Fat Free Yoga - Lose Weight & Feel Great
Ana Brett, Ravi SinghYear Released: 2005
Categories: Yoga
This kicked my butt around the block but I
loved it! High energy and lots of fun.
Even though this DVD felt pretty challenging
for me I really feel this is about as close to a
perfect yoga workout as you can get. This is
one I would like to do everyday because it
seems to get everything covered from just
enough stretching ( which opened my hips
nicely and loosened up my spine) to cardio
which, even though people would argure with
me and say you can't get cardio doing yoga,
made me feel totaly oxygenated. If anyone
asked me if I did cardio today I would
definitely say YES!
Here is a somewhat breakdown of the DVD
as best as I can remember after doing this
only 1X.
There are 4 parts. You can do them all
together like I did or just 1 section.
The first exercise in the 1st section is called
Ravi rolls which is quite interesting and got
the heart pumping.
You are standing and swinging your arms 1 &
3/4 circles one way then reversing, bending
your knees as your arms pass center and
doing breath of fire the whole time.
The 1st section (called Start Your Engines)
continues with a lot of breath and movement
exercises for energizing. Side Bends and
Thyroid stimulating exercises that also really
warm up and open up the upper spine. I
think this section also had some warmups
and stretching.
Set 2 is called Fight Fire With Fire which has a
lot of deep abdominal work. At one point you
are holding in a sort of half crunch position
doing breath of fire and I felt the burn! Other
exercises in this section I can remember are
a wide leg stretch, leg lifts on belly, leg lifts
on back......
The next set is No-impact Aerobics. Walking
in place knees high, then Frogs which always
kick my butt, then piston pose which I am
sure I will feel in my thighs and butt
tomorrow.. Then there are these incredible
looking pushups on one knee with the other
leg straight behind which at first glance
made me say "no way!" but I found I could do
them. I might not have looked quite the same
as Ana but I think it still worked the same
important areas i.e. chest, back and arms
and butt again! Then more arm work...
The last set is your life is in your own glands.
Alternate leg lifts where you raise and lower
your head opposite to your leg. Then there
is breath of fire in cow and cat pose. Overall
this last set seemed to be a shorter set
though this is supposed to be four 19 minute
sets. I will try to remember to time them next
time
Then there are 2 meditations(for calming &
emotional balance) which I skipped today for
time constraints though I will probably do
them other times.
I actually felt pretty calm and emotionally
balanced by the end ot the workout anyway.
Overall it is a tough, energizing and
refreshing workout and like most Kundalini
yoga workouts contains no sun salutations
which have begun to bore me beyond
comatose!
The soundtrack is really well done. The music has an Indian flavor but mixed with other influences I can't quite recognize but really liked. You can hear Ana's breathing like she is right there in the room. It helped my breath of fire enormously to get into her rythym.
Instructor Comments:
Ana is always an inspiration. She looks like
she is having fun and smiles encouragingly
making even the toughest sections seem
easier.
Ravi is off camera speaking. We never see
him. He gives good aligment cues and as
always emotional and spiritual support with
his soothing voice.
Also in the credits before and after the
workout you see Ana dancing which is really
cool.