Perfect if you are looking for a routine that you can do is a short period of time, under a half hour, to add strength to your yoga practice.

Rodney is a great instructor that is calm and guiding in his presentation of the material. Though a few poses may present a bit more challenge depending upon how new/strong you are, they are within reach with just a bit of practice.

To the extent that people have mentioned that the cues are off, that was not an issue at all. After the first or second time you are listening more than watching anyway, though the setting and Rodney's movemments are definately worth watching.

Work with it a little bit and it will more than pay off in results.

I started the yoga and after only 5 sessions feel refreshed! It is a great beginner yoga DVD, provides many challenging poses, and is ultra relaxing. I love this and would recommend this to anyone interested in trying it for the first time!

I have been taking yoga off and on for the past 3-4 years living in Los Angeles. As I have now been broke, I figured, I guess I can do the yoga at home since I have been familiarized with different styles of yoga as well as the poses. The Rodney Yee series ( I have three now) are pretty good. The power yoga really is helpful in helping me relax as well as build up my strength. In addition, it is actually nice to do good yoga at home without the stifling crowds we get in the yoga studios. I highly recommend this as well as his other 30 minute series.

I've been doing yoga for several years, but still consider myself a beginner. I find this to be a challenging 30 minute workout, and use it when I am looking to pack in a harder practice in a short amount of time. It involves some faster paced sun salutations along with some strength building positions such as crow. I alternate this with Power Yoga - Flexibility when I want to focus on flexibility, Power Yoga - Total Body Workout when I have a little more time, and A.M. and P.M. Yoga for Beginners when I am looking for a gentle practice.

The Good: Delivers a decent arm/shoulder workout. Puts in a few arm balances. Gets into the workout fast.

The Bad: Pacing is very fast, few poses are held for more than a couple seconds. Apart from a few arm-balances, not much to look forward to.

The Verdict: With only 20 minutes to work with, Yee gives your arms and shoulders an aerobic-yoga workout. Unfortunately, the practice is so short and fast paced, that it stands to be nothing more than a yoga-supplement to a more complete workout.


Full Review: I've been using Yee's "Power Yoga: Full Body" for a while now, and thought I'd put some mixture into my routine. As always Yee's calm delivery makes this easy to listen to. I nearly didn't have to watch the DVD before first attempting it, as it's not that difficult to follow-as long as you can move quickly between poses. No, really. Move FASTER!

The pacing of the routine is going to turn some people off, plain and simple. "Power Yoga: Full Body" is medium paced, while this is fast paced. Very fast. In fact, you barely have time to hit a pose before moving to the next. The only poses that you'll spend any time in are the arm-balances, and downward-facing dog.

It's a short, accelerated, 20 minute aerobic workout for your upper body, shoulders, arms, and reportedly abs. Realistically, I felt it in my arms, and to some extent my shoulders. After doing to routine a couple of times, I was able to keep pace easy enough, though admittedly I felt like I was really rushing through an otherwise enjoyable yoga practice.

The workout itself is brief, jumping straight into sun salutations (which remain for the entire workout), lots of up/downward-facing dog, standing forward bend, mtn pose, lunges, and a few arm balances and chair poses. You do two or three seated poses, then go into a short relaxation pose.

The obvious question here is why would Gaiam/ Yee make such a short "Strength" video? I mean, I did 20 minutes of Intermediate yoga and then had absolutely no problem knocking this one off. In no way am I saying that this workout is easy, but that it really is only worthwhile as a supplement to another routine I'll do before/after it.

In many ways, I just don't feel the workout was constructed well. Why cap a yoga practice at 20 minutes? Apart from a few arm balances, and a lot of downward-facing dog/sun salutations - this really isn't that inventive. Why didn't they put in at least another 10 minutes of arm balances... handstands, shoulderstands, forearm-stands, headstands, something, anything more? I think they could have slowed the pace back down to medium fast and added a few more strength poses to extend the time to 30 or 40 minutes, creating a fuller experience without losing the spirit of the practice.

I like Yee's instruction and delivery, and the DVD is a unique yoga workout-but I can't give it more than three stars. It's fast pace, and brevity make it of limited use to me.