Hi, Rafia!
Yeah, I have tried all the practices at this point! I've been meaning to post on this thread, but life has been busy and I guess it just got away from me. Anyways, before I say anything about my personal experience with DYP I should note that I have had a fairly advanced yoga practice for some years. I don't mean that to brag, it's just relevant to understand my review in context. I think DYP is a great program for somebody with an intermediate practice, perhaps someone who has finished UY, to go farther and advance their practice. I really enjoy most of the practices this series, and will continue to go back to them. When I practice on my own, I prefer to do practices that are stronger in the upper body, with lots of jumping through the vinyasas, and far fewer holds in Warrior 2, etc. Vytas seems to have several favorite poses, such as half-moon, that he puts in almost every practice. Fine, I just don't have the same state same favorite poses. I like many of the themed practices, and the strong balance flow. The gentle and intermediate balance flows are okay, but if I want to go easy on a given day, I prefer to lay off my legs, and not hold a bunch of Warrior 2s. I would much prefer the program to have a straight restorative or yin practice, such as the one in UY, instead of a gentle vinyasa practice. Also, I don't have time for tons of dedicated core work, and I'm not going to do that 1-hr core practice a second time. It bothers my neck and tailbone. I never practice boat pose anymore -- just hurts my tailbone too much.
Having said all this, I definitely think it's a good program. I would call it a creative but not eccentric intermediate-to-advanced power vinyasa series.
Do you have any favorite practices in the program? I think mine are Inversions, Backbends, and the Strong Flow class.
Oh also -- what's with no shoulderstands? Maybe it's some sort of liability thing? But what the heck? It's 'the king of asanas'. Talking about Iyengar yoga (as he does) and not including shoulderstands seems... odd.
Anyways, that's my two cents!
Roz
Yeah, I have tried all the practices at this point! I've been meaning to post on this thread, but life has been busy and I guess it just got away from me. Anyways, before I say anything about my personal experience with DYP I should note that I have had a fairly advanced yoga practice for some years. I don't mean that to brag, it's just relevant to understand my review in context. I think DYP is a great program for somebody with an intermediate practice, perhaps someone who has finished UY, to go farther and advance their practice. I really enjoy most of the practices this series, and will continue to go back to them. When I practice on my own, I prefer to do practices that are stronger in the upper body, with lots of jumping through the vinyasas, and far fewer holds in Warrior 2, etc. Vytas seems to have several favorite poses, such as half-moon, that he puts in almost every practice. Fine, I just don't have the same state same favorite poses. I like many of the themed practices, and the strong balance flow. The gentle and intermediate balance flows are okay, but if I want to go easy on a given day, I prefer to lay off my legs, and not hold a bunch of Warrior 2s. I would much prefer the program to have a straight restorative or yin practice, such as the one in UY, instead of a gentle vinyasa practice. Also, I don't have time for tons of dedicated core work, and I'm not going to do that 1-hr core practice a second time. It bothers my neck and tailbone. I never practice boat pose anymore -- just hurts my tailbone too much.
Having said all this, I definitely think it's a good program. I would call it a creative but not eccentric intermediate-to-advanced power vinyasa series.
Do you have any favorite practices in the program? I think mine are Inversions, Backbends, and the Strong Flow class.
Oh also -- what's with no shoulderstands? Maybe it's some sort of liability thing? But what the heck? It's 'the king of asanas'. Talking about Iyengar yoga (as he does) and not including shoulderstands seems... odd.
Anyways, that's my two cents!
Roz
