Authentic Yoga is an iPhone/iPod app from alternative medicine expert Deepak Chopra and yoga instructor Tara Stiles. Though there are some technical issues with this hot-off-the-presses app (rumored to be fixed by the even hotter-off-the-presses update), the authority of these teachers and the quality of their video instruction sets this app apart from previous yoga apps.
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I have this app and I agree that it is fantastic. The range of poses is excellent and the routines are balanced and well-narrated.
My only complaints would be twofold. First, that you cannot hear pose directions during the routines (instead you hear pose benefits). To hear the instructions you have to exit the routine and watch a video (and I hear the videos are not available without WiFi connection). Second, I would also like to see written instructions for the poses in the pose review section.
Another comment I have is that I find the instructions not as attuned to every single bodily detail of the pose as some yoga instructions (ex. yogajournal.com). In some ways I dislike this, as I find myself wondering at times what my tailbone should be doing, etc. On the other hand, it promotes focus on the pose as a whole, and allows a little more flow of the yoga routine. So I cannot say whether it is a downside or not.
Overall, I love this app and consider it far and away the best yoga app I’ve tried.
where may I order this dvd?
It’s an iphone app you can get through itunes.