Yes, I LOVE A.M. Yoga by Rodney Yee!

After about a 6 month love affair with home practice and not going to class, I got turned on to dvds too. Not too often, otherwise i find i sort of zone out and use them as a crutch. But as an occasional boost for days when I'm not feeling my own practice arise and don't want to go to a class - I'm all for it! PS my fav's are Rodney Yee total body power yoga (great all around ashtanga/vinyasa hybrid, includes good backbending) and the Shiva Rea daily energy (love the matrix! can make my own mix to fit my mood)

I am more of a class guy...energy in the classroom and someone (hopefully a good instructor) to adjust my postures if necessary.

I don't have any option but to either use dvds or on line classes. Where I live there is no access to classes. I live on an island in the Bay OF Fundy. When we go on vacation I get as many classes in as possible, and its good to have the expert instruction to help me get into the poses more fully.

Hi! I have been using yoga dvd's for many years and I really enjoy the flexibility it allows me in my schedule. Some are better than others. I have found a few that I truly love.
I order some through Netflix, so I am not obligated to buy, and also I record yoga from television on my dvr. Again some are better than others.
I can't always get to a class because of my crazy work schedule. When I am traveling I love to take my dvds and use them in my hotel room in the morning.
Thanks for sharing your experience.

We personally enjoy the Rodney Yee DVDs. He has DVDs for all levels. He has a strength DVD that is definitely challenging! My husband really enjoys the AM Yoga DVDs. You can pick what you like. We also enjoy John Friend's DVDs (through Anusara yoga). I am a fan of John and am honored to have met him in person.

Being a working mum, i often find a DVD just gives me a bit of a kickstart but go to classes on and off too.
i love Rodney Yee and have a few of his DVDs i always go back to. Have recently started doing Shiva Rea;s Daily energy which is great and i also really enjoy David Moreno's Deep Flow yoga and Eionn Finn's Pursuit of Happy Hips and Power Yoga for Happiness are great for when i have a little more time.

I have a decent collection of DVDs given that there are no truly local studios in my area and I am not always able to get to one of the available locations. I don't really have a favorite, but if pressed, I would pick Iron Yoga that allows me to do yoga and work with weights.

Hello Kristin:
I have used DVD's (John Friend and some Yoga Works), but not in a while mainly because the sequencing on a DVD won't change. These days there is a plethora of yoga resources online. I supplement home practice with an online studio membership. I have hundreds of classes taught by compelling teachers, in varied styles and sequencing, on demand. There are numerous options online. Two of my favorites are Yogaglo, offers *some kundalini, btw ($18 per month), and Yoga Anonymous ($15 per month).
Enjoy the DVD's!

Namaste,

Amanda :)

*The kundalini classes at Yogaglo.com are a guest teacher who visited the actual studio for a workshop. Kundalini is not a style offered with regular new classes.

I recently purchased DVD's conducted by Australian Yoga teacher Duncan Peak . These were distributed to my clients and they were really well received, everyone loves them as they supplement their practice really well.

Like a lot of people have said I like Rodney Yee's dvds, simple enough to follow, and Shiva Rea's are really fun and innovative. I have no chance of studying with either of these teachers so I love having my dvds. I also love Ana and Ravi's kundalini dvds, there's no kundalini classes near me either and they're so fun and different. I know that a lot of people are suspicious of dvds but I used them exclusively for the first year of my practice and I didn't injure myself or learn any particularly bad habits in terms of alignment.

How fun that you're enjoying something new. I've not tried Kundalini, but now my interest has definitely peaked. As for my own practice, I use a monthly membership to an online yoga site. It works well for me, giving me the option to go back to my favs, or try one of the new classes offered on a daily basis. I've not tried DVDs, but they too seem like a good option.

totally agree ;-)

read a billion or more reviews, and enjoy one's chosen dvd's!

replace classes or solo work? what for? enjoy it all ;-)

I LOVE the Yogamazing free podcasts. That's what I do most of the time.

I also love shive rea's daily enery dvd. If you're delving into kundalini try maya fiennes, she's wonderful.

I used to go to a hot yoga class every Thursday night in Baltimore. It was one of the greatest discoveries of my life. So when I got married to a soldier, I was greatly disappointed to leave Baltimore and my yoga class. I'm sad to say that we move to Ft. Hood and I have been unable to find any local hot yoga classes. Instead, we undertook P90X and in the program there is yogaX which is a great workou!!!t We do our workouts in our garage and it is usually HOT lol. I have other DVD's that I love to do (Natasha Rizopoulos and Rodney Yee to name a couple) but I look forward to the day we get back to Baltimore...or even a town with a good hot yoga class....no DVD will ever be the same as the hot, sweaty, flowing atmosphere!

If you get a chance - check out this film connecting the mind and boy - Amazing - www.thegreatlesson.com

I don't have any yoga dvd's st this point. My love affair has been with the energy and dynamics of a class.... that's about to change, at least for a little while. My darling children are out of school for the summer and they have no desire to come to yoga with me. I have plans to create my own home practice (finding the time is the key), but some dental work and lots of running has taken precedence so far this week. My body is starting to call out for my almost daily practice right now though.
I am very interested in what Kundalini Yoga dvd's you have and love. I took a Kundalini yoga class and fell in love too but have not found a dvd that has inspired my to buy it.
Thanks so much for all the thoughts they always make me think further!

I am addicted to the videos at YogaToday.com they are beautifully produced and offer a vast selection search-able by experience level, yoga type (including kundalini), teacher (there are three regulars) or focus (e.g., hip openers). They're great when you need your yoga fix but your local studio doesn't have a class on at that time, or if you want to focus on something specific like back bends. Best of all, they're cheap (around $4 per hour long video) and once a week they feature a different video for free.

I use DVDs sometimes - I normally enjoy my own practice where I just free flow from asana to asana or a group class at my local studio but sometimes a DVD is good. I recently attended Bhakti Fest in CA and I got the DVDs made by the teachers who were going to be there and it was nice to have an idea of what their practice was like beforehand. It made me feel more comfortable with the classes I attended and I felt that I got more out of the practice with them at the festival. Sometimes I also do a DVD if I want to try a more challenging practice where some verbal queues and a visual would help ... think bakasana.

I love yoga DVD's. It makes me slow down and not rush my practice. I don't feel the same sense of guilt stopping a yoga DVD early as I do leaving a class. It allows me to accept myself where I'm at in my practice at that moment and not worry if I can't keep up.
My favorite, by far, is Yoga Conditioning for Weightloss with Suzanne Deason. It lets you watch one of four instructors doing the same asana, but with different levels of modification. It lets me progress as my body allows, and becomes a practice that can grow with me.
Another favorite is AM/PM Yoga. It's two, 15-minutes practices are a great way to start or end the day without feeling crunched for time.

I have over 20 DVD's, mostly of yoga but some Biggest Loser/Jillian Michaels workouts alos I attend 2 back to back yoga classes at a local community center since that Is all I can afford in cash and time away from home. The DVD's allow me to practice at any time I want and also give me the structure I need since I have never tried making up my own practice. Hmm maybe I should! I added the other workouts for the cardio and weight work outs that will hopefully keep my middle trim. Hey over forty and let's face it sometimes it's a battle to stay trim. But I feel strong and healthy, so as my teens say "wining!".