Crunch - Joy of Yoga

Sara Ivanhoe, 42minutes, Beginning to Intermediate Level

In this video, Sara Ivanhoe leads students through a fairly well-rounded workout that should provide challenge beginners and intermediate students.  Each pose is performed a number of times; each time with slightly different variations providing a logical progression of increasing difficulty.  Other students show other variations on each pose, including numerous modifications so all people may access some form of these poses.

Sara uses extremely non-threatening language and speaks in a fairly calm, personable tone. A calm soundtrack accompanies this video to produce an overall relaxing workout.

Summary

Good variation for beginners and intermediates.  In particular, this is an excellent short workout (42minutes). Good abdominal sequence for upper, lower, and side abs.  Vinyasa flow feels a little crude, particularly moving between each sequence. Also a bit light on upper-body, extensions, and spinal twists.

However, I would not recommend this as a first introduction to yoga.

Workout Sequence

1. Mountain Pose & Swan Dive
2. Folding Flowing Series
3. Lunges
4. Twisting Lunges (Prayer Twist)
5. Standing Poses (Triangle, Warrior 2, Side Angle)
6. Standing Flowing Series (Salutation B, Side Angle, Warrior 2, Triangle, Downward-facing Dog)
7. Abdominal Sequence (Upward Facing Bow, Reverse Table/Plank, Twist w/ Opposite Leg Extension,
8. Cooldown Stretches (Cow Pose, Seated wide angle)
9. Final Relaxation

Credits

Copyright 1997 Anchor Bay Entertainment and Dragonfly Productions, Inc