20 Minute Yoga Makeover - Weight Loss
Sara IvanhoeYear Released: 2004
Categories: Yoga
This short, invigorating workout is a perfect
practice for a busy schedule. It’s a true 20
minutes, as a matter of fact if you start the
clock when the routine begins (and not at the
introduction) then it’s really closer to 19
minutes.
The routine consists of vinyasas with added
arm movements to, supposedly, increase the
calorie burn. Initially, these are fairly typical
sequences: mountain to chair to forward
bend to mountain, or chaturanga to up dog
to down dog to chaturanga. But what makes
this routine special is that, once things get
rolling, Ivanhoe adds in extended leg down
dogs and standing twists such as revolved
crescent lunge and revolved triangle. I love
standing poses and these additions allow me
to push my edge in a short amount of time.
A real treat!
She ends the practice, rather abruptly, with
just one quick seated stretch (single-legged
forward bend) and a mudra. The mudra
doesn’t quite “seal in the practice” for me, so
I usually add a brief final relaxation.
Instructor Comments:
Ivanhoe has a warm, unaffected charm and
doing her workouts is like practicing with a
friend. Some on VF have complained that her
gently measured speech and use of
colloquialisms appear condescending, but I
just don’t see it. It’s funny how one person’s
patronizing is another’s unpretentious.