Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790791340
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 079079134X
Item Dimensions: 610
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: D34466D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Running Time: 162 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Feel the power. Be the power! Unlock the strengthening slimming detoxifying and re-energizing of Power Yoga. Bryan Kest leads you in a vigorous workout based on the robust Ashtanga style of Yoga. Three programs on one DVD: Energize Tone SweatFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HEALTH/FITNESS UPC: 085393446628

Amazon.com:
Anyone wanting to get in shape like the stars need go no further than Bryan Kest's videos. Kest teaches wildly popular yoga classes in Santa Monica, California--so popular that stars like Rhea Perlman, David Duchovny, and Elisabeth Shue willingly sweat alongside the hoi polloi in Kest's packed, ancient loft studio. If you don't happen to be in the neighborhood, not to worry: Kest's yoga videos are nearly as good as being there. Volume 1: Energize is a beginner level class that nonetheless is smartly designed to provide challenges for all levels of users. Kest's Jersey-boy voice at first seems in contrast to the serene environment and inner-peace objectives, but it gradually becomes soothing and hypnotic in its own right. Stretches and strengthening moves are alternated with just enough repose to keep even first timers on track. After mastering Vol. 1, practitioners can go on to Volume 2: Tone or Volume 3: Sweat to further challenge themselves. As long as you keep in mind Kest's personal mantra--"If you're doing the best you can, you're doing this class perfectly"--you and this video should have many satisfying years of workouts together. --Anne Hurley




Rating: - Who gets to define what yoga should or shouldn't be???
I have to begin by addressing the wide array of reviews here. It seems that the biggest discrepancy is whether or not Kest is truly doing yoga or if he is truly a yogi or an appropriate teacher. Really, I agree with the person who said that it is a personal thing. I had not done yoga before getting this set. I had done pilates and have a good foundation of body awareness, so that helped in overcoming the fact that I did not have a teacher there to help me with my form. But as long as I felt ... Read More

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Rating: - Awesome video series
I bought this video after getting a recommendation from my yoga teacher and reading other Amazon reviews, before leaving on an extended vacation (where a live class would not be available). Like many others here, I think this yoga set absolutely rocks- it is an excellent and balanced yoga series (bends, balance, strength) which is challenging, but not dangerously so (and there are three levels to choose from). I can see how it would be a matter of personal preference whether you would like the constant ... Read More

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Rating: - loving this series for over 10 years
I used to practice this yoga series back when it was only on HVS and was thrilled to be able to update that and buy it now on DVD.

Bryan seems to inspire both sides of the spectrum in terms of reponses to his teaching, which is interesting. There's no right or wrong when it comes to a person's experience, but let me offer my own two cents on why I love these classes so much.

First, let me say that I tend to have a touch of reverse discrimination when it comes to overly-hunky ... Read More

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Rating: - Review is long, but be sure to read all of it to get all the pros and cons!
I only have two complaints- (1)when it says "beginners" for the first session, that means "beginners who have done yoga before, either videos or classes, but got out of their yoga practice routine, and want to get back into it again." In other words, if you don't have experience with yoga (any kind-it doesn't have to be Ashtanga or Power Yoga) then you may want to go with something else first, so you can get the basics. I have over 20 yoga videos, but it didn't "click" with me until I did Rainbeau Mars' ... Read More

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Rating: - Everything a yogi shouldn't be
Although I bought another Kest product (Spinal) I wished I would have done my homework more thoroughly and read these 1-stars. Almost everything stated here is what I also experienced and Texas Yogi had it right. Kest is a seriously flawed yoga instructor not only for the reasons that I stated in my review of the product I had the misfortune to buy (and subsequently throw away to save anyone else to suffer such a bogus yoga instructor), but for the fact that his conduct is soooo inappropriate and seriously ... Read More

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