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Comment on The 10 Most Overrated Films by steve

steve — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:52:12 +0000

dude, Pirates of the Carribian was a epic movie of epic preportions leaning on the equator of epic-est and epic. other than that you are right.

Comment on We ♥ Anne Nuotio: Ashtanga Yoga Practice Videos (Primary Series) by admin

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:27:41 +0000

“even though you know he can do yoga miracles if he chooses to…”

amazing

Comment on We ♥ Anne Nuotio: Ashtanga Yoga Practice Videos (Primary Series) by Maya Lassiter

Maya Lassiter — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:39:47 +0000

Hi ebean, thanks for visiting my blog and linking to it. I’d be happy to comment here–in fact, this post is where I first heard of Anne Nuotio’s dvd. Here are my beginner’s experiences with some of these dvds:
Anne Nuotio, see my review mentioned in the comment above, but basically, I loved it.

Swenson is great for practicing to, lots of support and encouragement to beginners and lots of variations. Smooth, friendly, plus funny white spandex shorts.

John Scott has perfect poses, no variations, full vinyasa, beautiful but overwhelming and a bit intimidating to me. I don’t like this one to practice to, but I got a lot of great info from the voice over. I’ll probably return to it when I’m further along.

Kino is awesome because she’s this tiny chica doing powerhouse yoga, I love her. Good variation section at the end, although not as much as Swenson and not integrated in. Quick pace, a little too fast for me now, but I like it sometimes. Pretty to watch, and it feels friendly and not intimidating, even though she throws down on the fancy handstands at a moments notice. I’m not sure why that is, but it is.

Melanie Fawer’s is nice, a complete treatment. Her style is very functional feeling, clean. 90 minutes, lots of breaths in the finishing sequence. Doesn’t dazzle, more of a workhorse primary depiction. Valuable info.

Nicki has the gorgeous production values–ah, Hawaii!–but it only goes up to part of the standing. Great place to start if a few surys leave you winded and you need time building up (that’s what I used it for). Gets left behind pretty quickly, though.

Sharath is FAST. He counts to 5 but I’d be hyperventilating if I really tried to breath to that count. I get two or maybe three breaths in there per pose, but you can do the whole primary in less than an hour that way. Instead of practicing to this one, just watching it is valuable–his primary feels sort of…humble? Like he’s just doing this thing, even though you know he can do yoga miracles if he chooses to, probably can balance on his left earlobe or some such. But there’s no drama here, not an ego feeling in the accomplishment. I really really like that. Less like a performance. Watching it has helped me iron out the transitions and the breaths. He does not talk you through the poses, just gives the sanskrit name and the counting, so the info is all in the watching, not the listening. Some weird camera angle transitions, like the director had to try out all the filters on his movie software.

Okay, I’m out. Thanks again for this post, ebean, it helped me when I was starting out.

Comment on We ♥ Anne Nuotio: Ashtanga Yoga Practice Videos (Primary Series) by ebean

ebean — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:52:08 +0000

In depth Anne Nuotio video review at Mayaland.

http://mayalassiter.com/blog/2009/11/anne-nuotios-awesomeness/

Comment on Ashtanga Yoga Classes in Philadelphia by Atom

Atom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:31:39 +0000

YogaSquared been doing the traditional mysore classes in the mornings for about 2 years, has some evening classes, David Garrigues Certified
great community

Comment on The 10 Most Overrated Films by dodod

dodod — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:28:31 +0000

i agree with the pirates of the carrabien, Brocke ass mountain and Bondock saints. The first pirates were a fresh rehack of a pirate action movies but it’s sequels are just crap. Although i must say that i totally disagree with the Blair witch projects. It is scarier than any other horror. To be honest with yourself, did you ever fear any slasher villan? This movie at least tries to scare us at a concius level, it was very inovative in it’s time and started a whole “hand cam horror” genre.

Comment on Ashtanga Yoga Classes in Philadelphia by Larry

Larry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:55:20 +0000

Hi, We’re starting a Mysore program at 242 N 3rd St in Old City on Nov 23rd. Certified teacher Noah Williams will be teaching morning classes at 7 AM and authorized teacher Mary Flinn will be teaching Mysore class at 5PM beginning Dec 5. Check with us for details.

Comment on The 10 Most Overrated Films by Lucas

Lucas — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:45:17 +0000

Your sir are a MORON… You obviously had to grasp of the meaning of the Blair Witch Project…

Comment on Student sues over injury causing adjustment by d

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:50:48 +0000

meniscus munches really common in ashtanga. not the practice for me.
don’t assume that he can’t be nailed for negligence even though the student signed a waiver. that’s why teachers should carry insurance. and why teachers shouldn’t teach ashtanga (calm down, joke *maybe)

Comment on Yoga Ouch! Whose fault is it? by Yoga Workshop Handed Lawsuit for Improper Adjustment Injury, Are All Studios Doomed for Sue-dom?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:52:05 +0000

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