Strength, Grace, Healing
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Artist: Max StromBrand: RED Distribution
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Megaforce
Product features:
- This two disc set is the first in a series that features the inspired yoga of Max Strom. This practical and beautiful DVD presents an introduction to yoga that is easily accessible to the beginner-to-intermediate practitioner. It is easy to follow, yet also challenging. Too many people confuse yoga with simply being an exercise regime for the body, while others worry yoga is overly spiritual. Thee
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DVD Review: Calming, slow paced, great cuing/teaching 90 or 45 min yoga sessions
Summary: 4 Stars
Disk 1
Getting started, safety, epilogue (Max in video)
Workshops -
2-4 min each detailed instruction - bridge, cobra, crescent, down dog, sitting single fwd leg bend, lying knee to chest, plank, sphinx (baby cobra), sun salutations (great on fwd bend), tree, triangle (also can be accessed during the 90 min session at an OM symbol pops up)
90 Min Session -
Choice of music & voice or just one or the other. Set in a studio with white walls, large windows with sun streaming in, wood floors. One woman in front who is a level 1, a woman in back who is level 2 both in plain white leotards & a guy in back who is a level 1 in a regular t-shirt & black shorts. Max narrates with a calm, strong voice with detailed cues about body position, what to watch out for, etc. The level 1 girl & guy, especially the girl in the front would do a VERY modified version... such as the foot only goes to the ankle in tree or just bends her head back in table. The level 1 girl & guy would also use blocks sometimes. Pace is EXTREMELY slow. In this session, it was too slow for my limited attention span, I did get through most of it in two separate viewings. His cuing & voice are amazingly calming.
Lying down knee to chest, spinal twists, horse stance, wide legged standing fwd bend 2-3x, downward facing dog 2-3x, plank, downward dog, standing fwd bend, mountain (almost always wide legged), standing fwd bend, plank, sphinx, down dog, child's pose, down dog, standing fwd bend, mountain, chair & standing fwd bend 4x, down dog & plank 3x, locust 2x, cobra, child, down dog, 1 leg down dog, lunge, repeat on other side, crescent, down dog, repeat on other side, lunge, down dog, repeat on other side, plank, cobra, down dog, standing fwd bend, mountain, warrior 2 both sides, side angle & warrior 2, repeat on other side, wide legged fwd bend, mountain, slightly twisted standing wide legged fwd bend, triangle (both sides), standing on tip toes, tree (both sides), down dog, table, simple sitting spinal twist, sitting single leg fwd bend, plank, cobra, child, sitting spinal twist, reclined figure 4 knee to chest, reclined knee to side spinal twist, bridge, repeat reclined spinal twist, simple reclined knee to chest (72 min point here), meditation w/legs up along wall for 6 min w/only music, sitting meditation for 6 min.
Disk 2
45 min Session -
Same choice in narration/music, setting & people. Begins with breathing while standing & stretching arms out gently w/breath, downward dog, standing fwd bend, plank, upward dog, chair several times for sort durations, more modified easy sun salutations, modified locust, updog, 1 leg up downward dog, lunge, repeat, sun salutation, warrior 2, side angle, wide legged standing fwd bend, tree, down dog, table, seated spinal twist, 1 leg sitting fwd bend, plank, updog, child's pose, half seated twist, bridge, knee to chest stretch & then end w/meditation w/legs up against the wall.
I loved this pace very much, at first I thought it was slow, but after 10 min, I loved his calm, detailed cues that helped me be aware of my body & go deeper & within 15 min I was calm myself & enjoying the slow paced session.
Meditation -
4 min w/video of beach, him playing a metal singing/tibetan bowel & guiding you softly w/woman sitting nearby
Unifying Aspects of Yoga -
short scrolling text of his opinions of yoga, that Hatha yoga isn't a religion, that Om may have come from something
Yoga Room Guidelines -
very quick scrolling text to keep away phone & distractions from your planned yoga session
Max Strom's bio is very interesting about his congenital physical issue & his ability to overcome it. From MaxStrom com:
By the time he was nineteen, Max had studied Taoism, esoteric Christianity, Sufism and was practicing meditation and Chi Gong diligently. Max is grateful for his in depth studies with Dena Kingsberg (Ashtanga yoga), Gabrielle Giubilaro (Iyengar yoga), Master Hong Lu (Chi Gong), Sherry Brourman, PT (movement therapy), and John Hogan (moral precepts). He also acknowledges the influential teachings of Steven Freedman, Eddie Modestini, and Jim Keenan.
Description of Strength, Grace, Healing
This two disc set is the first in a series that features the inspired yoga of Max Strom. This practical and beautiful DVD presents an introduction to yoga that is easily accessible to the beginner-to-intermediate practitioner. It is easy to follow, yet also challenging. Too many people confuse yoga with simply being an exercise regime for the body, while others worry yoga is overly spiritual. The classes presented are a holistic practice for developing strength, grace, and healing, of the body, emotions, and mind. Although Yoga appears to be primarily physical, its benefits are far reaching.This is the first yoga DVD to make full use of the most popular features offered by the DVD format, including: ? Two separate lengths of a beginning level yoga practice ? a 45 minute version and a 90 minute version. ? A Workshop option allowing further instruction on difficult-to-master poses. ? Special segments to help you practice meditation, and to get a deeper understanding of yoga. ? Three audio options: Max?s voice alone, music, or both. Max Strom is known for his transformational classes and for inspiring and impacting the lives of his students with his soulful, gregarious nature, and profound integrity.
Over 400 students a week come to learn his unique Vinyasa-style yoga which integrates Yoga, Chi Gong, and Movement therapy. His rigorous and flowing classes purify and realign the body, while cultivating a feeling of deep inner peace.
Max Strom is the founder and director of Sacred Movement Yoga in Los Angeles, now merged with Exhale Mind/Body/Spa. He is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and registered with the Yoga Alliance. Max is known for his philosophical insights and has authored a forthcoming book on Yoga.
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