Hi everyone! I am producing an online Yoga video series - its pretty small scale but I am hoping that over time it might become popular. Any suggestions or comments that you could offer would be appreciated. Please take a look! Here is the link:
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Thanks!
Yoga Girl.
Hello Yoga Girl,
Had a glimpse of your site and congratulate you for your endeavour, however I sincerely believe that your movements are a bit too brisk and rapid. All postures should be done gracefully with poise- these are the basics of Yoga- stick to these golden rules and with your beauty, I have no doubt that your Video will be on great demand-
Till then
I congradulate you for seeing the potential to capitalize on yoga using the internet as your medium. The streaming video, for those with broadband is a great way to experience yoga in the privacy of their home.
However, perhaps you could just give the following URL:
http://one.revver.com/watch/91786/flv to alleviate going through all the videos. I thought initially I was at a porn site, and I am not here to voice approval or disapproval of that – but typically Porn & Yoga do not go hand in hand. At least, not in the spirit of Yoga that I have been exposed to and personally experience. If you are serious about your Yoga, perhaps you can post those streaming videos somewhere seperate from your erotica “Bond Girl” scenes? Just a thought, but I know I would take it much more seriously if it had been presented that way.
Also, for anyone who wishes to give honest and helpful feedback / critique – please note her initial stance. The curvature of the spine does not look correct, but I do not know how to describe effectively how to change / adapt it. Is her behind sticking out too far? Proper pose and stature is very important to gain maximum results from the pose/s.
Yogagirl, et al,
I’m not sure if this is an informative posting or simply a viral marketing campaign.
I would have a couple of comments for you, assuming you are interested in comments at all. These comments come from a background in classical yoga. I don’t know anything about your training or your practice so what I share may be counter to the methods in which you train or practice.
Number one, candles are not necessary for yoga to occur. No ambiance is required. This includes incense or dim lighting. It’s just good to know. If one chooses these things it should be done not as a whim but pragmatically for purpose.
Number two, I think your attire for this series might be a) a bit more modest and b) in something other than black. Black is a color of shadow and hiding. It is how we avoid and bury ourselves from the world. In addition it is difficult to see your limbs, knee joints, hips, in the hiding black clothing.
Number three, what is the purpose please in lifting the extended leg when drawing the knee to the chest? Drawing the knee to the chest, in yoga, is not an abdominal strengthener as it is in Pilates. This sort of movement has several functions of shich releasing the fascia int he back body is prime. When the other leg is lifted there is tension created in the lower back. I would imagine some of your viewers may not be as fit and supple as you and this might be a safety issue.
Number four in the initial pose which I believe to be some version of Sarvangasana I would question the safety of such a position for beginning students. And many intermediates. From a safety standpoint the curve int he cervical spine must be preserved and protected. Doing this pose, in this way, places undue strain in the cervical spine and the nuchal ligament. While students many not get injured doing this pose at the time, it is possible to “find” the injury years later from this sort of abuse. There are two kinds of injuries in yoga; the ones that happen on the spot and the ones that revela themselves ten years later.
There are some other observations I have from a biomechanics standpoint (tadasana, namaskarasana) but it’s not critical those be shared at this point.
Ditto to the thoughts above, this does not seem to be a real yoga class, but more one of a questionable series of “yoga for men” bikini videos that seem to be proliferating on Youtube etc… This gal seems like she may have some educational intention, but the rest of her content makes me seriously doubt it, and all of those sort of vids seem to have a laughable voiceover providing instruction.
Jeff