Sacred Yoga Practice with Rainbeau Mars: Vinyasa Flow - 4 Volume Gift Set (Beginners, Pure Tranquility, Pure Power, Pure Sweat)

If you only owned one set of Yoga Videos I would say this would be one of my top choices without a doubt (and this opinion is based on my experience with over 70 yoga programs in addition to studying with an amazing teacher). The reason I would choose this particular set is that there is so much variety between these tapes that you can choose one on any given day depending on your level of energy or depending on what you want to focus on.

What is special about this series is that each of these programs is completely unique. Many Sets of Yoga programs are basically the same routine with more poses added (or harder variations) rather than unique programs unto themselves. Rather these programs are completely different from each other. What's nice about this is that you can actually alternate these programs each day or combine them if you have more time without the routines overlapping.

The first two tapes "Beginners" and "Pure Tranquility" are gentle tapes that let you melt into wonderful yoga flows that will make you feel incredible as you open up your body, mind and spirit with movement and breath.

The last two tapes "Pure Power" and "Pure Sweat" will challenge you and push you to new levels of strength, endurance and flexibility while maintaining the true essence of yoga which is awareness and breathing.

Rainbeau Mars is a wonderful and inspiring teacher who comes across with real depth and sincerity. You feel like she's right there with you leading you through the practice. She's a real yoga teacher and not an aerobics teacher who decided to do a yoga video because it's the "in thing" .

Also, these tapes clock in at about 30 minutes so they are very easy to fit into anyone's schedule so there are not reasons to ever skip a day of Yoga.

When your ready to move on to a wonderful intermediate practice I also recommend Sherri Baptiste Freeman's "Power Of Yoga" which is available on Amazon as well (see my detailed review).

Highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Namaste


Awesome Awesome Awesome   December 21, 2003
I just tried out one video from this series, the yoga "Sweat", and I can't say enough about it. As a intermediate yoga'er, I wanted something slightly more challenging, and more of a workout. This is it. This is also one of the few videos that really gives you the mind connection from yoga along with great instruction. This video, however, is NOT FOR BEGINNERS, although please keep in mind that I haven't tried the other tapes from the set, so I'm sure they might be better for beginners, and if so, this set would follow a beginner for a very long time. Definitely worth it.


Wow   March 5, 2008
M. Hobby
I had heard that yoga gave a good workout, but had no idea until I received this set. You will sweat, but feel so good afterward. I needed something that would be good for my back and also relieve a lot of stress. Rainbeau s very competent and gives great direction. You can set your own pace, and while she's explaining the moves, once you get it down, you can do several before she moves to the next move. So, you can make it burn, or make it meditative.