Gaiam Yoga Club – A Second Review
After spending some time with the Gaiam Yoga Club, here are a few second thoughts on it. I was impressed with it when I first tried out the program, and I still think it is a good way to learn yoga.
The club is definitely something you’ll need to commit time and attention to if you want to get the full value. I am so busy doing various forms of yoga that I don’t find myself turning to Gaiam Yoga Club for my daily practice. It can, however, be used as such and it is set up in that fashion, with increasing difficulty as you continue on with the series. I find myself turning to the Gaiam Yoga Club programs when I want a good home workout but I don’t want to take 45 minutes to an hour. With many classes running about a half-hour, providing just enough challenge without too much stress, I find the Gaiam audios to often hit the spot.
On occasion I find the instruction (particularly from Colleen) to veer towards the abstract discussion of physiology in a way that doesn’t relate for me – rotating, spinning, or wrapping specific muscles doesn’t really speak to me – but I know this is a personal preference. Overall, the instruction is extremely clear and easy to follow.
Thus, I’m still giving the program a thumbs up, but it’d be even better if they started offering new content on a semi-regular basis. I’d also love to try new styles of yoga, a yoga sampler as it were. We’ll see how it evolves…
Thank you very much for your review. There is something lost in the lack of introducing new material into rotation, over time …
Instead of subscribing to this online instruction modality, I am glad I have a few of Rodney Yee’s DVDs.
I primarily have a self-sequenced home practice (which includes pranayam and some pilates moves as well), but occasionally I need to graft parts of a DVD/audio onto it.
No offense to Rodney Yee implied here, but his are extremely easy to mash up with parts of my practice …
Probably because since I blew off the first studio I’d got involved with, I have tended on alignment-oriented styles of hatha and power yoga both in a studio – on occasion – and at home.