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Summary: Beginer's advice
Review: This is a great video.
If, and I mean IF you're experienced with yoga. This is not a beginer's set of videos. I wanted to try some yoga that was more powerful and advanced than the Yoga journal's AM PM yoga tapes. I didn't really consider myself a slouch at it, but my goodness! I got the Bryan Kest - Power Yoga set for myself for christmas. Yoga that involves pushups! Had me panting and sweating heavily, and that's the first tape..but dispite the fact I didn't keep up with the class of Gumby like perfect people I felt like I got a good workout and it woke me up.
It's impossible to watch the tv and follow along with the tape, so you -have- to know all the asana's before you start so you can just listen and follow. It's a good work out, but let me repeat, this is NOT for anyone just starting out, or anyone that gets discouraged by the perfect people in the class. Good luck! and keep with it!
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Summary: Brian Kest - Power Yoga Boxed Set
Review: For someone who has been into running and weight training for several years, I decide to give yoga a try after I had my first baby. I thought I would be totally bored and unchallenged, boy was I wrong. Brian Kest's yoga videos, especially volume 2:Tone, has helped me create a lean and sculpted body. Brian Kest does an excellent job explaining the poses and making you feel comfortable at what ever level you are at. He is definitely not what you would picture when you think "yoga instructor",but you certainly can not judge this book by its cover. I love what his tapes have done for my body and mind. He presents the instruction in a well sequenced format and makes you feel as though you are actually in the studio taking his class. I look better now than ever! I recommend this series to only those who have yoga experience and no serious neck or back problems. Great challenging workout!
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Summary: GREAT!!!
Review: While perhaps a bit much for a true beginner I think most people in decent shape will be able to run with this one. The fact is that at any time you can drop out of the asana and take a break. He even tells you this.
The comments in some reviews about the "touching" are to put it bluntly ridiculous. It is called instructing and I am truly sorry that some reviewers were not able to get by this. Many people have also made comments about the "look" of the video be it about Brian or the students and they have been both positive and negative comments. I ask you what does this really have to do with the instruction of the video? I do not know. It seems off base when the video was not made to be a model review. The true intent of the film is instruction and it does this well.
I do not think you will be let down at all by these videos and if you look at the overwhelming reviews you to will see what an asset these can be to ones workout/practice. It is to bad that they are not on DVD yet.
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Summary: I've tried everything
Review: I LOVE this video set. I really really do. I get SUCH a great workout with this set. At first, I could barely make it through the videos and my legs would shake and shake and I would drop out of the poses and couldn't for the life of me hold any of the darned poses. But after a few weeks, I kind of got good at it! And I feel great too.I love the fact that there are three different workouts but in the same form type and with the same instructor. It makes it so that you can mix it up so you don't get bored and don't work all the same muscles every day. I have tried SO many yoga videos. I HATE those videos that end up being fake yoga modified for the beginner but trying to fit for the advanced person. Almost all the videos I have tried have been so tempered down that I really don't feel my body is benefitting from it. Not only do I not feel like I get a stretch, but I also don't feel like I am developing muscle! I have wasted so much money trying to find another yoga video. I don't know why I bother. Probably because psychologically I am always trying something new. But this cookie is THROUGH wasting her money. This and Kundalini Yoga by Gumukh (sp?) are the BEST I have tried.
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Summary: The Best yoga workout EVER!
Review: I'm serious, folks - I've tried lots of different yoga tapes and Bryan Kest's series is by far the best of them all. I do think you'd need to have at least some working knowledge of yoga poses (ie: you've taken at least one or two yoga classes in the past or done a Rodney Yee tape or two) to begin with tape 1. But even if you don't, Bryan is a wonderful instructor who puts anyone at ease with his calm reassurances that you can do this at your own pace and take breaks when you need to. As he says repeatedly throughout the series - this is your workout, you do what you need to do. Tape 2 is my favorite and I've already had to replace it once because it got warped from how much I used it. It's a full 50 minutes of make-you-sweat yoga with challenging poses and variations. At no point do you feel like the workout is too easy. Bryan keeps it flowing throughout from one pose to the next. There are a lot of sun salutations, though, so be forewarned. I still have to try Tape 3. I love tape 2 so much though that I feel comfortable sticking with it. I highly recommend this series to anyone looking to be challenged and taken out of an easy comfort zone with yoga. Kest is truly a master and makes anyone feel like they can do this too.
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Summary: not for basic beginners
Review: i found this set to be challenging and quite intensive. each time u work out to anyone of the tapes, u find ur capabilities have increased. once u are not starting yoga for the first time, then this is the set for you. each tape progresses with intensity but it's true what bryan says, focus on the breath. thank god there is no droning and his voice carries u through some of the more challenging poses.
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Summary: good tape...
Review: The workout itself is wonderful and will definitely build strength,as the postures are held for what seems like a painful eternity...There are some really good ones here..I did find the "erotic'aspects ("the shirtless longhaired Kest,perfect chiseled bodies,and the adjusting of the students")just a tad distracting,but thats just me I guess..It is still one of the best tapes out there..
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Summary: Great workout, ignore the self indulgence
Review: This is a great workout! I have had low back problems and it really stretches me out. The videos contain some of the best stretches I have ever done. My flexibility is dramatically improved. I will admit that Bryan Kest can be pretty annoying. The long hair, the cutoff blue jeans, and the shirtless look are a little too hip for me. After watching him handle his female students I wouldn't want my wife or daughters in the classroom with him. Just focus on the exercises and you'll get a very challenging workout that will stretch and tone you.
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Summary: I don't agree with the previous reviewer's comments...
Review: I honestly don't know what planet the person is from. She suggests only doing the videos on days you don't need to take a shower after the workout??!>? I am always dripping with sweat after Vol 1, 2, and especially 3 are over. Sure, it is not aerobic, but when is yoga supposed to be aerobic? I have been lifting weights, doing the Firm and Fitprime videos for years and this series is tougher than they are. I thought I was in shape until I did these videos. I look forward to continuing to practice them for years to come, they are a fantastic help in crosstraining with weights.
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Summary: Ideal for repeat viewings
Review: I'm a New Zealander living in Korea. I have been practicing yoga with this series of videos 3-5 times a week for 4 straight months. I look and feel much better as a result. The workouts are a somewhat emotional experience for me maybe because the yoga makes me breathe right, and because of how good I feel... I end each session with an unexplainable love for the world and peace-of-mind. It seems no matter how many times I watch the videos, I never tire of them -- they seem simple on the surface yet have immeasurable depth only realized after repeated viewings. His continuous narration is extremely beneficial in the long-term, as eventually, you not only understand how and why each pose is done, but you start to think like the true yogi that Bryan Kest is.
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