Ashtanga Yoga with Cynthia Funk

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Cynthia Funk, a co-owner of The Yoga Sanctuary in Toronto Canada, is a nationally known Ashtanga teacher, she has been featured in such magazines as Modern Woman, Chatelaine Magazine and Toronto Life Magazine. She has been teaching in the greater Toronto area for over 4 years and has been practicing yoga for 15 years.

Ashtanga Yoga with Cynthia Funk is the first cd of it's kind to be released globally! Enjoy!

Product Description
This is a spoken word CD guiding a student through a shortened version of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga(also known as POWER YOGA) The CD is 72 minutes in length, and contains pictures of the postures in an insert in the CD. Each track has a corresponding box of posture pictures so the student can modify their daily practice needs by programming their CD player, to play just one track (17 minutes)to the full CD, 72 minutes.

Ashtanga Yoga with Cynthia Funk,Short form - Primary Series

Ashtanga Yoga with Cynthia Funk

Average customer rating:

A little dry and confusing

fun, but hard

Great Yoga CD for Ashtanga Yoga Beginners!

Ashtanga Yoga with Cynthia Funk

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U2JX
Release Date: 1999-02-01

Album Description

This is a spoken word CD guiding a student through a shortened version of the Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga(also known as POWER YOGA) The CD is 72 minutes in length, and contains pictures of the postures in an insert in the CD. Each track has a corresponding box of posture pictures so the student can modify their daily practice needs by programming their CD player, to play just one track (17 minutes)to the full CD, 72 minutes.

Customer Reviews:

A little dry and confusing.......2004-01-29

I have practiced ashtanga yoga for about 4 years and this CD, although is does a nice practice overall, I find is lacking in a few major respects. First of all, Cynthia Funk doesn't call any of the postures by their sanskrit names or English names - she only describes where you arms and legs are supposed to be which can be really confusing. It comes with an insert with all the of postures she does on the CD but it is wrong.

Also, it is kind of an imcomplete practice although it is about 70 minutes long. It is a great workout but I prefer Vinyasa Yoga with Kimberly Wilson so much more than this CD.

fun, but hard.......2003-05-02

This CD is a good way to keep up your yoga practice, but if haven't practiced Ashtanga for awhile or ever, this is not the place to start! The drawings are a bit hard to understand and some of the movements are really difficult if they're not in your everyday practice. But Cynthia Funk does a great job of relaxing you and putting you in an "om" mood.

Great Yoga CD for Ashtanga Yoga Beginners!.......2001-09-19

If you are new to the yoga scene, this is the perfect CD for you.
Cynthia Funk's clear, gentle voice guides you through the short form of the primary series of Ashtanga Yoga. For additional help, there is a picture insert of the postures included in the CD. Great way to keep in shape between classes or while traveling!

Average customer rating:

Hoping for more
Too slow!!!
A super addition to your yoga library
Good starting place

Ashtanga Yoga with Cynthia Funk
Primary Series
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004U2JY
Release Date: 1999-02-01

Album Description

This is a spoken word CD guiding a student through the full Primary Series of Ashtanga Yoga(also known as POWER YOGA) this double CD is 145 minutes in length and each CD contains an insert of pictures of the postures. Each track correspondes to a box of pictures of the postures. Students can programme their CD player to various tracks to modifiy their daily practice needs to between 17 and 145 minutes.

Customer Reviews:

Hoping for more.......2003-03-17

Relatively new to Ashtanga yoga, I purchased this CD in hopes of practicing at home without and instructor and while away. Unfortunately, after waiting a long time for its arrival, I found it dissapointing. I believe she teaches the primary series slightly differently than do my teachers or reference books, and the pace isn't for me either. I am trying something new.

Too slow!!!.......2003-01-11

Cynthia Funk's instructions for the various positions are not clear at times. For instance, there are three poses on this CD that I can not figure out how to do, following her instructions. So, be sure not to misplace your illustrated examples of the poses! Also, her 5 breath technique is much, much slower than any Ashtanga class I have attended, making the practice more tedious than relaxing. However, this is the only CD I can find on Ashtanga yoga practice, so I use it quite often.

A super addition to your yoga library.......2002-03-19

This CD is quite a jewel. It contains almost the entire primary series of ashtange yoga; however, the cd is divided up so that your actual practice can be 17 to 145 minutes long. Now that is variety! There is no music but Ms. Fox does a great job teaching the class, saying enough but not TOO much, if you know what I mean. Her 5 breath counts are a little slower than most so the class is not as fast say a Dave Swenson ashtanga yoga class but it is still a great and versatile workout. The only negative of any kind is that the poses chart is really small and so may not be useful to most while actually doing the class (I am tall and can hardly see it). I am lucky in that I know the poses but if you do not this may be a problem for you. Still a great effort though.

Good starting place.......2000-08-29

This was a very helpful CD to get me kick strated into a daily practice

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