Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD***An alignment focused, heart centered, Anusara Vinyasa Flow Yoga practice that emphasizes body alignments that open the heart. Ishwari Gonnot is a certified Anusara Yoga teacher. She has been practicing and teaching yoga since 1992. She has been studying with John Friend since 1995. She is known for the way she inspires her students to connect deeply into their hearts while playfully challenging them to exceed themselves and realize their own greatness. Heart Flow Yoga is flowing with Grace by saying yes to the whole magical spectrum of life. It is a willingness to be aware of all parts of ourselves-the light and the dark, the full rainbow of sensation, perception, emotion, and thought. To be in the flow is to look at whatever arises with freshness and freedom. It is simply to open our hearts with love to the present moment without clinging or pushing. Heart Flow Yoga is accepting the world and ourselves as we are, and then responding with love. Heart Flow Yoga is one of many videos at MyYogaVideo.com that have multiple sound tracks. You can choose between two instructional styles, detailed or asana timing only, and you can choose your music from several beautiful tracks (or none). This video is a multi level yoga practice for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced yogis. In the detailed instructionalsound track you are often presented with pose options for each level. Choose the option that fits you best and hold the pose only as long as you can keep the integration. Video clips can be viewed at MyYogaVideo.com ***Practice DVD***: after you have listened to the detailed instructional sound track you switch to the asana timing sound track. This helps you get into the body through your yoga practice and out of your critical mind. This DVD also lets you choose the beautiful music that inspires you today … This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com’s standard return policy will apply.
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Review by Steven H. Bickel for Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD***
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RVVRHFGYC0GQK This is a video clip from the actual DVD. The musical track is one the the choices. The instructors voice track is the detailed choice (the other is less detailed and basically keeps the timing).
Review by Arthur Anthonisen for Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD***
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I have been practicing yoga for over a decade and I finally found in the Heart Yoga Flow DVD the perfect balance between a deep knowledge of physical alignment with really clear and precise direction and an inspiring spiritual theme that is carried out throughout the class. Hearing the teacher’s French accent and the words she chooses is really conducive to a state of expansion and I feel totally rejuvenated each time I use this DVD practice.
Also, I like the fact that there are 4 different music tracks. Some days I am feeling mellow and I choose the music that is soft and mystical. Other days when I feel that I need to wake up, I choose the more upbeat track with a more active rhythm.
I am at a point in my practice where I need to hear the full instruction track; however, as I continue practice regularly I assume I will be able to try the timing only option where the instructions are less detailed. I can’t wait to try the more advance versions when I get stronger and more open with regular practice. Basically I feel that I found a yoga DVD that really works for me and that I will never get tired of listening and practicing again and again and again choosing from all these different options and tracks. My frozen shoulder is already feeling much better. I am grateful for this DVD.
Review by stretch master for Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD***
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This is a great video for anyone wanting to experience Anusara yoga.
The sequence moves at a good pace and offers two or three options for almost every pose so you can chose how deep to go depending on your physical capability or energy level that day. I also love the option of choosing from four different music styles or no music at all.
The teacher and models are all beautiful to look at and the setting is very peaceful. I would highly recommend it.
Review by Sharon Frost for Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD***
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Ishwari Gonnat is a long-time Anusara practitioner (according to her site and John Friend’s) and it shows. The flow here is very slow – poses are held for quite a while and I love that. The instruction, though not as complete as you would get in a good Anusara class (that kind of detail doesn’t make for good video I fear), is much better than you get in the average yoga media. The sequence is quite nice – strong on the standing poses, even returning to them toward the end; delightful pigeon etc. Gonnat’s form is terrific, just as you’d expect from Anusara.
I’ve been doing yoga for a long, long time and have done some years of Anusara classes. I’m glad to see more and more available on DVD, including John Friend’s Omega series and Elena Brower’s recent releases. For some newish to yoga I’d advise starting with a Friend or a Brower. But Ishwari’s practice is just swell if you have some experience behind you.
Review by James E. White for Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced, a ***Practice DVD***
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This DVD was the first Anusara style yoga DVD I ever purchased. The DVD is approximately 73 minutes long. There is a short mediation and a decent amount of time for savasana (final resting pose). The flow is on the slow side (as compared to vinyasa or ashtanga style yoga), but there are some poses that are on this DVD that are definitely of an intermediate to advance nature. One example of this is the back bend. A beginner can simply do a version of a back bend appropriate for themselves, or do a full back bend and extend a leg in the air, or do a back bend place a hand on the thigh on the same side and then come up to standing from the back bend. Overall, the instruction is good and music is nice. You do not need to be an expert yogi/yogini to get through this DVD, but some of the poses will make you wish you were more experienced if you are a beginner. Any skill level can try this DVD but some poses my not have a brand new beginner level of modification/adjustment for some of the poses.