Om Videos

By Kristen Dollard

Who needs yoga class? These DVD's bring the teachers home

FOR ATHLETES
Kim Fowler’s Yoga For Athletes DVD; go2yas.com; $25
With the tagline “no changing, no granola, no Sanskrit,” you know where former triathlete Fowler stands on yoga. She instructs a class of four male and female students with varying bodily types and abilities, so you feel like you and your flaws fit right in. The funky videography makes for a cool overall vibe. Fowler’s gentle voice and tough-love instructions make the class demanding enough for anyone who needs a little power yoga in disguise. Fowler turns her class into 55-minutes of a non-competitive sport that sucks you in.  

FOR THE DANCER
Yoga Trance Dance with Shiva Rea; shivarea.com; $20
Shiva Rea's “Trance Dance” is one of many popular workshops and classes themes she’s developed over the last ten years. Named for the hypnotic free-form movement that is all about unleashing your mojo (technically called rasa in yoga), Rea is rockstar-esque. She experiments with her latest creative groove, takes it on the road, and perfects what works.

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