Cheryl,
I am trying to figure out what my thoughts are on UY vs YW365. I have been doing a yoga only rotation for 9 months now. My background wasn't yoga based but I did do P90x yoga weekly, taken the occasional class locally, and played with other DVDs. Nothing stuck like the P90x yoga until I purchased UY. I was reasonably fit when I started UY, but not particularly muscular. Once I started the UY rotation I felt great other than a little soreness and possibly a minor over stretched feeling. These problems faded and I started looking more natural and less like a hobbiest weight room rat. At the end of the rotation, my diastolic blood pressure droped by 10 pts. I kept an active but less structured yoga regiment since. I continue to find 'new' muscles in my arms, legs, and basically everywhere. I can't say enough nice things about UY. The shortcommings with UY are fixed with Short and Sweet and Foundations, or so I thougth...
I have YW365 and really like it. YW365 will not be a replacement for UY for me. I will continue to shuffle in the YW365 discs into my UY structured workout regiment. I enjoy the more laid back nature of the YW365. I really like the short tip videos. The instruction tips in them are excellent and they are something that I will continue to go back to watch - they are not a watch-once and you know it forever kind of thing. Rudy guides the practice but combines it with tips and modifications. I definitely do not find the discs that I have done to be nearly as intense as UY. I love the intensity of UY - I want my yoga with a challenging flow.
That leads me to a couple of not entirely positive things about YW365. Everytime I've done a YW365 disc, I've felt like Rudy is giving me a pass on doing something 'hard'. I don't want options to make the practice easier... I guess I figure I can do that on my own. It is hard for me to criticise that because it is important to respect what your body can give you on any particular day. I find the options distracting because the modification isn't just for physical need, but just because it's 'too hard' today. I see what YW365 is doing - building skills with the first few discs and slowly ramp up the difficulty and intensity. So maybe I need to complete the entire set before I pass final judgement on this.
This doesn't bother me a bit, but many here have mentioned that they don't like the touching in UY. If this bothers folks, don't even bother with YW365. The tips are full of touching. I don't find it creepy. The only other way to be instructional in the tips would be to use a pointer or something, but that has serious limitations.
So which one? For me I can easily see using both, but getting more use out of UY. If I had to choose today, I'd choose UY. That might change in 3 months - I can't say for sure. Again, I haven't gotten thru the entire set. I didn't need to get thru the entire UY set before I knew it was for me. If you want a more physical challenge like your cross train disc, go with UY. If you want a slower flow or more instruction, go with YW365.
Good luck,
Christopher.
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