The Firm: Power Yoga

Kirsten Stroehecker
Year Released: 2004

Categories: Yoga


I love Yoga. I am not a yogini, just a wannabe, but I love Yoga, and am becoming more and more enamoured with it every time I do it.

My faves are Yoga Shakti, any of the Ravi Singh/Ana Brett Kundalini workouts I've done, Power Yoga for happiness.

I love the usage of the yogic terms for the breathing and the practice and the poses. I love interspersals of discussion of yogic texts, hindu spiritualism.

I dislike gratuitous 'mind-body' chatter that doesn't seem to have any real meaning to me.

I like the music in my yoga to have an eastern/indian flair. Then again, my family is from India, and I am biased that way. Yoga connects me to my own personal heritage.

That all being said, this workout was not for me. No sanskrit terms were bandied about, and although the music has been touted as being very good, it seemed nice, but not really inspirational.

I'm glad I had a chance to do this via netflix - so really, the only loss was the time (which I didn't mind losing - I did get in adecent workout) and the opportunity to watch 2 chapters of Starblazers this weekend instead of 1.

The workout is a lot of "power yoga" vinyasa type stuff, but not really even enough of that. It sort of seemed like "Yoga for people who aren't really into yoga." - That's just my opinion.

Instructor Comments:
Pleasant, but not overly motivating. Gives clear instruction.

Leela

03/11/2005