Heart Flow Vinyasa Yoga Beginner Intermediate and Advanced a Practice DVD
An alignment focused, heart centered, Anusara Vinyasa Flow Yoga practice that emphasizes body alignments that open the heart.
Ishwari Gonnot is a certified Anusara Yoga teacher. She has been practicing and teaching yoga since 1992. She has been studying with John Friend since 1995. She is known for the way she inspires her students to connect deeply into their hearts while playfully challenging them to exceed themselves and realize their own greatness.
Heart Flow Yoga is flowing with Grace by saying yes to the whole magical spectrum of life. It is a willingness to be aware of all parts of ourselves-the light and the dark, the full rainbow of sensation, perception, emotion, and thought. To be in the flow is to look at whatever arises with freshness and freedom. It is simply to open our hearts with love to the present moment without clinging or pushing. Heart Flow Yoga is accepting the world and ourselves as we are, and then responding with love.
Heart Flow Yoga is one of many videos at MyYogaVideo.com that have multiple sound tracks. You can choose between two instructional styles, detailed or asana timing only, and you can choose your music from several beautiful tracks (or none). This video is a multi level yoga practice for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced yogis. In the detailed instructionalsound track you are often presented with pose options for each level. Choose the option that fits you best and hold the pose only as long as you can keep the integration.
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***Practice DVD***: after you have listened to the detailed instructional sound track you switch to the asana timing sound track. This helps you get into the body through your yoga practice and out of your critical mind. This DVD also lets you choose the beautiful music that inspires you today …
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars provided a great introduction to Anusara style yoga
This DVD was the first Anusara style yoga DVD I ever purchased. The DVD is approximately 73 minutes long. There is a short mediation and a decent amount of time for savasana (final resting pose). The flow is on the slow side (as compared to vinyasa or ashtanga style yoga), but there are some poses that are on this DVD that are definitely of an intermediate to advance nature. One example of this is the back bend. A beginner can simply do a version of a back bend appropriate for themselves, or do a full back bend and extend a leg in the air, or do a back bend place a hand on the thigh on the same side and then come up to standing from the back bend. Overall, the instruction is good and music is nice. You do not need to be an expert yogi/yogini to get through this DVD, but some of the poses will make you wish you were more experienced if you are a beginner. Any skill level can try this DVD but some poses my not have a brand new beginner level of modification/adjustment for some of the poses.
5 Stars Spiritual and physical
This is a great DVD. Gonnot blends spiritual and physical aspects of yoga so as to reflect the true essence of yoga. Several options are presented in order to keep beginners to advanced practitioners satisfied. Careful thought has been given to the sequence of poses and counterposes. Finally, the ability to vary music background is a real bonus. For those who prefer vinyasa yoga, this hatha approach offers a little more time to “marinate” the pose and become one with them. I definitely recommend this DVD even though I usually prefer vinyasa routines.
5 Stars from the heart
I am not a “yoga” person, however, I have experienced yoga with what I would term very gifted instructors. Ishwari is one of those people. She has a presence and sense about her purpose and gift to her students that is hard describe, but if you have ever had the fortune to be around her, then you know what I mean. She has heart! It comes across in the video. The music option is great too. I highly recommend the DVD. Steve B. - California (Ah Ho!)
3 Stars in love with yoga
The Heart Flow Yoga is kinda like a “B” movie yoga video. The audio is a little off. The volume goes up and down and it dosen’t flow. If you want anusara yoga it would be best to use someone that studied under John Friend.
5 Stars My favorite yoga DVD, great quality and easy to follow 
I am new to yoga, and have been trying several different forms of yoga and instructional materials recently to find one that works for me. I have found this video to be excellent. It is easy to follow and Ishwari is a great teacher. While she shows the extent of how far/flexible the advianced practitioners can be, it is not intimidating, and I have been able to follow the pace well. I also like the option of being able to select the music.
