner Video Eion Finn's Pure and Simple Yoga Most Versatile Yoga Shakti with Shiva Rea Power (faster) Power Yoga For Happiness Flexibilty Vinyassa (slower) Pure and Simple Yoga Ashtanga Iyengar/Restorative Yoga for Inflexible People Kundalini Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond with Ana & Ravi Wake Up Yoga for Young Bodies with Hemalyaa Behl Chakra Shaker Before Sleep YBB Pajama Time For Stress YBB Pajama Time Meditation AM/PM Yoga with Ravi & Ana PM meditation Yoga Inspired Dance Shiva Rea's Trance Dance Strength Builder One that you learned a lot from Yoga Zone's Yoga For Flexibity and Stress Relase with Alan Finger Best for someone obese Best for someone looking for a straight up workout Total Yoga Water Best short practice Project You Yoga Core with Kathy Smith Audio Baron Baptiste Yoga Bootcamp Box Book Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stillness with Erich Schiffman Favorite Instructor Tie! Shiva Rea and Ana Bret Favorite Scenery Altar of the Heart Best Music Altar of the Heart Best Savasana Yoga Zone's Yoga For Flexibity and Stress Relase with Alan Finger Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody Wai Lana Yoga. Relaxation workout Your number one most used tape Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond Your number one favorite Eion Finn's Pure and Simple Yoga but I haven't had it very long!

09-10-06, 09:09 PM
icey Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Area	We should just have a VF VIDEO AWARD... We as members should vote for all the fitness DVD's over the course of the year. Just as the Oscars. We should break them all down categorically, i.e., kickboxing, hi/low, AWT, Cardio/Weights, Yoga, Pilates, Dance, Strength Workouts, step, core, favorite instructor, etc. It can start small, and then one day evolve into a real award show, with all of us showing up.... Boy, I am really dreaming here..... __________________ ICEY.... _____________________________________________

09-10-06, 09:13 PM
KathAL79 Join Date: Jul 2004	Icey, I have often thought about posting such a thread around Oscars time regarding the previous year's releases. I think we very well could do it this year, as a number of instructors have put out new releases, and a few others have or will be rereleasing videos. Stephanie, give me some time to mull over your choices, and I'll be back to post them!

09-10-06, 09:24 PM
toaster Exchange Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Western NY	I'm going to vote for just a few categories now, but I may come back and do more as I think of them: Vinyasa (slow) AND Best Music: Tilak Pyle, Yoga: Altar of the Heart Best Savasana: YZ Yoga for Flexibility & Stress Release Here's another cateorgy suggestion: Best for TTOM __________________ Beth aka Toaster (she/her) *Follow me @YogiBethC* YouTube\|Instagram\|Facebook And yes, I am Reviewer Dr. Beth on Amazon.

09-10-06, 09:41 PM
KathAL79 Join Date: Jul 2004	Beginner Video: Erich Schiffmann's Backyard Series: Beginning Yoga (although Eoin Finn's Pure & Simple Yoga is a good one, too) Most Versatile: Hmm, tough call between Body Wisdom Media's Yoga for Every Body and Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti Flexibility: Karen Voight's Yoga Focus - stretch Power (faster): Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness Vinyasa (slower): Shiva Rea's Yoga Shakti Ashtanga [haven't tried one] Iyengar [haven't tried a true Iyengar video] Restorative: well, I use Rainbeau Mars' Pure Tranquility and Kathleen Anderson's Yoga in the Garden of Serenity, although they're not technically restorative... Kundalini: Ravi & Ana's Ultimate Stretch Wake Up: either Ravi & Ana's AM Yoga or Rise & Spine from Beginners & Beyond Before Sleep: Ann Dyer's ZYoga (too obvious! ) For Stress: hmm, maybe Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart Meditation: Erich Schiffmann's Live #2 Yoga Inspired Dance: Shiva Rea's Yoga Trance Dance Strength Builder: probably Total Yoga - Fire One that you learned a lot from: pretty much all of them! There was a ton of information in my first two DVDs: Body Wisdom Media's Yoga for Inflexible People and Yoga for Every Body. Best for someone obese [not sure] Best for someone looking for a straight up workout [not sure] Best short practice: hmm, hard to choose - maybe Baron Baptiste's Yoga Bootcamp Box's 20 min. Vinyasa Flow or Eoin Finn's PY4H Quickie Audio: Eoin Finn's free downloads (Tragically Hips, Honey, Winter, Quickie)! Book: Erich Schiffmann's Moving into Stillness, followed by Miriam Austin's Cool Yoga Tricks Favorite Instructor: Erich Schiffmann (although I do Tilak Pyle, Eoin Finn, Shiva Rea, Katy Appleton...) Favorite Scenery: White Sands (Erich Schiffmann's Ali MacGraw - Yoga Mind & Body, Gloria Draper's Full Moon Yoga, Shiva Rea's Yoga Trance Dance and soon to be Fluid Power Yoga) Best Music: Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart Best Savasana: maybe Katy Appleton's Geri Body Yoga Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody [haven't really found one that awful] Your number one most used tape: Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness Your number one favorite: Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart For TTOM: maybe Body Wisdom Media's Yoga for Inflexible People (must try that Ateeka CD soon!) I reserve the right to change my mind on any or all of these!

09-10-06, 09:54 PM
alikruegs VF Supporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago	Beginner Video - I don't remember which one I used... Most Versatile - Yoga Sanctuary (I don't like navigating the Yoga Shakti matrix, but don't mind making playlists in Itunes) Flexibility - Eion's PY4H (my flexibility needs are the hips) Power (faster) - Bryan Kest orginal Power Yoga series Vinyassa (slower) - Shiva Rea's Yoga Chant or Yoga Sanctuary Ashtanga - don't have enough to compare Iyengar/Restorative - I don't use Iyengar for Restorative... Kundalini - Ana and Ravi's Warrior Wake Up - Ana and Ravi's AM or Sattva Fitness 30min Yoga Routine Before Sleep - Pure Tranquility For Stress - I like Ana and Ravi's Fat Free for when I'm stressed Meditation - Drops of Nector (although I got it recently) Yoga Inspired Dance - Eagerly awaiting Ana and Ravi's Dance the Chakras... Strength Builder - Pleasure of Strength (I like the 30min version) One that you learned a lot from - Strength and Spirit Best for someone obese - not sure.. Best for someone looking for a straight up workout - Eion's PY4H Best short practice - Baron Baptise's Core Power Audio (I've put my favorite audios above - I don't differentiate) Book - Erich Schiffmann's The Sprit and Practice of Moving into Stillness Favorite Instructor - Ana Brett, Ana Forrest, Baron Baptise Favorite Scenery - Yoga Radiance (I don't like outdoor scenery that much) Best Music - Mantra Girl Best Savasana - Total Yoga Fire Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody - probably wouldn't generally recomend Kabbalah Yoga Advanced Your number one most used tape - Core Power, Warrior, Yoga Sanctuary, Yoga Chant, Total Yoga Fire Your number one favorite - probably Warrior or Yoga Chant Great idea to do this thread! __________________ Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more. ~ Cardozo

09-10-06, 10:24 PM
suegy3 Join Date: Feb 2005	I just wanted to vote that Shiva Rea is awesome! I'm not too much into yoga but I really like Yoga Shakti and Yoga Trance Dance is awesome! The prana yoga feels so good the joints and muscles. I also like the music. The Ali McGraw workout is good too.

09-10-06, 10:53 PM
fikustree Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Austin, TX	will add TTOM and everybody feel free to change any votes, I already feel like changing a couple of mine! I will close the voting at some point and let ya'll know.