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Power Yoga: Fat Burner

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This DVD is excellent if you are into an athletic, non-meditative, power vinyasa yoga. Adrienne is very generous and provides a 20, 40 and 60 minute separately unique workouts which are not a cut and paste of each other. The set is inside in a very professional, slick, attractive studio setting. There are 3 people doing the workout (2 women and 1 man) and they don't have perfectly tiny svelte bodies which is refreshing, though they are very strong. She leads the practice and I find her approach stimulating and encouraging, she's definitely bootcamp. You are going to get a sweating workout! This is not a beginner workout by any means. This is full vinyasa power yoga. She does focus alot more on the upper body strength than a balanced upper/lower body stretch and strengthening. If you want a fast track to a strong upper body for chatarunga's this is it! You will do them slow, fast, one-legged, holds, you name it! Even though you do get legwork, there is not a variety of leg work in this DVD--Warrior 1's, Warrior 2's (I think), Warrior 3, Side Angle and twisted sideangle. The leg work she tends to do in workout sets which is a bit different. Rather athletic than yoga. You have to be very careful to move in and out of them smoothly or you can set yourself up for injury. And, she always ends on the floor for abs and stretching to round it off. On the whole an excellent DVD if you want an athleticly vigorous power type yoga!

I love this as well as her other three yoga dvd's. All are very different. You can pick from 20 40 or 60 minutes depending on your time or mood for the day. Each segment is a unique workout, not just shortened versions of the longest one. I have many yoga dvd's and it is nice to have an instructor who really changes it up and challenges you with different postures.
My only complaint is the instructor says "when your ready" far too much. It drove me a litte crazy at first but I play her dvd's so much I don't even notice now. I just appreciate what a great workout I am getting. The instructor is easy to follow and really knows her stuff. I will have these in my dvd player on a regular basis.