Product: Yoga for Surfers 2: Fluid Power Yoga [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
A lot of fast sun salutations & repetitiveness, otherwise good poses
Intro: 3 mina lot of scenes outside & Peggy Hall saying how useful yoga is.Spinal Warm-up: 7 minSet mostly outside w/shots of her inside as well as well as shots of another girl doing some of the poses & Peggy guides you via voice over.A little kundalini back/forth to warm up the spine, easy seated spinal twist, reclined knees to chest, relaxed deep breathing while reclined, down dog, 3 legged down dog, child's pose, plank, sphinx w/head turned, cobra, upward dog, standing fwd bend & mountain.This was a nice easy way to begin if stiff, not too depending & poses are held a nice amount of time to get the body used to the stretch.Vinyasa Flow: 22 minSimple sun salutations, then add a pose each time you redo a sun salutation like a dance routine. This portion moves fast, barely a full breathe per pose except for the first time a new pose is done but only tiny bit longer. This is almost power yoga speed. Mountain & standing fwd bend is practically non-existant when they are suppose to be done. Added poses are chair, crescent, lunge, warrior 1, warrior 2, triangle, side angle, half moon, side plank/star. Non-vinysa is hero's & standing fwd bend to relax & stretch.Balance & Relaxation: 11 minHere there are no more sun salutations, but mountain in between. Tree, swaying palm (same pose & slight bend to torso), flying warrior/warrior 3, crow, reclined knees to chest, modifed boat, boat, bridge, knees to chest, reclined leg split, single leg to chest, reclined spinal twist, reclined butterfly, savasana (both lying down & sitting indian style 3 min)Bonus: Increasing lung capacity: 11 minBreath of fire - sitting up indian style for over a min w/hand mudra & reclined with knees to chest & head lifted toward knees for over another minute or legs & head barely raised off the ground for advanced to strengthen core muscles.Ujjayi breathing/Darth Vadar breath - slow breathing to the count of 4 w/hand mudrasBreath Retention - lengthen inhale/exhale from count of 4 for each, to count of 10 eachThe music was either too low to hear or else you'd suddenly hear a looped fast Spanish guitar playing which wasn't relaxing. The poses are nice as always, her voice seems nice enough, she uses good cues, though this is not good for a first or 2nd yoga dvd because of the speed & no time for proper teaching. She rarely tells you when to breath in or out. She uses both anatomical terms & spiritual yoga terms such as where to have your intention to get the most of your energy. The pace was just too fast for me & I didn't feel a mind/body connection.Previews: totalvid com shows the ending of the warm up when she holds poses for a while & youtube com shows the beginning/middle of the warm-up.