T Tara On Demand - Beginner’s Standing PoseJanuary 29, 2010
Beginner's Standing Pose - Shiva Rea
Exercise TV On Demand
I don't know about you but I like my yoga coming from women who look like they can kick Downward Dog and live to tell about it. Shiva Rea, a rising surfer/yoga/spiritualist, has been on the scene for a while but has just released a new yoga DVD I've been salivating for (but we remember my deal, right). So imagine my holiday-like joy when I peruse through the Exercise TV On Demand and find her under the vast yoga selections.
Set somewhere between cocktail hour and dessert on a tropical beach where I need to be, Shiva delivers a few beginner to intermediate standing poses that are designed to get you unrusty quickly. It's neither yoga that kills you nor yoga that kills you with boredom, Shiva is the perfect instructor for me. She's not too chatty, has some nice music in the background, does her moves with great instruction (in the form of a voiceover) and has the bomb earrings that stay in her ear.
Shiva is just like her name - mostly likely to offer you some granola, clear your chakra and bump into you at Coachella (she's the one in the tent - not the hotel). If you're looking for a yoga session that has great flow, isn't complicated and makes you feel like you just got through "Eat Pray Love" in 24 minutes, then this is for you!
t.tara turk is a writer living in LA, navigating the world of "writing for a living" minimally. She maintains a blog at www.ttaraturk.com while working on screenplays, fiction and plays.
Beginner's Standing Pose
Available on Exercise TV On Demand until 2/2/2010
