Total Yoga The Flow Series Fire Level 3
Total Yoga: Fire is the most advanced session in the Flow Series and combines both classical and contemporary postures in a rigorous workout with a higher level of refinement, toning and aerobic activity. Taught by Ganga White and Tracey Rich, internationally renowned yoga teachers and founders of the White Lotus Foundation, Fire uses over thirty poses with three types of sun salutations to warm up, seven major standing poses plus backbends, forward bends, twists and tonic inversion poses. Students will achieve a high level of endurance, strength and flexibilty from this dynamic workout. “The Flow Series is a great, balanced yoga practice. I love doing it!” - STING
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars A great flow!
I am really happy I finally got this video. The flow is fast paced, the asanas move into each other effortlessly, there are a lot of vinyasas as an Ashtanga yoga practice should be. It will set your heart pumping and you’ll feel marvelous afterwards. Recommended!
5 Stars I broke a sweat on this one
I am new to yoga as a practice and I now do it 5-6 days a week. It is my primary exercise so I prefer the power yoga type routine. I have been doing Bryan Kest routines and i love them. I wanted something to rotate in so that I could work on different poses. I purchased this and have no regrets. This one gets me very warm and i broke a sweat but it was also challenging in a good way. I enjoyed it immensely. The movement flowed, the cueing was great and it kept me on track with my breathing. That in itself is great. Hope this helps.
2 Stars Workout? Yes Yoga? Not in my opinion.
I know I am the only person, so far, who is not entranced with this DVD. I bought it because it had such a plethora of glowing reviews. I am not happy I did.
What drew me to yoga, after decades of long distance swimming, was the philosophical component of the practice. Yes, I love a strong work-out, and I do one every day (Ashtanga Primary Series, Hatha Vinyasa, or Yin-Yang), but I don’t want my yoga to feel like an aerobics class. If that’s what you’re after then buy this DVD; but, if you want something with a bit more yogic depth I would recommend Shiva Rea’s Solar DVD. (It may be sold as the Solar Lunar practice. I am partial to the Solar practice and the meditations on the Lunar disc.)
The other thing I was not happy with when doing this DVD was the lack of music. Again, if you like your yoga sans music this may be the DVD for you.
5 Stars Top of the Chart
This dvd is absolutely spectacular. I do this particular dvd when I know that this will be the major exercise of my day. It is challenging, and as another reviewer mentioned earlier, it is one of the few dvds that includes headstand in its routine. As an “intermediate-beginner” to “advanced-beginner” I consider this dvd to be at the top of my ability level. I do have other dvds that are more difficult, but I tend to modify the poses somewhat when I do them. With this dvd I am able to do all of the poses (as Tracey does them, not the more advanced way that Ganga shows) including headstand (without being near a wall). Most of the time I cannot do a headstand the same amount of time that Tracey and Ganga do, but it has given me the confidence to know that I can make slow steady advances with yoga. This dvd will get your heart pumping, and your legs will feel rubbery once you’re done, but you will feel so relaxed afterward that you will be glad that you did this routine. I own all of the other dvds in the series (the original, earth, and water) and I would reccommend this set to anybody who wants to make progress with yoga or to have a variety to work on depending on your mood. I would put the original dvd (purple cover) to be just below fire as far as difficulty goes, and then obviously earth and water beneath that one. Again, there are days that I don’t feel like doing the most difficult dvds that I have but I still want to do a yoga routine, and it is at these times that I normally get the earth or water out. Water is another one of my personal favorites in my collection. Earth is very conservative throughout the whole routine, but it is a great dvd to help you concentrate on the poses to make sure that you’re getting them right instead of flying through them (like an ashtanga yoga class). If you want a complete series that will do just about everything, then get this dvd set. Another thing that I like about this series is that Tracey and Ganga don’t “shy” away from any weaknesses. The only pose that I don’t remember them doing is eagle pose. Throughout the whole series they do just about every one of the basic poses, so that they (unlike other dvds I own) aren’t taking poses out of the routine that they can’t do. All of the poses are in there. If you enjoy this series half as much as I do, then you will love it.
4 Stars Good workout
Wow this yoga got my heart pumping. I really found it fun and it was challaging for me.If you are fairly a begginer at yoga you might want to try a lower level in the series because I think this one is level three and they do some head stands that I am unable to do yet but plan on working at it. It is also over an hour all the way through so you are looking at spending some time. Good DVD not my absolute favorite but still very good, I have just been getting into yoga so I want to try a few more tapes just to add to my collection of videos. The only complaint I have, which is a small one at that, is the woman’s voice who is doing the narrating is not as soothing as I would hope, but before I got this DVD I was using another DVD where the narrators voice was very melodic so it might just have been what I got used to and you may not even notice it. I enjoy yoga because although it is challanging at the same time it is relaxing and I guess I was just a little dissapointed that the voice was so instructional , but like I said that is minor and I still give it 4 stars!:)