video series

[Guest guest]

I was at Borders and noticed the Bryan Kest Power Yoga series. anyone know if

they are any good?

[Guest guest]

Don't by them.<br>They are absolutely no use for

practise.<br>I bought the second one when I had just started

with Ashtsanga Yoga. As there was very little

information about Ashtanga available in Germany (it seems to

get better) I tried to get everything I could get

hold of.<br>But even only watching was no fun. You can

see Brian leading a class doing a combination of

postures that has nothing to do with one of the series.

And last not least, the qualitiy of the recording is

very bad (perhaps only in the PAL version).

[Guest guest]

I actually have to say that Mr. Kests video

series is what got me started in my astanga path. Okay,

crucify me now. Unlike many others who found their way to

astanga through that yoga villian BBB's "Power Yoga"

book. I found mine through his first two videos. At the

time I had no understanding of what I was doing or

that it was derived from a long standing tradition of

properlyu sequenced asana. I just knew I felt good after

doing them and they helped me recover from a pretty

serious martial art injury involving my left knee.

<br><br>I no longer use the videos and have found

redemption in following the accurate sequencing of the

primary series. But, I'm glad that I came across those

tapes because through them I found astanga. <br><br>As

for the quality, I'd say the first two on VHS were

good, the third was pretty poorly done. <br><br>And as

SPW points out, Mr. Kest no longer calls his yoga

astanga and he does get a lot of chicks.<br><br>I do

believe that at one time he studied with KPJ rathger

extensively. I could be wrong here so don't take my word for

it.<br><br>ishogun

[Guest guest]

I got into ashtanga after buying and doing the

Ali McGraw video (I can feel the bullets whizzing

towards me already). But then, she never said it was

ashtanga and I still do it occasionally when I get bored,

even though it's not that challenging. Why? Because,

it is beautiful to look at and listen to... it has

the highest production values of any exercise vid

I've ever seen. I dearly love and respect Mr Swenson,

but his vid is appallingly shot. And before I get

arsey rants on how I don't know what I'm talking about

- y'all may have the advantage on me when it comes

to ashtanga, but I KNOW about direction and

production. <br><br>Expecting eviction from this site any day

now...