Nope -- you ladies are wrong.....not Rainbeau's signature move. They do that in most of the more intermediate/advanced DVDs I have. She just explains it a bit differently.
My favorite Rainbeau is the Yoga for Beauty Series - Dusk and Dawn. They are not that challenging, but when I've had a bad week and need something to cheer me up .....I love that one.
Kel - I'll let you know how I feel after today's workout, but I doubt I'll be sore, as I haven't been getting sore from hardly anything lately. ...except for when I did Gliding last week and really pressed my legs into the floor. I used to really love Bryan Kest a long time ago and was introduced to Power Yoga on his first 3 DVDs. They are pretty challenging. However, IMO ..the Cathe of Power Yoga is Mark Blanchard. He is tough! Most of his DVDs are 90 minutes or so and I remember doing one of them after doing Kenpo X when I was doing P90X and he did so many balancing postures, sun salutations and jumping switching warriors that my legs were shaking like crazy. I really want to start taking a "recovery weeK" every month or so and doing a week of Yoga/Cardio/Pilates and Gliding. Mark's website is
www.progressivepoweryoga.com.
I also just purchased the new set of Adrienne Reed DVDs and I've not yet done them, but they look pretty tough. I need to warm up to her...as I'm sort of having a problem "liking her" enough to do my new DVDs. She's not soothing at all. I need the real kind, compassionate instructors like Eion Finn, Shiva Rea and Rainbeau Mars.
Other FANTASTIC DVD's are by Eion Finn. He's one of my favorite instructors. HIs Power Yoga for Happiness is available at Amazon.com and has 6 premixes on it. Magically Hips is a must do if you do lots of Cathe aerobics, etc. Eion is so cool. He has that hippie vibe like Rainbeau. He's from Vancouver and his website is
www.Vancouveryoga.com and he also used to have some free MP3 downloadable practices. I think he used to have Tragically Hips in the downloads, as well as a good 40 minute routine. He's due to come out with a new DVD any day now. Rainbeau also has new stuff on the horizon (as I chatted with her via email recently and I CAN"T WAIT for both of them).
Shiva's the other fave of mine. I love Yoga Shakti and Fluid Power by her. Fluid Power gets into my piriformis spasms like no other yoga DVD. Love that one, but it has a learning curve cuz it's a slight spin on yoga, thus the name Fluid Power.
I also like Altar of the Heart with Tilak Pyle. It is a 75 minute yoga practice that is not REAL tough, but it has a little bit of everything. It makes you work a bit...but you still feel calm and relaxed. It has great music and has lots of hip openers and twists (which you'll find that I'm addicted to and I tend to gravitate towards liking those practices the most - guess I really need to detox my body from all of those stress toxins storing in my hips). You can either get this DVD on Tilak's website or at FitnessOrganica.com. I think you can preview it also.
I have most all of Baron Baptiste's stuff, but he doesn't tend to do a lot of hip openers, so I find I don't gravitate towards them that much.
I'm sure I forgot some -- but if you check in here a lot, I'm always buying and doing new practices....so stay tuned. I actually have Yoga on Demand coming from CD Universe and now the Bryan Kest's are coming.
I'm supposed to force myself to take a rest day tomorrow, but I'll probably end up practicing some new Rebecca Small step coreography followed by a Bryan Kest DVD and maybe a bit of Kundalini. I've got a busy day tomorrow. My hair needs coloured and highlighted and it's an all day affair!! Plus I have Ebay business.
Charlotte - Heck no.........not a word on either my huge BPAL order from Jan 2 or my Inquisition Order from Jan 3. I emailed Sara today about something else and I asked her if she knew when my package would ship, as I'm in need of some BPAL lovin'!!!
Kel - if you wonder what oils we're talking about......I've got a huge addiction to these wonderful perfume oils from
www.Blackphoenixalchemylab.com and I've turned a few ladies here on to them. You'll also find I've got a
www.Lush.com addiction and a soap one to
www.villainess.net. I'm a beauty product freak... besides being an exercise fanatic....so if you ever need any beauty advise....please feel free to ask!! LOL.
I best go catch up on GH before I get too tired to watch it.
about the Karen Voight music-yep, I think it mostly sucks, too. Did not mean to neglect the Bryan Kest-have just been assuming that the newer ones were not as good as the older ones, so let me know what you think. I have not heard anything about the Bryan Kest Live DVD, so I am curious about that, too! 
