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Morning is the perfect time for an invigorating yoga programme. Stretch your muscles, loosen your joints and begin your day feeling healthy, vibrant and focused. World-renowned instructor Shiva Rea has created three 20-minute practices to revive your body, mind and soul at the start of each day. The first segment is an overall toning and strengthening programme. The next is a fun series of rhythmic and freeform movements to generate energy, improve circulation and brighten your mood. The third is an empowering practice for physical balance and mental concentration. Shiva s customizable yoga matrix allows you to mix and match the segments, along with an awakening meditation and closing shavasana, to suit your daily needs and schedule. Feel amazing every morning as you tap into your energy flow, tone your body and harness positive power in your life. BONUS 20-minute Heart Salutation from Shiva s Radiant Heart DVD
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I love all Shiva Rea's DVD work outs that I've tried. I usually find them pretty intense for the first few weeks of following them then it eases up. A.M Energy is no exception - this is definitely a good thing - I like the challenge it provides.
There's 3 x 20 minute practices to choose from, the DVD is set up so you can choose what you want to do at the beginning and it'll flow through them without you having to fiddle with the remote halfway through! The first practice is the most straight forward: various asanas and strength practice (this is quite intense at first), the second is a lovely fluid practice with lots of wavy arms and legs and also some more demanding moves in the second half - it feels great afterward, a real release. I didn't like the look of Shiva's Yoga Trance Dance DVD and luckily this part is nothing like it, but is fun yoga dancing at the start :-)
The third practice is based on balance poses and is good for focus.
I would recommend this DVD to anyone who likes a bit of a challenge from their yoga work out. It's easy to follow and Shiva's narrative is helpful and clear. She is always relaxed, the background theme and music is also relaxing and she manages to look beautiful through out - doesn't even break a sweat!
There's 3 x 20 minute practices to choose from, the DVD is set up so you can choose what you want to do at the beginning and it'll flow through them without you having to fiddle with the remote halfway through! The first practice is the most straight forward: various asanas and strength practice (this is quite intense at first), the second is a lovely fluid practice with lots of wavy arms and legs and also some more demanding moves in the second half - it feels great afterward, a real release. I didn't like the look of Shiva's Yoga Trance Dance DVD and luckily this part is nothing like it, but is fun yoga dancing at the start :-)
The third practice is based on balance poses and is good for focus.
I would recommend this DVD to anyone who likes a bit of a challenge from their yoga work out. It's easy to follow and Shiva's narrative is helpful and clear. She is always relaxed, the background theme and music is also relaxing and she manages to look beautiful through out - doesn't even break a sweat!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I finally tried this DVD today and definitely enjoyed most of it but all kinds of little minuses made me give it only 4 stars (4.5 stars actually). For more detailed review, check out Jenny G's great review (on Amazon.com). The DVD has 3 main new flows : Body Mandala 108 (23:18),Shakti Flow (20:40),Vira Flow (23:23)plus Meditation Core Awakening (5:16),Shavasana (6:15) and Heart Salutation from her Radiant Heart (20:38) as a bonus. I already tried Vira Flow a few times before which was available on Acacia's website, I liked it very much and it's my favorite of the 3 flows (as well as the most advanced) since it's the most pure yoga of them all and fits good in my usual practice, it has a lot of standing balances including eagle pose and a whole lot of side plank variations which I like, the minus for me is that you never really hold the standing poses very long. The 5 min core awakening segment includes nauli kriya and such, familliar to me from my ashtanga classes that I used to take but which I never really liked, especially because I can't do all those weird belly things (-:. Body mandala 108 was definitely fitness oriented practice including 12 reps of every move, though I did notice Shiva didn't really do 12 reps everytime... the pushups followed by variations of forearm side plank were definitely challenging but the rest of the practice not so much, but it's a nice warm up, though I think I will get bored doing reps of every move.BTW the volume on this segment was lower for some reason than the other segments which I find annoying. Shakti flow was definitely refreshing, it's a mix of fluid power and a little bit of trance dance starting with some free form dance moves and flowing standing poses, bow and side bow which I liked, finishing with short alternate nostril breathing. The bonus segment that is also in the matrix is heart salutation from the radiant heart dvd which is a good bargain if you don't have it because it's pretty much the whole DVD since the other 2 segments from it are short redundant moving meditations, that DVD was never a favorite of mine either but it's a nice flow of backbends and side opening. The Shavasana on this dvd is 6 minutes which is the longest of all her dvd's which is good but I didn't like the chanting in the song which was loud and distracting for me, she closes this segment sitting with some mudra. Unlike Jenny I don't see myself do this DVD over and over unfortunately since I don't feel it will add much to my regular practice except vira flow which adds some challenge. I wish she would make some more advanced practices in the future that builds up to a certain culminating pose which vira flow came close to. Overall a nice addition if you want something different and definitely nice practices for the morning.. or evening if you're not a morning person like me.
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56 of 60 people found the following review helpful
New fresh flows from Shiva
19 Feb 2011
Format:DVD
These are the selections on the yoga Matrix menu:
Meditation Core Awakening (5:16):
Shiva starts with some gentle standing spine work, sweeping the arms overhead, coming into uddiyana bandha, rounding the spine and then rolling up. She has several more rounds of uddiyana bandha, moves into agni sara, and then nauli kriya while circling the hips. She closes with sweeping the arms overhead, and then dropping arms and upper body to sweep the arms by the side, repeating several times - and then a few brief moments of meditation with eyes closed.
I really liked this segment, although it may take me a while to master nauli kriya. If you are new to uddiyana bandha, agni sara, or nauli kriya, you may wish to do some additional reading about these poses on the web.
Body Mandala 108 (23:18):
This is a very nice whole body segment, including over 108 rounds or repetitions. I really liked the pace of the flow - steady but not rushed at all. Each pose has several reps or pulses to it. Arm movements and counter poses are combined throughout. Poses include:
o Kalari squat (similar to chair pose, legs hip distance apart) (counter: standing forward bend)
o Pushups (set of 12) (counter: Anahatasana)
o Forearm side plank sweeping arm overhead and then back to side (var 1: top leg bent forward, foot resting on ground in front for support. Var 2: lifting top leg while sweeping the arm) (counter: cobra)
o Ab work with leg variations
o Bridge pose
o Table pose (counter: garudasana shoulder stretch and downward dog)
o High lunge, bending and straightening the back leg while sweeping the arms and then stretching back (counter: low cobra or upward dog to downward dog - child pose and kneeling half bow after second side)
o Repeats first part of flow with pushups (option of alternating leg lifts), side forearm planks (option of drawing one knee up and elbow down to the waist), abs, bridge pose (option of extending and lowering one leg), and table pose.
o The flow ends with raising arms overhead and dropping to sweep them by the side, standing forward bend, and a squat.
Shakti Flow (20:40):
This flow was perfect for me to do on a Friday, to raise the spirits after a week of work. It is the most fluid of the flows, starting with free form movement similar to her Trance Dance, but maybe a little more restrained. This portion lasts about 4 minutes, shaking, rolling the spine, opening the hips, and twisting and is followed by Ha Kriya. She moves into several fluid Uttanasana and high lunge variations, and then a flowing Virabhadrasana II vinyasa. The next section flows back and forth between childs pose and cobra, followed by dhanurasana (bow pose) and parsva dhanurasana (side bow), and then plank pose alternating drawing one knee to the waist. The next section alternates between high lunge and down dog, but offers a very energetic option where she says to "leap like hanuman" (I stayed with the lunge/down dog). I think the next pose she calls hanuman vira mudra from her kalari practice which is a squat variation, before slowing down into seated wide legged forward bend variations. The flow closes with a brief seated meditation that includes alternate nostril breathing.
Vira Flow (23:23):
This flow has a variety of balance poses mixed throughout, several side plank variations, and many other poses mixed in.
o Balance poses include: garudasana (eagle), Ardha Chandrasana (half moon, option for Ardha Chandrasana Chapasana/half moon sugar cane), variations of standing hand to big toe pose (I used a strap), and ends with Svarga Dvidasana (bird of paradise).
o Side plank (Vasisthasana) variations start basic and progress to more challenging versions, based on your ability, ending with full vasisthasana with the top leg raised overhead while grasping the toe, and Visvamitrasana. Don't worry if you can't do the advanced versions, because she offers basic variations.
o There is also a nice bow pose (dhanurasana) sequence with bow, half bow, side half bow.
This flow is a little faster than the Body Mandala sequence, and my first time through I did loose my place a couple times but think it will be fine now that I'm more familiar with it.
Bonus: Heart Salutation from her Radiant Heart DVD (20:38)
Shavasana (6:15)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
The above sequences are on the Matrix menu, where you can pick individual flows to use by themselves or select several flows to combine together. There is also a Bonus Features selection from the Main Menu that includes a Sun Salutation flow from Exhale Core Fusion: Energy Flow and also Shiva's Twisting Kriya from her Trance Dance DVD.
I am a big fan of Shiva - she is responsible for turning me on to yoga. I really like the 20 minute segments as they are so easy to combine with other exercise, or use by themselves for a short routine. I have all of her Acacia DVDs and the segments on AM Energy seem unique and fresh from her other work. I see myself using this DVD over and over.
Meditation Core Awakening (5:16):
Shiva starts with some gentle standing spine work, sweeping the arms overhead, coming into uddiyana bandha, rounding the spine and then rolling up. She has several more rounds of uddiyana bandha, moves into agni sara, and then nauli kriya while circling the hips. She closes with sweeping the arms overhead, and then dropping arms and upper body to sweep the arms by the side, repeating several times - and then a few brief moments of meditation with eyes closed.
I really liked this segment, although it may take me a while to master nauli kriya. If you are new to uddiyana bandha, agni sara, or nauli kriya, you may wish to do some additional reading about these poses on the web.
Body Mandala 108 (23:18):
This is a very nice whole body segment, including over 108 rounds or repetitions. I really liked the pace of the flow - steady but not rushed at all. Each pose has several reps or pulses to it. Arm movements and counter poses are combined throughout. Poses include:
o Kalari squat (similar to chair pose, legs hip distance apart) (counter: standing forward bend)
o Pushups (set of 12) (counter: Anahatasana)
o Forearm side plank sweeping arm overhead and then back to side (var 1: top leg bent forward, foot resting on ground in front for support. Var 2: lifting top leg while sweeping the arm) (counter: cobra)
o Ab work with leg variations
o Bridge pose
o Table pose (counter: garudasana shoulder stretch and downward dog)
o High lunge, bending and straightening the back leg while sweeping the arms and then stretching back (counter: low cobra or upward dog to downward dog - child pose and kneeling half bow after second side)
o Repeats first part of flow with pushups (option of alternating leg lifts), side forearm planks (option of drawing one knee up and elbow down to the waist), abs, bridge pose (option of extending and lowering one leg), and table pose.
o The flow ends with raising arms overhead and dropping to sweep them by the side, standing forward bend, and a squat.
Shakti Flow (20:40):
This flow was perfect for me to do on a Friday, to raise the spirits after a week of work. It is the most fluid of the flows, starting with free form movement similar to her Trance Dance, but maybe a little more restrained. This portion lasts about 4 minutes, shaking, rolling the spine, opening the hips, and twisting and is followed by Ha Kriya. She moves into several fluid Uttanasana and high lunge variations, and then a flowing Virabhadrasana II vinyasa. The next section flows back and forth between childs pose and cobra, followed by dhanurasana (bow pose) and parsva dhanurasana (side bow), and then plank pose alternating drawing one knee to the waist. The next section alternates between high lunge and down dog, but offers a very energetic option where she says to "leap like hanuman" (I stayed with the lunge/down dog). I think the next pose she calls hanuman vira mudra from her kalari practice which is a squat variation, before slowing down into seated wide legged forward bend variations. The flow closes with a brief seated meditation that includes alternate nostril breathing.
Vira Flow (23:23):
This flow has a variety of balance poses mixed throughout, several side plank variations, and many other poses mixed in.
o Balance poses include: garudasana (eagle), Ardha Chandrasana (half moon, option for Ardha Chandrasana Chapasana/half moon sugar cane), variations of standing hand to big toe pose (I used a strap), and ends with Svarga Dvidasana (bird of paradise).
o Side plank (Vasisthasana) variations start basic and progress to more challenging versions, based on your ability, ending with full vasisthasana with the top leg raised overhead while grasping the toe, and Visvamitrasana. Don't worry if you can't do the advanced versions, because she offers basic variations.
o There is also a nice bow pose (dhanurasana) sequence with bow, half bow, side half bow.
This flow is a little faster than the Body Mandala sequence, and my first time through I did loose my place a couple times but think it will be fine now that I'm more familiar with it.
Bonus: Heart Salutation from her Radiant Heart DVD (20:38)
Shavasana (6:15)
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
The above sequences are on the Matrix menu, where you can pick individual flows to use by themselves or select several flows to combine together. There is also a Bonus Features selection from the Main Menu that includes a Sun Salutation flow from Exhale Core Fusion: Energy Flow and also Shiva's Twisting Kriya from her Trance Dance DVD.
I am a big fan of Shiva - she is responsible for turning me on to yoga. I really like the 20 minute segments as they are so easy to combine with other exercise, or use by themselves for a short routine. I have all of her Acacia DVDs and the segments on AM Energy seem unique and fresh from her other work. I see myself using this DVD over and over.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great all-new yoga routine for Shiva Rea fans
30 Jun 2011
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have almost all of Shiva Rea's yoga DVDs (I didn't get Yoga Trans Dance) and this one is definitely chartering into new waters with a style and poses that have not been on other Shiva Rea DVDs. It works muscle groups that haven't been worked on other discs, in a slightly calesthenic type style of doing movements in repetition. The music is really wonderful (per usual) and it is challenging enough for intermediate level yogis in pretty good shape. No sun salutations or many warrior type poses in the traditional sense--it was similar in a way to Janet Stone's Radient Flow.
Don't miss this DVD, especially if you do a lot of yoga at home - it will add an interesting and fresh variety to your yoga practice.
Don't miss this DVD, especially if you do a lot of yoga at home - it will add an interesting and fresh variety to your yoga practice.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A great way to start (and finish) the day....
19 Nov 2011
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have been using this DVD on and off for a few months now. All the practices are new and different for Shiva, but for me the one I keep coming back to is Shakti Flow - this practice is worth the price of admission! The free form dance followed by the yoga flow and closing mediation comes together to provide the perfect self-contained practice. It brings me joy every time I do it and I feel amazing for the rest of the day - the music is really uplifting too! The bonus Heart Salutation is wonderful for winding down before bed or for taking a break during times of stress. This practice is slow and relaxing, and I find it brings peace.
The other practices on the DVD are intermediate, which I understand is not for everyone, but I like to have something to work towards. The extras on this DVD also add value to this disc.
I really loved another of Shiva's DVDs, Yoga Trance Dance, but I know it wasn't for everyone. Shakti Flow provides a nice opportunity to let loose with some free form movement before moving into the yoga movements, so if you want to let go and enjoy yourself for a fun yoga session, I highly recommend this practice.
The other practices on the DVD are intermediate, which I understand is not for everyone, but I like to have something to work towards. The extras on this DVD also add value to this disc.
I really loved another of Shiva's DVDs, Yoga Trance Dance, but I know it wasn't for everyone. Shakti Flow provides a nice opportunity to let loose with some free form movement before moving into the yoga movements, so if you want to let go and enjoy yourself for a fun yoga session, I highly recommend this practice.
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