Yoga Spirit of Vinyasa Flow
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Get inspired with this dynamic and energizing practice! This comprehensive Yoga DVD features one 39 minute sequence and two 70 minute sequences. These 3 powerful routines combine breath and movement into one continual yoga flow that will lengthen, strengthen and help rejuvenate your body and spirit! Also included is our unique Yoga Pose Guide section: a valuable resource that gives detailed instruction on 20 poses including proper positioning, common mistakes, pose benefits, and contraindications. This means that you can study proper alignment and positioning in one section, then enjoy and flow during the main sequences. Deb’s insightful teaching and vital practice will take your yoga to new levels! This Yoga DVD is intermediate to advanced level. Filmed in Santa Barbara, California in high definition, with over 3½ hours of footage. more info
good yoga
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
this is a good yoga for beginners to intermediate. she does not have a lot of variation to the sequences. there’s are tons of downdog leg lifts in this so you may get tired of them. especially in the hour long ones. a few different poses that will make you work.
Spirit of Vinyasa Flow
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
There is a pose guide option in the main menu that allows one to see how the pose should look, common mistakes, variations of the pose if you’re less flexible, and why the pose is beneficial. So although the DVD difficulty rating is intermediate to advanced, a beginner can learn poses as he/she would in a yoga class. The music is calming, at times seemingly non-existent so you can easily hear what she’s telling you.
Excellent
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Great job by Deb Dobbins. I have been doing the 70 minute sessions for a while. Tried the 39 minute session the other day and was surprised and reminded just how good these sessions are. There is enough movement to break into a sweat and enough challenging poses to keep you coming back. The sessions are well rounded.
Great addition to your collection!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I have only used the 39 minute flow. With that being said, I enjoyed it so much that I had to post. This is great for everyone. First timers will not be able to do the entire thing, so just watch the parts you can’t do a few times and gradually you can work up to them. I highly recommend this one and I have tried many home practice dvds. The 39 minute sequence was well-balanced and the instructor’s voice and delivery is not agitating at all.
Great flow
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
There are 3 classes on this dvd. Class a 39 minutes, class b 70 minutes, class c 71 minutes. I did classes a & b. Both of these classes take place on a cliff, somewhere. Why do yoga teachers insist on scaring us half to death by filming classes on rocks, cliffs, boulders or any place that looks dangerous or uncomfortable?? Would you do yoga on the edge of a cliff? I wouldn’t.
Anyway, class A starts out as a nice simple easy class with a seated stretch, half salutes, half warrior one, triangle, standing split. Then it heats up to bound side angle and bird of paradise. That pose took me by surprise as she had lulled me into thinking that this class was for beginners. Alas it is not, it is for intermediates that don’t feel like working very hard and are short on time. It also includes side stick with top leg in tree pose. You get into this pose from one legged down dog. Interesting never tried it that way before and guess what, it works! The class also includes camel, heros pose,and shoulder stretches. For 39 minutes, it’s a good, short,sweet class. I sweated bullets and felt good afterwards.
Class b is a killer. It concentrates on your hips and hamstrings. Poses include salutes a & b with variations, half moon, warrior 1 & 2 with variations, full split, twisting lunge prayer and the most intense seated stretches I have ever seen on a yoga dvd thus far. One pose was wide legged stretch with one leg bent behind you. Ouch! felt that one. I have been doing this dvd for 3 weeks now and for the first time in my life I am able to do a complete full split. Suprised myself!
I sweated bullets, and felt great afterwards. My only complaint was that on some of the poses, the camera angle wasn’t good and I couldn’t see what was going on. Also, her cuing wasn’t the greatest. She lost me a couple of times and the right left thing is not part of her teaching style. She sometimes cues on one side, but not the other. She also has the habit of adjusting her clothes and fidgeting alot. Better editing would have fixed this as it’s distracting.
I just looked at class c and it includes a lot of arm balances. I tried this class and it way above my pay grade. I’ll leave this one alone, for now.
All in all a great vinyasa flow class. Very little spirituality here, just a whole lot of stretching and sweating. Oh one more thing about the pose guide. She goes over about 19 poses. Well not really as one section is about not scrunching up your face in class because it bothers her? Huh? Anyway the poses are for absolute beginners. She goes over common poses like triangle, lunge, warrior 1 & 2 half moon. But wait this isn’t a dvd for beginners. It says that right on the cover of the dvd. I was expecting her to explain how to get in and out of the intermediate/advanced poses, ie bird of paradise, side crow, head stand. If you are an absolute beginner you shouldn’t even buy this dvd. To me, the pose guide was for another dvd, not this one.
wonderful vinyasa practice!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is the best yoga vinyasa flow DVD I have seen. Her practice is fluid, her instructions clear, the product description is accurate (intermediate level) and the background breathtaking. I bought several DVD’s looking for some change in my daily practice, and this is by far my favorite. There are also time options which allow for those mornings when practice needs to be shortened. I highly recommend this DVD!
Finally, another challenging yoga DVD for intermediate/advanced levels
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have had a hard time finding vinyasa yoga DVDs that are not at a really basic, beginner’s level that give me a good workout. The only other two I have been completely satisfied with have been Bryan Krest and Shiva Rea. So I was hesitant to buy this DVD but it turns out it was a good find.
As others have mentioned, there are three different complete practices, ranging from a slightly more basic 40 minute one to two 70-minute ones. There is also a separate pose guide which gives tips and advice on how to be sure you’re doing the pose correctly. Some other reviewers have indicated the pose guide was for beginners, but I disagree. Since I live overseas where there are no yoga classes I now have to do all my yoga by DVD with no instructor, and while I am at an intermediate or advanced level I don’t always know if I have good form in the poses. I liked the fact that the pose guide explains how to correctly move into the pose. For example, she stresses that for pigeon pose it’s important that the hips be square, and that yoga students have the tendency to roll the hips open on the pose. That’s exactly what I’d been doing all these years, so the pose guide is indeed useful for all levels. (but it’s true that the bit on scrunching up your face is a little odd!)
As for the practices, I found that like all yoga instructors Deb has incorporated her own style or variations into her teaching. Her sun salutations do not seem classical to me at all, though it was refreshing to do them in a new way. She incorporates some poses that I haven’t done before or haven’t seen done in the way that she does them. I felt her pace was about right for my breathing, and the practices all gave a great cardio workout at the beginning as well as really great, deep hip stretches. I felt the DVD was challenging but at the same time fairly doable–none of the extreme Shiva Rea arm balance poses that all of us average yoga practitioners will never be able to do no matter how many years we practice. At least the things I couldn’t do I could imagine doing in the future with enough practice.
I really found the DVD to be good, but there were a couple of things I wished were different. Sometimes her cuing was not always clear and I found myself missing something. While the scenery was nice enough, I did think it was odd that her yoga mat perched on that big rock seemed to be at a bit of a steep slope–not really the best positioning for yoga! Also, the camera didn’t always get a good angle of the pose and sometimes the DVD focused on her too long from a front angle instead a side angle to really show what she was doing. In any case, once I have done the DVD more I’m sure I’ll be more familiar with the sequences and the way she does the poses and it won’t matter. Finally, I was disappointed that there was not really any shavasana at the end…the moment you lay down the practice is done!
Calming & Energizing Workout At The Same Time
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I can see why this teacher is so popular; her practice brings serenity and at the same time, energizes. The poses are standard like updog, downdog, cobra, etc., but it is the way they are done that brings the calmness. There are some advanced poses like: standing bound angle which can be a challenge but who doesn’t want a challenge, now & again? I am delighted with this DVD.
Offering a combined, flowing progress of routines
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This DVD from Real Bodywork offers yoga practitioners a guided workout and in-depth exploration of the wonders of Vinyasa Yoga. “Yoga: Spirit of Vinyasa Flow with Deb Dobbin” (226 min.) is intended for intermediate to advanced practitioners, offering 3 sequences, 20 pose lessons, and 3 1/2 hours of practice. Offering a combined, flowing progress of routines, Yoga: Spirit of Vinyasa Flow explains in detail how to enact proper positions and warns against common mistakes. Highly user friendly; serious Yoga enthusiasts are certain to enjoy it.
Fun Yoga DVD
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
For people past beginner and ready for more of a challenge, i strongly recommend this DVD. A beginner could certainly enjoy it as well, but to participate in all of the movements, more experience is necessary. It’s a nice flowing sequence in all three sessions. One is 39 minutes and the other two 70 minutes. I enjoy her soothing voice and gentle approach to the movements. Enjoy!
Good intermediate advanced yoga practice
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a very good DVD. High production quality. Comftirble 45 intermediate routine and two long chalenging intermed/advanced routines that are based on the gradual strengh and flexibility development of each routine. Great for intermed/adv yoga practioners.
like
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I like Deb’s style. Starts out relaxing, then moves into more challenging poses, then relaxing again. Great workout. I’m a beginner/intermediate, so there were only a few moves I could not do. Definitely recommended for strength training.
All-in-one excellent DVD!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this yoga DVD. I like how there are 3 different varieties. The first one is 39 minutes and is excellent when I don’t have much time and don’t feel like working out too hard. It still gives you great workout though. The second one and the third one are more challenging and longer (70 and 71 minutes). I find most of the poses in this DVD slightly slower than those in my normal power vinyasa classes I go to. Her voice is very soothing and her speech is very well paced. The DVD also provides step-by-step instructions for 20 poses which are great for beginners or for rechecking your postures.
satisfying workout
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I do this disc about once a week to once in 2 weeks. It is a decent workout that I know I call fall back on when I am tired of everything else. It’s a bit challenging, but nothing too hard. Nice scenery a top of a large mountain. Music is not so great–reminds me sometimes of Kate Bush. Commentary is pretty technical. She often says things like “enjoy the stretch” or “enjoy how it feels.” I don’t find that too mind expanding. I think Deb overusing the twisting high lunge a bit. There are 3 workouts – one beginners and two intermediate. I must admit that I find her instructional commentary section on specific poses to be the best I’ve seen.
Great workout
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great workout that is definitely geared toward an intermediate to advanced practitioner, at bare minimum a beginner with a high degree of flexibility. Even the beginner flow (39 min long) includes some poses that you may not get the first time you try the DVD. There are 2 other flows that are 70 and 71 minutes respectively. These flows provide a great mix of beginner, intermediate, and advance poses done in a flow that will more than likely make you sweat. The DVD also includes a section with 20 or so poses that gets very detailed about how to enter and hold the poses. Overall the DVD quality is good and the instructor is excellent. I would suggest at least several years of experience before trying this DVD unless you have a gymnastics, a dance background, or a good enough understanding of yoga to otherwise be able to modify some of the poses to suit your level.
Quick paced yoga
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I only did set A and it is definitely for people who has practiced yoga before. She doesn’t spend a lot of time to warm up and she moves between the moves much more quicker than I’m used to in a yoga class. The filming is the same place on the front cover. So, sometimes you can not tell what she is doing and since she changes her poses so quickly it can get confusing to figure out which side you are twisting to. So you might want to review the poses before starting the sets. It also ends abruptly. I just got comfortable in my lying position and the dvd jumps back to the menu. So I’m like lying there without music.
I guess it’s because Set A is crammed into 37 minutes and she tries to deliver all the poses. However, I would prefer longer holds in some of the poses for a better stretch. It feels like I just got into a pose and she says, ok downward dog…
But overall, it’s a pretty good dvd to practice at home.