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Yoga Is a Great Way to Start the Morning

I’m still a beginner in Yoga, even though I’ve been doing it for a couple years. I call myself a beginner because I don’t practice often. When I was doing the P90X program I did it once a week, but I haven’t been incorporating it into my routines lately. In the last few weeks I’ve decided to change that so I’ve been using a DVD called A.M. Yoga for Your Week with Rodney Yee.

This DVD covers just about everything the yoga beginner can think of. It’s certainly not advanced, but it’s the perfect way to start the day and I’ve really found it to be a great way to end a weight lifting routine. A.M. Yoga For Your Week with Rodney Yee contains five 20 minute workouts that are designed to do five days a week. I guess I’m required to take the weekend off? 😉

Each of the workouts are easy to follow and provide a nice variety in my yoga routine. The five workouts are Standing Poses, Twists, Backbends, Forward Bends, and Hip Openers. I like all of them, but the Twists routine feels great, especially since I have back issues. I’ve really been enjoying doing these yoga routines every morning before work and although they’re simple I feel full of energy when I leave for my commute.

I’ve recorded a few poses from each routine and created a video so you can see an example of what’s included every day. I apologize for the cluttered basement and poor lighting.

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My Review of Power Yoga Strength with Rodney Yee

I just received a new Rodney Yee yoga video in the mail the other day from Gaiam and I have to say that I love it already. Power Yoga Strength with Rodney Yee (my cover doesn’t look like this one, so I’m not sure if it’s the same one), is kinda short at only 24 minutes, but it was designed as a beginners video for strength in Yoga. The only yoga I’ve done designed to build strength was from the P90X program, so this was a very welcomed change because I’ve actually grown kinda bored with Yoga X. I have been doing it for about 2 years now after all. What do you expect?

One thing that Rodney Yee doesn’t do is waste time. Although the video is a beginners video, he flies through the workout like you should already know all the moves. It’s not all that difficult, especially the second time through, but it would have been nice to have a slower introduction. The 30 minute video was done in a snap though because it was so much fun. After becoming more familiar with the routine, the pace seems much more doable. I’d definitely like to upgrade to tougher workout after this one.

In terms of building strength, I don’t think this video is any competition to the P90X Yoga X routine, but Yoga X is an advanced program. I haven’t tried an advanced strength program from Rodney Yee, so it’s not fair for me to compare the two. I can say however, that I’m going to continue enjoying this Rodney Yee video for a while. Check out the video below for the first five minutes of me doing of the workout at normal speed or check the second video to see the whole thing in high speed.

Here’s the full video of me doing the routine in high-speed