WC: So what makes DDP Yoga so different from any other form of yoga? DDP: Remember, it aint your mamas yoga! Most yogis are very Namaste. DDP Yoga is a lot more..."T&A" - that's "Tone & Attitude". You get a lot more tone and attitude with my programme. Plus, theres something I incorporated called dynamic resistance. Imagine using weights without the weights. Every time you flex and engage a muscle, your heart has to beat faster to get the blood to the muscle. Thats why, with the DDP Yoga workouts, you can get your heart rate jacked up in the fat burning zone literally standing still. Regular yoga doesnt do any of that s**t. We get a lot of people who are big and people who are totally beat up who cant do any kind of workout and, all of a sudden, theyre running 5ks, they can do Mudders, and they know how they got to the dance. WC: You discovered yoga back in 98 through your wife at the time while recovering from a back injury and created the YRG programme as a result; which went on to become the DDP Yoga we know today. How much has the programme changed over the last 10 15 years? DDP: Its constantly morphing; I think its changed substantially but it still has the same base. The fundamentals have stayed the same but Im constantly adding new twists and turns. I found how to teach it and Im a master at it now obviously, but I wasnt in the beginning. I could figure it out in the beginning and work it out for myself but I didnt know how to express it. And I think that has just grown exponentially to the point where now I can teach others to teach it. I call them DDP Yoga CTPs Certified Training Partners cause thats what its like. Youre more than just an instructor, youre a training partner.
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