“Saying you are too stiff to do yoga is like saying you are too dirty to take a shower.”
- Eoin Finn
Pure and Simple Yoga with Eoin Finn
Pure and Simple Yoga with Eoin Finn
Yoga with a Blissologist
Just in time for Father’s Day, the kind folks at Blissology.com sent me a free copy of this DVD to review and I’ll pick one random person who leaves a comment on this post by June 1, 2010 to receive a free copy from Eoin’s people (otherwise, I’m not affiliated with this group).
DVD Review: Pure and Simple Yoga with Eoin Finn.
Today’s post isn’t about kids yoga but it’s good timing for Father’s Day, and a potential gift for the men in our lives. You know, those great men who are often too busy to take time for exercise. Pure and Simple Yoga with Eoin Finn could especially work for a beginner to intermediate man (or woman) who wants a powerful routine for home.
I unwrapped the DVD to review it on a typically busy morning when I wanted to do some yoga but had a lot on my schedule. After completing the yoga set on my living room floor and looking through the extras, here are some of the things I think DVD has going for it:
- The Length: It’s 40 minutes which is a great length for a busy day, and I felt like I had a work out,
- The scenery is gorgeous: I love seeing the waves rolling in the background,
- The menu functionality: you can choose a beginner or advanced version of the set or you can watch both at the same time if you’re not sure what level you’re at. There are more menu choices and a booklet too.
- The Yoga Pose Description Menu: whenever I try a new type of yoga (you see I’m a Kundalini Yoga lover and this is a vinyasa style), it always takes me a while to process the phrasing each teacher uses to give directions. I was happy to see extra descriptions of each pose in the bonus features – very valuable for beginners and beginners of this style of yoga.
- Eoin just seems like a great guy: I’ve never met him, but from the DVD he seems like a real person, not a straight faced, perfect model doing yoga. This especially comes out in the extras. Eoin’s obviously really fit, but also comes across as a fun teacher (see the quote at the top). After all he is a Blissologist!
The Extra Bonus: Pure and Simple Yoga with Eoin Finn just might connect with those men who are interested in Yoga but (unfortunately) see it as a girl thing. As a busy female yogini, I liked it too!
Please leave a comment to enter to win Pure and Simple Yoga with Eoin Finn from Blissology.com. Tell me why you’d like to win and if you are going to keep it for yourself then let me know if you have any other Father’s Day gift ideas.
Thank you to everyone who left a comment. There are so many deserving men and women who could enjoy this DVD.
The random winner is:
Betherann – who has a wonderful blog over at http://www.kitchencourage.com. Congratulations.
Thanks to Eoin Finn and the folks at Blissology.com for providing the prize for this contest.
Oh, this sounds perfect for my fiance. We are always saying we are going to take a class together and it just doesn’t seem to happen. So, this DVD just might be the way for us to do yoga together. Even if it’s at midnight. How romantic! Thanks so much.
Satnam
Namaste
“Saying you are too stiff to do yoga is like saying you are too dirty to take a shower.”
Love that quote – and I resemble that remark! This stiff, practically sedentary therapist would LOVE to win the DVD- great contest, and sounds just like what I could use!
Contest: Win “Pure and Simple Yoga” DVD with Eoin Finn
What a wonderful contest…who would be the lucky one to get the prized possesion… i am into Yoga & always on the look out for expanding my own practi se as well as teaching..would love to lay my hands on it if i am the chosen one .. Greetings to all the members..
Mamta Narula
What a wonderful gift to give my other half for Father’s Day. I would love to get him to do yoga. He seems to think he needs to be flexible to do yoga, but now I have a wonderful quote! And it would be great to practice together with a Blissologist!
wonderful giveaway!
i love yoga<3
My husband is stressed from dealing with a lot of complicated challenges. He could really benefit from something “pure and simple”. I’d love for us to make time to do the Pure & Simple Yoga DVD together.
I love yoga and am always looking to expand my practice. I’ve enjoyed Eoin’s podcast classes, so I’d really like to try one of his videos.
What a great father’s day idea! My dad is always saying that he is not flexible enough to do yoga and now I have a quick witty retort. ( :
I think this would be great for my dad who is always busy and tense. I am constantly reminding him to take deep breaths which isn’t something that comes easily for him. I would love to give him something he can do on his own.
Thanks for offering this!
I’d love to win this so I can use it to start sharing yoga with my better half! Both of us want to work on improving our health, and we’ll have more success if we can find an activity that we can enjoy together. I already love yoga, so I’m hoping to turn him on to it.
This would make a wonderful gift! Thank you for sharing. *Blessings*
This would be perfect as my dad has been asking me to teach him some yoga to deal with soreness from his new job (just started a new business and it’s physical labour!) and also fro his favourite sports, baseball and hockey. I have the Moksha series on mp3, but I think for a beginner this video sounds perfect!