AM / PM Yoga - Start & End Your Day in a Great Way AVI | English | Runtime: 90 minutes | 640x480 | 29.97 fps | XviD 988 kbps | MP3 128 kbps 48 KHz Stereo | 685 MB Genre: Yoga | e-learning Shine like the sun with Kundalini Yoga's special blend of breathing, movement, stretching, meditation, and more! Get all your fitness needs covered in this conveniently chaptered, easy-to-follow DVD. AM/PM Yoga features two 25 min. sets (Rise & Shine, and Unwind from the Daily Grind) to help you start and end your day in a great way! Not only will you gain strength, flexibility, and energy, but the added meditations will help you de-stress and make great gains on the inner planes. Sleep deep, wake up inspired, and seize the day! The AM set begins with a morning prosperity breath meditation: Inhale, hold the breath and pump your stomach to "har" up to 40 times (Ravi says if you can't make 40, "that's okay"); do this for several minutes. The AM set is similar to the warmups on Quick Fixes, but longer and more intense: sufi grinds; spinal flex holding legs, then knees; neck rolls; leg stretches (20 degrees back then forward); and about a minute of frogs. Then begin the set with continuous breath of fire: forward bend; bridge pose; stretch pose; leg lifts (up 90 degrees, spread wide, back, down); tuck pose (knees into chest, head up); arm criss-cross in easy pose; V for victory pose ends the BOF sequence; then a brief corpse. Then the Morning Call chant (Ek Ong Kar) for about 10 minutes; for me, all that BOF and navel work seems to intensify the vibrations of the mantra, which is nice. The PM set also begins with a breath meditation: inhale 8 nose, exhale 8 mouth, silently chanting sa ta na ma. The exercise set is brief: alternate arm/leg lifts; rock n' roll; spinal flex with shoulder shrugs; and the propeller. The Heart Center Mantra is next (probably my second favorite "sung" mantra after the mantra meditation that ends Dance the Chakras), ad guray namay, etc. This is followed by stomach pumps with the breath held in and out. Hands clasped in front of you, you then pump your arms up overhead and down to chest level rapidly while breathing through puckered lips. Then arms overhead, do BOF through puckered lips, followed by a brief meditation. The relaxation is to a gong sound, and Ravi invites you to imagine yourself floating 3 feet above your body. The ending meditation is Shabd Kriya, also for about 10 minutes, which Ravi says is good for sleep, relaxation or jet lag; inhale 4 counts, hold 16, and exhale 2 to sa ta na ma whahay guru. The music is perfect -- it ramps up during BOF and arm-pumping sequences, and is quietly supportive and unobtrusive for the rest. The breathwork, chants and meditations are wonderful; even the relaxation is unique and sublime. I find it invigorating, relaxing and spiritual.
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