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Yoga with a flow

American Fitness, Sept-Oct, 2003

Two new yoga video series offer powerful Vinyasa flows that can lighten your load, while enlightening your mind.

In her four-volume Sacred Yoga Practice (Natural Journeys), Rainbeau Mars sets a steady pace throughout a non-stop series of movements she describes as meditation in action. Her yoga has its roots in Ashtanga, partly inspired by John Friend, and Anusara yoga, which Mars says "places value on the heart quality and intention of the practice." A nationally known instructor of Vinyasa flow, Mars is one of the United States' youngest yoga instructors to teach at her level. As her reputation has grown, so has her client list, which includes David Duchovny, Flea (from the Red, Hot Chili Peppers), Esai Morales, Owen Wilson and Peter Berg.

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Each 30-minute video in the Sacred Yoga Practice series--Vinyasa Flow for Beginners, Vinyasa Flow Pure Power, Vinyasa Flow Pure Sweat and Vinyasa Flow Pure Tranquility--can be purchased separately for $14.98 or as a boxed set for $39.95. If you are new to Vinyasa, starting with Vinyasa Flow For Beginners is recommended to become familiar with cues and poses.

Jonathan Fields of Manhattan's Sonic Yoga studio has produced a flow series of his own: Vinyasa Heat Live/(Sonic Yoga Media LLC; $39.95). The rigorous series of postures he has choreographed will increase your heart rate and make you sweat. "I set out to create a yoga style that adds power and joy to people's lives. Also, a wonderful side effect, it has developed into a powerful weight-loss solution." With Adelphi University's Human Performance Lab, Field found one hour of Sonic Yoga's standing sequence can burn up to 540 calories. The Vinyasa Heat Live/series consists of three 60-minute tapes--one for beginner, intermediate and advanced students--available at www.sonicyoga.com

Yoga with a flow

American Fitness, Sept-Oct, 2003

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