A follow up to Shiva’s hit workout Creative Core Abs
"Transformative . . . fun, with nary a crunch in sight" -- body + soul
The fun way to fire up your core!
A strong core means more than flat abs. Flexibility, endurance, a toned body, even a healthy heart depend on your core. World-renowned yoga teacher Shiva Rea shows you a creative way to strengthen your core without the usual tedious ab exercises. In this program, she focuses on both the core and the lower body, using graceful yoga-based movements that ignite your inner fire.
As you flow from one pose to another, you’ll strengthen your belly, hips, thighs, and lower back. You’ll feel grounded and filled with vital energy. Quick, fun, effective—filmed in gorgeous Limahuli Garden on the island of Kauai—this core program will become one of your favorite ways to work out.
Creative Roots 13 min.
Creative Core 9 min.
Shavasana 2 min.
BONUS SEGMENT: Foundation Vinyasa (13 min.) from Shiva’s flow yoga program Fluid Power.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun , Short and Challenging ! , September 13, 2008
By Yoni (Israel) -
This workout is short (22 minutes without shavasana) but it really packs a punch in this short time , in "Creative Roots" she starts with yogic squat and wide angle stretch which she'll repeat throughout this 13 minute segment with different variations , there are also hero 2 poses and side angle poses with a lot of fluid transitions between them and because most of the time you are in those positions it is really challenging for the lower body, she even demonstrates a transition from side angle to an advanced one arm balancing pose , but you don't have to do it if you can't. She finishes with a quadriceps stretch in cat position (kneeling bow). The second segment "Creative Core" is 9 minutes and is a lot of fun , you'll start on your back doing fluid bridge pose then a single legged bridge with a fun rocking move ,you can see a clip of it on youtube. Then she move into half table pose and flow right into side plank and from there to forearm plank and then into a straight arm plank and she repeats those plank pushups a few times and does this whole series of planks on the other side. It ends with a short shavasana. The scenery is of course gorgeous as in all of her DVD's. There is also a bonus segment from Fluid Power "Foundation Vinyasa" that can be used as a great warm up. This is another great addition my Shiva Rea DVD collection can't wait for "Surf Yoga Soul" , her next DVD , to be out .
