Ashtanga Yoga - Beginners Practice | 
 enlarge | Actor: Nicki Doane
Studio: Gaiam
Category: DVD
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 32638
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1273
ISBN: 1930814607
UPC: 029956011007
EAN: 9781930814608
ASIN: B0000A2ZOL
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: October 7, 2003
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Yoga Journal's Ashtanga Yoga: Beginners Practice combines breathing and standing poses, including many repetitions of two different Sun Salutations, then various standing forward bends, and side angle bends for balance, flexibility, and strength. The pace of this 67-minute practice is slow, calming, and physically challenging. Remarkably fluid and flexible instructor Nicki Doane explains clearly and in detail how to do each pose and integrate the breathing. Although called a "beginners practice," true beginners will find it challenging, and no modifications are demonstrated for the less flexible, although of course you are instructed to stay at your own level. Recommended as your second stage after mastering Yoga Journal's Ashtanga Yoga introductory series. The Hawaiian setting of this beautifully produced video is gorgeous and serene. --Joan Price
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 Im chanting "nooooooo" November 11, 2008
Matthew E. Taylor (Arlington, VA United States)
I was really put off by the chanting, I guess mostly because the cover of the box did not tell me this was a chanting yoga video. I also found the instructor's approach to be distracting and annoying. But mostly, it was the chanting.
 Great Introduction to Ashtanga for someone who has never done yoga October 9, 2008
Shiva (Ruidoso, New Mexico)
The bad reviews are coming from yoga teachers, or non-beginner yogis. Yes, her voice is monotone. But she goes really slowly which is a very good thing for beginners. I'm also a yoga teacher and even I like to go back to this video once in a while for a very basic, slow series of poses that is still sweat-inducing. It's good to go back to basics sometimes and focus only on the breath and movement. While her voice is monotone, sometimes it's nice not to have the teacher's personality always there.
The difference between this DVD and "Introductory Poses" should be apparent. "Introductory Poses" is Suryanamaskara A and B. This DVD includes A and B as well, but goes on to add a few more poses from the series.
I don't think a beginners DVD should adhere strictly to the traditional Ashtanga series. It would scare too many people off.
I really like this DVD August 16, 2008
Christine Baker
I really like this DVD. It doesn't go through the whole primary series. It just goes through the two sun salutations and the standing poses, but I'm new enough to need that because I'm not ready for the whole series. It's also slower paced for beginner's to get used to the correct form. She explain's in her interview that she purposely leaves out the whole series because she's taught long enough to know what beginner's can handle. If you are looking for more of the primary series on DVD, Richard Freeman has a three DVD set of very challenging moves. I'm starting out with this DVD first. Yes, she has that Lilith voice, but I thought it was pretty funny.
Exceptional experience July 18, 2008
L. T. Roberts
I bought this on VHS with out any prior knowlege of yoga at all. I am very pleased that this has been my introduction. This video shows that Yoga is a real life "practice" not just a form of exercise. The first time I did it after the "A" series I was done! But something deeply quiet was created inside of me by it...and it stayed with me for a while... so I kept going back to it...Now I can do the entire session and the positive effects, mental and physical... are amazing.
I really appreciate that the instructor seems to expect the viewer to be able to do the exercises, she speaks with an authority that pushes you to want to do the movements correctly. Which after all is the point!
A Beautiful Introduction Into Ashtanga Yoga `For Mere Mortals'. March 17, 2008
Thomas Gardiner (Westchester, New York)
Ten years ago (in 1998) I was taking an Ashtanga Yoga class with a talented if not overly ambitious instructor. For a few months I was doing fine and enjoying the many benefits of the practice, but I took on too much too soon and pinched a nerve in my leg. I shied away thinking it was not for me. I'm 45 and still `active' and just last year I fell off my mountain bike and fractured my clavicle and tore muscle and cartilage in both my shoulders. Not wanting to wallow too long in my new pain and suffering I went to the library to find this superb "beginners practice" DVD with my new hero Nicki Doane. After returning the library's copy I went here on [...] to purchase my own. I do the Sun Salutations A & B by following the DVD 5-6 times a week and my shoulder flexibility and strength after 5 weeks is in amazing recovery. The DVD is superbly filmed and produced on Maui on a verdant mountain spot. Nicki Doane is so clear and so confident that I look forward to my early morning sessions nearly every day. Knowing my humble origins, post surgery, I recommend this DVD for anyone who believes in the body's ability to heal itself - given the proper framework.
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