This video comes with two disks, One with instruction from Seane Corn and the other with a similar sequence set to music. The disk without instruction is not suitable for home practise but the main disk takes us through a wonderful sequence of self-exploration. After a brief introduction and breathing, Seane moves gently through cat and downward dog into a series of forward and backward bends. These become lunges, then side stretches and warrior before being combined as a vinyasa sequence. Standing poses begin about half way through the video, with the tree balance, triangle, warrior and wide legged forward bend. There follows a series of lunges and twists before coming down to the floor. Each sequence takes a theme: bends, lunges, twists etc and develops on it. This approach allows the user to play with the theme, experiencing subtle variations while exploring their effects. The last 15 minutes continues this development, through bridge, forward bends and twists both from cross-legged and staff poses, before relaxing for the final five minutes.

Much of the content is performed as vinyasa, flowing from one position to the next, with the breath. Had the instruction been delivered as a voice-over, the flow would have been much more smooth and rythmic. Seane speaks clearly and is audible at all times but the video would have been clearer and the timing more regular, had it been dubbed on afterwards. Seane has a lot of explanation of poses and possible modifications which are quite distracting and could have been left to a "modifications" section at the end. Overall, a nice video, if you have an hour free and can ignore the superfluous talking. Had it been shot outdoors, with a voice over sound track that focussed on essential elements of instruction, this could have been a great Yoga video.

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