Core Power Vinyasa Yoga: Complete Physique Transformation and Weight Loss with Sadie Nardini

Transformative and inspiring yoga DVD!
They say that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear and this was true for me and coming across Sadie and her empowering style of yoga known as Core Strength Vinyasa (CSV).Last November (2008) a friend emailed me a link to a company that makes custom yoga mats. On the front page of this company’s website was a box promoting Sadie Nardini and CSV. Clicking box this led to Sadie’s website and from that starting point I explored her numerous YouTube videos and various podcasts.I was genuinely amazed … as a relatively new yoga teacher (2.5 years at that point) I am always looking for ways to inspire my students, offering them yoga that is fun, safe yet challenging, and most of all therapeutic and transformative. And that is what Sadie teaches! The clarity of her presentation is excellent.I have spent literally thousands of dollars on live yoga workshops and programs during my “yoga career”. Some were good, some so-so, and some a waste of money. What Sadie offers is among the highest quality instruction you will find anywhere.Even more amazing is that she takes the time to read and respond to emails she receives. If you have a question about CSV you can email her and she will reply! Wow! Even though I have never met her in person I can tell that she really cares.This new DVD from Sadie is simply one of the very best yoga DVDs I have seen. I have looked at numerous yoga DVDs and truly the world of yoga is been blessed with some wonderful, dedicated teachers.However, relatively few DVDs are sensitive to the journey of an evolving personal yoga practice explaining the “seed” of a pose and the steps necessary to grow into the full expression of the pose.When I started practicing yoga it took me two years to master Crow Pose and that was because none of the teachers with whom I was taking classes explained the steps involved. Finally one teacher was kind enough to take time with me and take me through it step-by-step until I mastered it.Sadie is that kind of teacher. On this DVD she explains the steps necessary to rock a Crow, to jump into Crow, to master Handstand, and more. All within the context of a strong core-centered vinyasa flow that will strengthen and tone you from inside out.This is one important aspect of Core Strength Vinyasa. We tend to be strong in our major outer muscles like quadriceps and hamstrings, gluteals, back muscles, etc, but weaker and less aware or connected to our deep core muscles.CSV is about contacting and really “making friends” with your deep core muscles so you can be strong and stable in every pose. Every pose is generated from the core whether it is Mountain, Chair, Triangle, Warrior I/II/III, Half Moon, Eagle, or something else.As you work with this DVD you will become very strong in your core muscles and this will make every pose much easier and more refined. It will also have the added benefit of improving your posture.However, CSV also has a “mental side” to it. All of us tend to “put out” a lot of energy in our daily activities. This is especially true if you are in a health care type profession such as me (I am a Licensed Bodyworker in addition to being a Yoga Instructor). Finding our personal boundaries and staying grounded and centered can be very challenging when people need your help.Core Strength Vinyasa teaches you how to be core-centered in your daily life away from the mat. Through Sadie’s cueing, what you experience in your body will flow on into your psyche leaving you feeling empowered and better able to remain authentic throughout the rest of your day.I highly recommend this DVD … it really is completely worth the money and will give you a lot of insight and personal enjoyment. I have been practicing with it daily since I received it several weeks ago, and it has helped me tremendously already.It contains the best of Sadie’s teaching which has been transformative in both my own life, and the lives of my students (as I share what I am learning with them) during the past 8 months. Thank you so much Sadie!

A must have for serious at home yoga students
I agree with the first 2 reviews on this DVD so I won’t bother repeating what has already been written.I’ve practiced yoga at home for about 10 years without benefit of personal instruction. I own over 20 DVD’s on yoga and at least a dozen books on the subject because although my life does not allow me to get out and go to classes, I am a very serious student. I’m 50 years old and I need to stay fit and balanced to take care of my aging body as well as a severely disabled loved one. That said, I count on instructors who can reach out to people they’ve never met and try to anticipate all the questions and various levels of ability of these many students.I first encountered Sadie Nardini through her wonderful YouTube videos. If you are sitting on the fence and want to see for yourself how this woman instructs I suggest you go to her YouTube channel […] and watch some of her many offerings. After watching her videos I longed for a DVD with Sadie talking me through a good routine. Sadie really delivers with this DVD. You get the benefit of her explanations and unique approach to yoga with a routine that is beautifully designed. Sadie also has a preview of this DVD on her website:[…] She needs to link it here as well, hopefully she’ll do that.Sadie moves through everything slowly and carefully. If you are a beginner or restarting after taking too much time off (raising my hand) this gives you plenty of time to adjust to getting into the various poses. If you’ve built up some stamina and you know the routine well, this slowness really forces you to develop grace, strength and really challenges your stamina.The routines she has outlined is quite a bit like buying several DVDs in a set. Sadie could easily have made about 4-6 separate DVD’s with the material she offers but she found a way to give it to you all in one DVD. Sadie doesn’t cheat you anywhere during the workout. If you can’t last through the whole thing – I was struggling toward the end. I just backed off and trusted that with time I would rebuild my endurance. The restorative phase is often rushed through in some DVD’s in order to squeeze in a lot of poses but Sadie is very conscientious in this area as well. I love the way she takes you through the restorative phase and oh dear, it was really necessary by the time she got done with me.If you don’t have time to do any of her full length workouts you can select small sections to work on. This is useful also if there is something that really challenges you and you wish to study and practice it more. As one reviewer already stated, a matrix option would have been nice here but it really isn’t that much of an effort to select a section, then select another and sometimes those matrix menus can be a pain in the rear to navigate anyway. So I can’t really complain about this small thing when everything else is so outstanding.Although I order a lot of material from Amazon I don’t bother to write reviews very often so this lets you know how strongly I feel about this particular DVD. If you like Shiva Rhea but find her a bit hard to keep up with, try out Sadie. You won’t find her easy but what you will find is some really good explanations and ways to build into some of the more difficult things you might find in other DVD’s. This one DVD by itself has all you need to use yoga to build a fierce body but if you like to switch to other instructors and workouts to keep from being bored, then Sadie will help you to be better at all those other workouts as well. It’s one of the best resource materials I now own on yoga. Thank-you Ms. Nardini for making this DVD.