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Rating:  -
This tape was so disappointing that I felt compelled to write this review -- Denise may be a great fitness guru in other areas, but yoga is not one of them. I totally agree with the other reviewer who felt that Denise Austin doesn't "get" yoga. She takes you through the movements as if it were just a stretch class without focusing on breathing and the healing effects of yoga. It was as if she took a 5 minute course on yoga before taping the video. The other reviewers said the pilates section was great, but to tell you the truth, I turned off the tape in disgust before I got to the pilates part. I enjoy the "Yoga Zone" tapes a great deal -- great workouts for beginner through advanced. They don't spend a lot of time on scenery and stuff, but the instructors are terrific.
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Three stars is really a generous rating for this tape which I would not recommend buying, but the faults of the yoga segment are balanced by the Pilates. Denise Austin is a fitness instructor and not a trained yoga instructor. This approach just doesn't work for yoga. Yoga has so many great benefits beyond the physical, but that just doesn't come through here. I don't think Austin really knows what she's saying when she says, "feel the effects" in her faux mystical voice. I skip the yoga and just do the Pilates section which is great for ab toning and includes some leg and arm work as well. The 20 minute format is great for those who have limited workout time.
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I really like this video. Expecialy the piliates section. Yes Denise does go a little fast but you will catch up with her after you do it a few times. I love piliates and yoga but the yoga in this video is a little more for strength than for metitive but it does tone and streach your body out. Get it but give Denise's piliates video a try first so you have some form of introduction first, In her piliates video her second workout is yoga with some piliates mixed in so it is not just a piliates workout.
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This video is good for a yoga beginner, because I did not really find it very "powerful". It did not really get my heart rate up.
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I received this video for Xmas. Not a fan of Denise Austin, but thought there might be some value in viewing the video. The Yoga section was laughable. The Pilates section was just OK. Denise moved through the moves quickly and eliminated good instruction. Denise needs to partner up with a Yoga and Pilates instructor. Better yet...avoid instructing something she does not understand.
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