Shiva Rea Creative Core Abs
September 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under Abs Workout
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The Madonna of yoga, exuding creativity and inspiration —Yogi Times
Good things flow from a strong core: a long lean torso, a healthy back, a positive flow of energy that benefits every aspect of your life. Now, one of the yoga world’s top female teachers shows you an enlightened way to a powerful core. Unlike repetitive conventional abs work, Shiva’s fluid yoga-based approach awakens your creativity and inner fire, building strength and grace in the same way that surfing, rock climbing, or dancing does—while you’re enjoying yourself, not counting the minutes until it’s over. The program includes three flowing segments, which can be done all at once or individually.
Filmed at White Sands National Park, the program was directed by James Wvinner and shot in HD by Hollywood’s Sion Michel (Memoirs of a Geisha). Beautiful, effective, inspiring. It’s an abs workout you’ll look forward to doing again and again. more info
I LOVE SHIVA!!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Shiva Rea is such an inspiration to me… this DVD is GREAT… I feel my abs every time I use it… great workout and music… you can’t go wrong with Shiva Rea!!!!
Creative Like It Said
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is definitely more creative and interesting than just doing your standard crunches! I liked how in certain segments she would let you come up with your own routines instead of following her all the time. I know I felt my abs the next day. Also, I like how you could do the entire workout, approximately 40 mins, or separately, lasting between 10-20 mins each. Overall, a great core workout – everything gets hit: abs, back, and to a certain degree, arms and legs.
a little disappointing…
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Like some other reviewers, I found this workout to be a little weird. It lacked instructions, which is what I was expecting when I purchased this DVD. The music can also get irritating after a while. I assume it would be great for creative types, but then again, if one were creative enough to do their own yoga/ab workout, one wouldn’t need to purchase a DVD for such a workout, right? Anyways, I did all three parts and didn’t feel much afterwards. I have been practicing yoga for about a year so I am familiar with most poses, yet in this DVD not many yoga poses were used (just planks and the like).
I feel so disappointed I wish that I could return this DVD, but obviously cannot anymore.
Good change of pace
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Unless you’ve been living in a cave you’ve heard that exercisers need to change up their routine every now and then to get continual results. This DVD definitely does that. I have tried various Abs DVDs that claim they really beat your Abs down, but after awhile I found that most overlapped on quite a few exercises. This DVD though is very new and creative and works your Abs in a different way. I agree with another reviewer that it’s nice to use your whole body to work your core. I like the water workout the best.
Exceptional outdoor location and narrative
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Very well made video shot at sundown with brilliant scenery. Instructor shows how these yoga-type exercises can enhance your ab workout. Nice change of pace to what I’ve seen available. Lovely music with drummings. Perfect for an end-of-the-day routice.
Shiva rea- Core abs
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Easy to follow , none of the moves too challenging yet it really provides a solid core workout in a reasonable amount of time.
Shiva Rea is a cool cucumber!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Shiva Rea takes is very unconventional when she takes you on a journey to your core. She talks about more than just muscle and twists–she talks about where your power derives from and how to harness it and be creative with in it. If you are tired of crunches and sit-ups you will enjoy this video! She is very creative and you can go as fast or as slow as you need. I feel very strong (in my abs)since I have added this DVD in my rotation.
Strange and not structured
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I do a lot of yoga, so I thought I would really like Shiva Rea’s ab workout; I didn’t. It doesn’t have much structure at all and at the end of the ab segments she just tells you to basically do whatever you want. The production quality is beautiful and the music is great – I just wish it was slightly more traditional.
Interesting, kinda yoga, kinda dance-like, builds a nice core warmth
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I ordered Shiva Rea Creative Core Abs DVD from the library interloan system and it came in today! Yay! So here is the review.
Takes place in White Sands National Monument with a drummer on a rock and cool music. There is also a ‘just music’ option that is nice for just moving to or doing one’s own yoga moves.
There are three workouts that can be done on their own or all rolled together. Done together it’s a real nice burn for the torso/core in 35 minutes.
In separate sections here are the parts -
Water Core (10 min) – the ‘easy’ part. A good warm-up but still an excellent core burn. Creative, fun.
Spontaneous Core (8 min) – very tiring – this is really the hardest part, as there is no rest once you get both your head and the hips/legs in the air. The free form part is cool if you like Shiva’s style.
Fire Core (17 mins) – Shiva moves fast in this, as she does in this whole DVD. You pretty much have to accept that it’s okay to not be able to follow along at first, and not having a ton of structure until you’ve seen this a few times. This particular section is harder than part one and easier than part two.
I was some reviews on Amazon on this DVD and a lot of people find the last part, the Fire Core, the hardest. The Fire Core has a lot of regular planks, followed by one-legged planks and then this section where you kind of “run in place” while doing planks. Hard to describe but pretty nifty: I felt strong doing that. There are also some flowy warrior poses where you ‘draw an arrow on a bow’ – also pretty neat – and then whip your arms around while holding warrior 2. Made me feel like Artemis.
There is no Savasana in this DVD. I thought that was a bit odd, but I guess this is to be a short, contained core workout and not strictly yoga? Besides a few planks and cobras there are few typical, recognizable poses.
This DVD is experienced beginner to intermediate and I DO NOT think any yoga novice should expect to be able to follow along very closely. Shiva moves quite fast and does not explain what she’s doing as she goes.
This is not a boring ab routine. What’s best, in my view, is the ‘creative’ part. There are no crunches, just some really interesting freeform-yet-intense pulsing moves.
Definitely gets your sheen going! I did feel a fire in my belly afterwards, chilling out on the couch with the TV. The inner heat lasted about 20 minutes.
Well recommended for a quick, slightly intense core experience that Shiva stamps with her typically enjoyable creative mark.
One of Shiva’s BEST
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is one of Shiva’s best! The dvd is so enlightning, but at the same time you don’t even realize how hard you’re working your core! A must watch! TAMARA’S YOGA FUSION