the first ever VF YOGA VIDEO AWARDS!

[Mary09]

Power (faster) American Power Yoga
Best for someone obese Suzanne Deason Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss
Favorite Scenery / Best short practice Namaste Yoga

[Idealmuse]

I don't do much yoga so I don't really have that many suggestions/votes but since you didn't get much feedback in that department I thought I'd chime in:

Both of these are Best for someone obese: Just My Size Yoga w/ Megan Garcia (very beginner and slow moving though) and I second the vote on the Yoga for weight loss w/ Suzanne.

Although the Just my size one has better modifications for someone really large they show you how to deal with child's pose etc. for those of us who have too much belly to do it in proper form.

[missmomus]

There are so many things I haven't tried, or that are beyond my current abilities, so this list is very tentative, none of it is carved in stone...

Beginner Video Yoga Zone Conditioning & Stress Release
Most Versatile Yoga Shakti
Flexibility YZ Flexibility and Stress Release
Power (faster) Rodney Yee Power Yoga for Stamina (strictly business, short and sweet. Not a big PY fan)
Vinyassa (slower) Tilak Pyle Altar of the Heart
Ashtanga Duncan Wong Yogic Arts...I know, not pure Ashtanga, that's probably why I like it
Iyengar/Restorative
Kundalini so hard to choose just 1! Either Gurmukh or Journey Through The Chakras
Wake Up Wai Lana Wake Up Body
Before Sleep Sarah Powers Insight (yin) Yoga
For Stress Gurmukh Kundalini Yoga
For That Time Of the Month
Meditation Yoga Zone Meditation for Beginners
Yoga Inspired Dance
Strength Builder Tony Sanchez Yoga Challenge
One that you learned a lot from anything by Alan Finger
Best for someone obese
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout Ravi and Ana Warrior Workout
Best short practice Yoga Radiance Lunar Flow
Audio Experience Yoga Nidra - Swami Janakananda
Book Gurmukh - The Eight Human Talents

Favorite Instructor Ravi and Ana
Favorite Scenery Altar of the Heart
Best Music Yoga Shakti
Best Savasana Flexibility and Stress Release

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody Seane Corn Vinyasa Flow
Your number one most used tape Conditioning and Stress Release
Your number one favorite Gurmukh Kundalini or Journey Through The Chakras

[yoni]

Here's my picks:
Beginner Video - Total Yoga Water
Most Versatile - Yoga Shakti (of course)
Flexibility - Lunar Flow on Yoga Shakti
Power (faster) - Bryan Kest , though it's not really fast
Vinyassa (slower) - Yoga Shakti , though it's faster than Bryan's
Ashtanga - David Swenson first series
Restorative - Crunch Candlelight Yoga
Kundalini - one of Ana & Ravi (Can't decide)
Wake Up - Ana & Ravi Am/Pm yoga
Before Sleep - Crunch Candlelight Yoga
For Stress - Ali Macgraw's Yoga Mind & Body
For That Time Of the Month - I'm still not a woman
Meditation - Yoga Shakti (it's the only DVD I remember that has a meditation)
Yoga Inspired Dance - Yoga Trance Dance
Strength Builder - Bryan Kest 's Power Yoga
One that you learned a lot from - Ana Forrest -Pleasure of Strength
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout - Baron Baptiste
Best short practice - One of Eoin's on PY4H
Audio - Shiva Rea's Yoga Chant (my fave)
Book - David Swenson's Ashtanga Yoga (just because it's the best looking book)

Favorite Instructor - Shiva Rea
Favorite Scenery - Shiva Rea - Yoga Shakti
Best Music - Shiva Rea - Yoga Shakti (also Yoga Trance Dance)
Best Savasana - Hypno Yoga (it's 20 minutes with good music !)

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody - Maureen Solomon's Athletic Yoga
Your number one most used tape- Yoga Shakti
Your number one favorite - Yoga Shakti

[cmiyachi]

Beginner Video: Erich's Backyard Beginners, Finn's Pure and Simple
Most Versatile: Yoga Shakti
Flexibility: Ana Forrest 5 Day CD Set
Power (faster): Y4H
Vinyassa (slower): Yoga Shakti
Ashtanga: David Swenson First Series, Richard Freeman First Series
Iyengar/Restorative: John Schumaker CDs
Kundalini: Ana and Ravi Warrior Workout, Giaim Kundalini Yoga
Wake Up:
Before Sleep: YBB Pajama Time
For Stress: Shiva Rea Drops of Nectar
For That Time Of the Month: Moon Cycle CD with Ateeka
Meditation: Gaiam's Meditation DVD
Yoga Inspired Dance: Trance Dance (the CD or DVD)
Strength Builder: Ana Forrest 5 Day CD set
One that you learned a lot from : Ana Forrest 5 Day CD Set
Best for someone obese:
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout: Mark Blanchard Sedona set
Best short practice: Finn's Quickie MP3, Short Forms David Swenson
Audio: Ana Forrest 5 Day CD set
Book: Light on Yoga

Favorite Instructor: Ana Forrest
Favorite Scenery: Yoga Shakti, Y4H
Best Music: Yoga Shakti
Best Savasana: Drops of Nectar CD

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody: David Ilgs Yoga DVD
Your number one most used tape: Ana Forrest 5 Day CD set
Your number one favorite: Ana Forrest's 5 Day CD set

[sahaffie]

I'll have to come back and fill in some of these...but off the top of my head

Beginner Video Suzanne Deason Yoga for Weight Loss
Most Versatile Inhale with Steve Ross (on Oxygen network--but I made my own VHS tape!)
Flexibility
Power (faster) Bryan Kest (original Power Yoga series)
Vinyassa (slower) Yoga Zone Power Yoga for Beginners
Ashtanga any Bryan Kest (downloads from his website & CDs are great)
Iyengar/Restorative Suzanne Deason Yoga for Women (wish I could find this on DVD
Kundalini
Wake Up Inhale
Before Sleep Yoga Zone AM/PM

Strength Builder Bryan Kest Power Yoga Series
One that you learned a lot from
Best for someone obese Deason's Yoga for Wt Loss

Best for someone looking for a straight up workout Bryan Kest Original Power Series (especially the third one)

Best short practice Yoga Zone Power Yoga for Beginners --1st section with Al

Audio
Book Bryan Kest Live CD & Book

Favorite Instructor Bryan Kest
Favorite Scenery
Best Music Inhale w/Steve Ross
Best Savasana

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody -Yoga Journal Yoga for Beginners with Patricia Walton (not that this is bad if you want to watch her bend like a string bean, but I didn't learn much and I can see how it would discourage a real beginner)
Your number one most used tape Bryan Kest Yoga for Wt Loss
Your number one favorite any Bryan CD or DVD

[Bebop]

Originally Posted by icey

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.....

That would be fun but maybe at the beginning of the new year, we could havae a thread that posts all the favs. of the new workouts that came out the previous year.

Maybe it could be a sticky thread and be supplement to the reviews section.
I'm still working on my picks for the yoga vids.

[ldy_solana]

Beginner Video-Yoga Complete for Everybody(even though its multi fitness level)
Most Versatile-tied with Yoga Shakti and Yoga Complete for Everybody
Flexibility-Yoga Shakti-have you seen some of these poses LOL
Power (faster)-Shiva Rea-i feel she moves faster in her sun salutations to warm up reall good
Vinyassa (slower)-Yoga Burn-moving slower during the poses is suppose to help with muscle contraction and control
Ashtanga-Bryan Kest but of the length he holds some of the hard poses after doing a vigorous warm up
Iyengar/Restorative-Yoga Complete for Everybody
Kundalini-never tried this type of yoga
Wake Up-Yoga Shakti-its like doing low impact cardio but getting benefits of increasing heartrate during these flows
Before Sleep-the various options you have on Yoga Complete for Everybody
For Stress-can't decide every last one my DVDS help with that
For That Time Of the Month-once again LOL, Yoga Complete for Everybody b/c of the special practice they have for this
Meditation-Yoga Shakti and Yoga Complete for Everybody both have meditation segments.
Yoga Inspired Dance
Strength Builder-Bryan Kest and Iron Yoga Bryan Kest for the obvious and Iron Yoga b/c the blend of yoga and weights is something new to me and pretty awesome
One that you learned a lot from -once again a tie for Bryan Kest and Shiva Rea
Best for someone obese-Yoga Complete for Everybody has all levels of fitness practices, that someone even overweight, can attempt
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout-straight up no nonsense to the point Bryan Kest
Best short practice-Yoga Complete for Everybody offers practcies 45 mins and under
Audio-don't use
Book-can't recommend b/c ones i had were sub-par to say the least.

Favorite Instructor-ooohhh toughie but i will go with Bryan Kest on this one. he is always one i reach for and would actually cry if something happened to my collection
Favorite Scenery-while i like the darker,warehouse scene in Bryan's workouts i am going with SHiva Rea for scenery. whats more awesome then yoga in the open hearing the waves gently crash to the earth and the wind blowing a song through the air
Best Music-tough one b/c i don't really pay attention
Best Savasana-Yoga Shakti b/c it can take you anywhere you let your mind go, Yoga Complete for Everybody b/c each on is different but the down side is that you can't mix and match which savasana you want with which practice(my favorite from this one is opposite sides and being by a lake)

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody-Kabbalah Yoga b/c even though they offer a beginner practice they don't go over the proper form of poses or cue that well so you can look away from the tv when doing the practice.plus she uses traditional sandskirt terms where some beginners may be lost on.
Your number one most used tape-Bryan Kest Power Yoga DVD with 3 workouts,running up is Yoga Shakti and Yoga Complete for Everybody
Your number one favorite-sorry cannot decided b/c each one is so different from the other.

[hollymarie]

Beginner Video-Candlelight Yoga, Rainbeau Mars Beginners
Most Versatile-Yoga Shakti
Flexibility-almost all have helped with flexibility
Best Scenery-Rainbeau Mars Sacred Series & Yoga Shakti
Vinyasa (slower)-Yoga Mind & Body
Wake Up-Rainbeau Mars Dawn
Before Sleep-Evening Bath (Hemalaya), Rainbeau Mars Dusk
For Stress-Rainbeau Mars Pure Tranquility
Strength Builder-QF Power Yoga
One that you learned a lot from -I learn something from almost every instructor
Best for someone obese-Yoga Just My Size
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout-Joy of Yoga
Best short practice-KV Yoga Stretching from Sleek Physique, Rainbeau's Pure Tranquility, Rodney's Yoga for Abs
Wouldn't Recommend-Yoga for Beginners with Patricia Walden (I liked some of her other work, but this one really didn't click with me)
Favorite Instructor-Rainbeau Mars
Number One Favorite-Rainbeau Mars Pure Tranquility

[Patti S.]

Beginner Video - Yoga Zone Yoga Basics
Most Versatile - Yoga Shakti
Flexibility - Yoga Zone's Flexibility and Stress Release
Power (faster) - Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness
Vinyassa (slower) - Yoga for Surfers II
Ashtanga - David Swenson's short forms
Iyengar/Restorative - Peggy Hall's Yoga for Surfers I (post-surf session)
Kundalini - Raviana's Beginners and Beyond
Wake Up - Raviana's AM/PM Yoga
Before Sleep - YBB Pajama Time
For Stress - Yoga Zone Stress Relief
For That Time Of the Month - ...
Meditation - ...
Yoga Inspired Dance - ...
Strength Builder - Peggy Hall's Yoga for Surfers 3
One that you learned a lot from - Ana Forrest's 1st one (can't remember the name)
Best for someone obese - Living Arts' Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss
Best for someone looking for a straight up workout - ...
Best short practice - Kathy Smith's Project You yoga
Audio - Eoin Finn (any)
Book - ...

Favorite Instructor - Sara Ivanhoe
Favorite Scenery - Tilak Pyle's Altar of the Heart
Best Music - ...
Best Savasana - ...

Wouldn’t recommend this tape to anybody - Hard Body Yoga
Your number one most used tape - Beginners and Beyond
Your number one favorite - Yoga for Surfers I