04-16-14, 01:40 PM | |
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Nevermind - I found it:
http://www.udaya.com/shop/product-ca...your-practice/ They're available on Kinecticflix.com, btw
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04-16-14, 08:14 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Thanks for the tips, Marcy. Those headstand poses just seem so scary to try. I think I'll need my husband around to catch me if I get off balance! I'm really enjoying these practices from Vytas and I definitely have work to do to get to the next level.
Kim |
04-16-14, 08:23 PM | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Tonight I did gentle balanced flow. It's 61 minutes of really nice stretches. Vytas uses more "yoga speak" in this one than in his other classes, but really not much. He doesn't hold any poses that require even a little strength for very long. Towards the end of the practice, at around the 45 minute mark, he starts to hold the stretch poses longer and it gets more yin like. He allows you to pick your favorite hip stretch and the class demonstrates double pigeon, single leg pigeon and lying pigeon. It's a really nice, well balanced practice on days when you're tired or just need a break.
Kim |
04-21-14, 08:20 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Kariev,
I did the inversions practice the other day. It's 53 minutes. The teaching tips section on this disc is quite a bit longer than the others as Vytas really explains thoroughly how to get into headstands and handstands. He recommends only doing headstands once during a practice, but handstands can be done multiple times throughout a practice. The practice itself is really good. He gives a lot of encouragement and when the inversion poses come up, he wants you to at least TRY the pose, not just watch if you feel you can't achieve the full pose. In trying to get into a handstand, the closest thing I can relate it to is doing donkey kicks - although in reality, the actual pose is not like a donkey kick at all. (Cathe does donkey kicks over a step and I think Jillian does them in one or two of her workouts). I really felt it in my shoulders the next day. Even though the practice has advanced poses, I didn't feel defeated. I felt like it was achievable and I gave it my best shot. Kim |
04-21-14, 08:25 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NE Pennsylvania
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I did intermediate balanced flow short and sweet last night. It's 22 minutes. It's Vytas alone doing the poses with voice over.
It has a good mix of strength and stretch poses and is a little harder than gentle balanced flow short and sweet which is only stretch poses. I expect that advanced balanced flow short and sweet will be more on the strength side than the stretch side. As with the gentle short and sweet, the poses move quickly, not held too long. I think if it was just a little bit longer (maybe 30 minutes) it would feel better. It's good for a quick add on. Kim |
04-21-14, 09:13 AM | |
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: NE Pennsylvania
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Maybelle,
I think Vytas talks a lot. Talking doesn't bother me since what he says is about form pointers. He's very good about getting you to get the most out of the pose. He uses very little "yoga speak". What I noticed was how little he talks in the gentle balanced flow practice. Most of that class is stretches and as the practice progresses, he holds the poses longer. It became evident during this class how much silent time there was. If you know Travis or Eion, they speaks a lot too, but what they say has to do with mind body connection. Vytas is more straightforward, no nonsense. I hope that helps. Kim |
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