By Kiki | Monday, April 29, 2024
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I like the message of gratitude in this class. The short meditations at the beginning and the end made me calm down. The practice with a block between low legs was interesting The fast pace of the middle of this class made me difficult for me, a 61 yeas old woman, and could not catch up the speed, yet I did my practice by skipping some of flow. ha ha ha. I effeminately warmed up. Thank you. .

By Lavinia | Thursday, May 25, 2023
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I loved this class, very energising, it definitely made me feel grateful for being here and explore what the body can do, an inspiring start of the day, thank you xx

By Jenny A | Thursday, November 4, 2021
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Amazing flow! Alex s tone and cueing is so smooth and energizing, yet calm and relaxing. This was such a great way to start my day. Love the reading, too. Thank you!

By Danielle | Friday, April 13, 2018
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I am thankful for Alex s classes! Her directions are so clear and helpful and the pacing is just right! Please more classes from Alex!

By Carla | Monday, November 30, 2015
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I really liked this class and the way Alex taught it. She is easy to follow even though some poses are challenging for me. She seems like someone I would want to be friends with, and that is important to me when I m choosing a teacher.

By Lauraroze | Monday, July 13, 2015
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This contains ome good ideas for spicing up your SunSalutations, but I felt the gratitude focus reminders were kind of forced feeling and repetitive. I personally find it a lot easier to think about things like gratitude when I have a second to think, which there really isn t in this class.

I often feel like the shorter classes are a result of the YogaDownload system--they need to respond to people looking for quickies--and are therefore less thorough. I bet Ms. Cordova (and most of the YD instructors) never teaches actual 30 minute classes, because they just aren t that satisfying.

It s a great 30 minute get your blood moving flow and I will probably do it a few more times, just to learn the new poses, but it s not my new favorite. Check out her other classes though!

By goddessofspin | Thursday, June 11, 2015
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I really liked the feel of this sequence and the energy that I got from it. It is definitely a more advanced practice. The beginning does move quite fast, but the vinyasa is easy to remember, so it didn t bother me that the teacher was ahead of me. I would recommend that if you are a person that gets uncomfortable when you are "behind" in a flow, to maybe not choose this class. Otherwise, it is infused with just the right amount of philosophy and has a nice theme of gratitude to focus on. I would do this class again and it was just perfect for my am practice. Namaste!

By Lisa G | Thursday, April 2, 2015
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This is hatha yoga for people who traditionally like vinyasa flow. The sun salutations are faster paced, but the rest of the class slows down nicely and really lets you stretch and settle into your body.
The gratefulness mantra is really lovely. I will return to this class for both its physical and spiritual focus again and again.

By Stefanie | Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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I didn t care for this class. It was kind of boring to me.

By fetchingbike | Saturday, March 7, 2015
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The focus on gratitude was great but the pace was too fast for me.

By Redbird1 | Tuesday, February 3, 2015
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I truly enjoy this session. It was right amount of everything:) :The length, the intensity and spiritual tone. I loved it! Thank you Alex!

By Lori | Monday, February 2, 2015
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Awesome class! She moved a little too fast for me during sun salutations, but the entire class was great.

By mtalbott | Sunday, February 1, 2015
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What a wonderful class! The moves are all easily accessible or modified. Alex has you think of three things for which you are thankful and reminds you to bring mindfulness of those things into your practice often. At the end, she has a beautiful reading on gratitude which helps remind you to live this day to its fullest.

Two things are different with this class. . .you can hear her breathing and in most of my YD classes, I can t hear that. It was slightly distracting at first, but then I used it to help guide my own breathing. Also, there is no shavasana at the end.

By Nicole | Saturday, January 31, 2015
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This was the first time I ve tried yoga right when I woke up... It s amazing how much tighter all my muscles were! I didn t expect this class to be very challenging, but with my tight morning muscles, it was quite the workout.
I loved beginning the day with gratitude, and I plan to do this class again tonight when my muscles move better!

By paula | Saturday, January 31, 2015
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AWESOME!! I absolutely love the focus on gratitude. This was so heart expanding!!
Namaste

By Casie | Saturday, January 31, 2015
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It was nice to set the intention of gratitude. But the flow was very fast in some places, and it was often hard to understand what she was saying. I liked that she used some proper terminology for the poses, but I would have liked some explanation or at least enunciation the first time she said them.

By ZapMama | Saturday, January 31, 2015
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Great flow! Loved it!

By sweetthing745 | Thursday, January 8, 2015
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I have to agree with some of the other reviewers - the flow was too quick, especially at first. I did really like the reading at the end though.

By koth1984 | Wednesday, December 24, 2014
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This should not be considered a hatha yoga class. Its too focused on getting a workout - the occasional reminders to think about what you re grateful for don t seem to fit with this style either. Do this if you want to move quickly and get a quick workout in.

By ljsmom | Saturday, November 15, 2014
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Alex is spiritual and does a great job weaving grate fullness through the practice. Only reason I gave it 4 1/2 stars instead of 5 is I thought the sun salutations at the beginning were too fast. I know it s a 30 minute class, but I would have liked one less flow and enough time to flip my feet in upward facing dog before moving back to downward facing dog. A nice class to start your day!

By Juli | Sunday, October 12, 2014
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I did this flow a few days after my father s passing. It was exactly what I needed to offer thanks and gratitude to how wonderful he is, the time I had with him, and the rest of my amazing family. It was a great heart opening flow. The only criticism I have is that I didn t know the formal name for some of the actual poses so I had to look up and see what she was doing. A bit more laymen s terms when guiding the flow would have been helpful to me. Other than that, it was very nice.

By Laura | Friday, October 3, 2014
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Wonderful class--one of my favorite to date! Very challenging in the limited 30+ minute time frame. It raised my heat in the beginning but was a very balancing class overall. I really liked Alex s energy too.

By BBBritt | Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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a little too fast paced, but I enjoyed the quote at the end and the overall intention of the class.