Sacred Yoga Practice with Rainbeau Mars Vinyasa Flow Pure Sweat
Yoga can help reverse the aging process by improving flexibility, massaging the internal organs and glands, sending oxygen to all the body’s tissues, and enhancing a state of serenity. Breathing deeply into certain postures affects the nervous and lymphatic systems. It helps relieve tight muscles, increases energy and circulation, improves strength, and promotes radiant skin. On a deeper level, it’s a tool for observation. It brings us into the present so that we may fully receive what each moment has to offer and teach.
Join Rainbeau Mars and experience yoga in paradise on the breathtaking beaches of Maui. Vinyasa Flow: Pure Sweat is a vinyasa flow sequence designed to detoxify, strengthen, and open your body. Stay with your breath as you build internal heat. Welcome the heat as it purifies and cleanses your body.
Listen to your body, take breaks and enjoy your Pure Sweat journey.
How long you live is up to fate. How you live is up to you!
This is truly the heart of yoga. Enjoy!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars A beginners perspective:
I’ve been doing Yoga for 3-4 months now so I’m definitely still a beginner. I’m moderately fit but definitely have room to improve. While there are many many poses I have yet to master, chaturanga being my current challenge, I did not find this video tape too difficult for an average beginner. There are modifications given for most of the more difficult poses.
Yes, it is very challenging, particularly towards the end, but it’s doable with some determination. IMO, it’s pretty much basic poses that focus on lower body strength. There were two poses that were very challenging, the 3 legged down dog and one where you lift one leg to the side in a forward bend. There’s no way I looked like Rainbeau did on the DVD but I went at my own pace, lifted my leg as far as I could without losing form and accepted my current level of ability.
I really like Rainbeau Mars as an instructor she has the ability to talk a lot during the practice but it’s not annoying chatter. Instead she motivates you with the beautiful things she says. The fact that she sometimes tells you what benefits you get from particular poses as you are in them is a big plus to me.
I did notice some dubing issues and usually I prefer a longer workout with more floor poses after a vigorous flowing sequence but the length of this video, @35 min, is perfect so that you can do a gentler more restorative practice afterwards if you want to. As to the “sweat” part of the workout, I didn’t really break a sweat until 20 minutes into it but once it started, it kept on comin’!! I felt invigorated afterwards!
I’d say this is a nice challenging workout in which there is room for me to grow and improve my poses! There are many reviews here that would scare off the average beginner, I almost didn’t even try this, but I would encourage anyone with who is moderately fit and has some basic knowledge of poses to try it. You might surprise yourself like I did!
2 Stars Yoga Rainbeau Mars
Similar to “Pure power”,too simple, too short and not really a flowing sequence . The cover here algo has NOTHING to do with the actual practice.
Plus I didn’t almost sweat at all…
For power yoga I recommend Bryan Kest Power Yoga Complete Collection, Baron Bapstiste Live Clases, Rodney Yee Total Body Workout and Kristen McGee Power Yoga.
4 Stars Nice lower body emphasis
This DVD provides a nice lower body workout, and is not too short nor is too long. Rainbeau has a very soothing voice and the moves are easy enough to follow. So far my favorite Yoga DVD’s have been Baron Baptiste, and I still enjoy him, however I think Baron’s are better upper body and this DVD of Mars’ is better for lower body. It is worth the money.
1 Star Skip if you’re not a beginner
If you are not new to yoga and consider yourself intermediate to advanced, you will be wasting your money if you purchase this DVD. Although the view is perfect and the crashing waves are serene and soothing, for the more experienced yogi, this workout DOES NOT make you sweat. Additionally, this DVD does not showcase true vinyasa flow yoga. Rainbeau does not flow, but rather fidgets into, throughout and out of every single pose. Her voice is also quite annoying, and it definitely does not leave you in a calm and peaceful state of mind after completion. I did not find this DVD to be challenging, a workout or pure sweat. If you would like to sweat, build muscle, increase cardiovascular endurance and flexibility, and lose weight/keep in shape then this DVD is not for you. Instead try ashtanga yoga - that is definitely a weight reducing, sweat producing, muscle building type of yoga.
5 Stars Isometric Challenge
“Uncoil yourself like a flower searching for sunlight.” ~Rainbeau Mars
Rainbeau Mars presents a challenging practice for intermediate to advanced students who want to develop an additional dimension of strength and may I say, patience. The poses require not only strength, but a determination to hold the pose and see results. Downward dog now becomes an exercise where balance becomes a vital part of the exercise. By lifting a leg, you now must not only remain upside down, you must prevent yourself from falling over.
Intermediate and advanced students will love this challenge, but I don’t recommend this DVD for beginners. The vigorous strengthening poses flow quickly and alignment and flexibility are assumed. Don’t be surprised if suddenly you are crying or feeling an emotional release as some of the poses can help you let go of stored sadness or other negative emotions.
The flowing sequences of poses (moving from mountain pose, to plank, to cobra, to down dog, to warrior) purify and detox the body, so you may also notice nausea or dizziness and definite heat in your body. Breathing heavier should be expected and now and then if out of breath, take a rest in child’s pose. Chair pose and deep squats are also part of this exercise session and I found it all very healing and deeply satisfying when I could hold the poses and deepen my awareness. The poses seem to be designed to teach patience and a sense of powerful calm.
~The Rebecca Review