Customer Rating: 
Summary: Deserves 10 stars!
Comment: This is a fantastic practice. It's Bikram yoga (the only full Bikram practice on media) with Raquel leading a small class. Her form is impeccable and she is a sweet and inspiring leader. It's a brilliant sequence of postures (which, as another poster pointed out, Bikram's own teacher created for him to help him recover from injuries). Raquel does them beautifully, and the production values are excellent. I have not felt this terrific since the last time I went to a Bikram class, and now I can do the practice at home. I'm very, very pleased.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The List of Yoga Exercises in This Video
Comment: I have had this tape and the accompanying book ever since the 1980's when it first came out. Both products are 5 star and I would give them 10 if I could. Raquel did a lovely job with the book and tape, very high quality, some of her best work. You can tell she really believed in it and had taken the time to build her knowledge. My advice is to get the book on Amazon, and go at your own pace, the step by step photos and explanations are detailed, yet easy to understand.
BACK STORY:
The reason this tape will never be put into DVD format, unless you do it yourself at home for personal use, is because Bikram sued Raquel. His claim was that the particular arrangement of yoga poses was patented and copyrighted by him, and the court unfortunately agreed with him. That's how he got his fancy house in Beverly Hills, with Raquel's money. My, my, what a jealous temper tantrum, just because she did such a nice job with this.
IMHO Bikram was hypocritical because HIS teacher, by the last name of Ghosh, had actually done the work of putting this series together, and it was customized to Bikram's physical problems that he was trying to recover from. Bikram didn't start teaching this series until the year after his teacher's death, so of course he didn't have to pay his own teacher any royalties. Yoga has been around for 5,000 years and this type of behavior does not make a good impression on me, plus the fact that I am heat sensitive, so I will NEVER patronize a Bikram studio at $18 per visit. I happily do the exercises at home. Here's the list, and if you don't have the book yet and want to start right away, you can get a lot of information from the Yoga Journal website.
STANDING POSES
Deep Breathing in standing position, 10 times
The Reed
Chair Pose
Eagle Pose
Standing Head to Knee
Dancer's Pose
Balancing "T"
Stanidng "A" Stretch
Triangle
Standing "A" Head To Knee
Tree Pose
Toe Stand
Dead Man (Savasana)
MAT EXERCISES, SITTING AND LYING DOWN
Knee Squeeze
Swing-Up
Cobra
Locust
Full Locust
The Bow
Kneeling Pose
Half Tortoise
The Camel
The Rabbit
Shoulder Stand into Plough
Stretching Cycle
Spinal Twist
The Lotus
Blowing Pose sitting on knees, rapid panting, blowing out for 60 repetitions
Customer Rating:
Summary: great transaction
Comment: Received product in a timely manner and in excellent condition. Would buy from this seller again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Get in the best shape ever!!!
Comment: This is the best yoga workout I've done. Works every muscle in your body. I lost weight, toned up and feel and look better than I have in years. This is Bikram yoga with a different name. If you do this workout in a heated room (Bikram suggests 105 degrees but I set it at 80) you will sweat. I sweat more than when I did boxing or kick boxing- and my tummy & butt are in better shape. This really works! I've tried step aerobics, boxing, running, kickboxing, biking, various martial arts and NOTHING works as good as this workout! Definitely the best yet!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: update to prior review
Comment: I did receive an email from this vendor about my very negative one star feedback on a useless tape they sent me but since they were generous enough to return HALF my money......per my promise to them I would try to correct my first very damaging one star rating to a five star rating.
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