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   Power to the Peaceful Yoga – Sharon Gannon, David Life, Michael FrantiVideo: AVC 720×480 29.970fps 2.382KbpsAudio: MPEG AAC 48000Hz 2ch 380KbpsDuration: 52mnAs founder of San Francisco’s 911 Power To The Peaceful Festival, musician and activist Michael Franti enjoys a high profile in the yoga world. Here he joins his favorite teachers, Jivamukti’s David Life and Sharon Gannon, as they lead a vigorous instructional practice set to Michael’s music. Challenging for all levels. Included are  Michael Franti performing “Bomb the World” and “Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong” and a 20 minute discussion with Michael, David and Sharon about yoga’s power for peace.Michael Franti first tried yoga as a way to cope with the stresses of touring with his band, Spearhead. What he found was something much more. Yoga’s wisdom not only makes him feel strong and healthy, it inspires his music and helps guide his life. Can you be the peace you want to see in the world?Here’s the place to start.Reviews:I enjoy practicing Jivamukti Yoga and this is the next best thing to attending a class with David Life and Sharon Gannon. I found the practice challenging and enjoyable. I especially enjoyed the bonus segment with Sharon, David and Michael discussing peace. I highly recommend this to anyone who is interested in expanding their yoga practice What I love about this DVD is that Sharon Gannon and David Life go beyond the physical practice and verbalize the spiritual aspect of Yoga while presenting a challenging series. The music is great too.Highly, highly recommend Power to the Peaceful Yoga for all yoga practitioners interested in deepening their experience and carrying it into their daily lives as workers for a more peaceful and kind world. Also highly, highly recommended for social justice activists who want to tap into the powerful, mindful and positive energy that Michael Franti brings to his art and all that he does.The yoga moves are fairly challenging with breathing exercises mixed in. I consider myself to be intermediate, and it will take me some time to get them down and be able to keep up with the fairly quick pace of the film. There are a few great extras, including a conversation between Michael Franti, Sharon Gannon and David Life, as well as live music performances by Michael Franti. This is a great DVD. “Power to the Peaceful Yoga” is an advanced yoga practice with quite a few challenges. It starts with “fast” sun salutations and then slows down during standing poses. The focus on breathing is cleansing. The workout is done on a stage filled with musical instruments. The music is by Michael Franti who joins Sharon Gannon and David Life for the yoga practice. At the start there is some chanting and singing.Here are some of the exercises I recognized: Warrior 1 and 2, silver surfer, triangle, seated forward bend, downward dog, upward dog, extended angle, fish, cobra, reclining twist, plough position, bridge, sphinx and locust. Some of the more challenging positions included: crow, warrior 3, blossoming lotus, extended straddle, shooting bow, full wheel headstand and shoulder stand.For the most part this is a relaxing workout and the music is soothing. The practice ends with a guided relaxations and quick meditation. The meditation would have been better if it was longer and guided like the relaxation segment. I can only recommend this to you if you are intermediate or advanced. This would not be a good place to start learning yoga as there are too many difficult postures for beginners.The entire DVD can be found here To see my other uploads, search adishonerv69