As a black-belt karate practitioner, I enjoyed the fusion of hard-style martial arts and yoga in Cameron Shayne's excellent "Budokon for Beginners" workout. So when I saw "Awakening Level," I hoped for another quality routine along the same lines, but with the flow of a soft martial arts style. Unfortunately, despite some highlights, I was disappointed.The "Yoga Journal" DVD cover blurb trumpeting the workout's martial arts aspect is possibly accurate on some esoteric level. But in a practical sense, "Aw..
The entire DVD is played in B&W in a beautiful studio w/Eastern sculptures & art. Duncan is on a simple hardwood floor with a natural mat & narrating the movements with simple, beautiful Eastern fused music. It has an artsy feel, beautiful use of lighting, very beautiful. The menu selections are: Full Workout, Awareness Level workout, Enlightening level workout, Chapter Index, Bonus Fatures.FULL WORKOUT:Intro: 2 minParana Prep: kneeling & deep abdominl breathing or kundalini breathing & other very deep brea..
background about me - I consider myself at an advanced beginner level for yoga. I tend to like medium paced flow practices along with relaxation/restorative practices. Favorites include: Total Yoga the Original, Yoga Shakti, Pure Tranquility, and Yoga in the Garden of Serenity.setting - The practice is filmed in black and white in what I assume is a yoga studio. The overall background has a buddhist theme.The DVD includes one full length practice as well as two shorter practices. The DVD is well chaptered a..