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 Another wonderful DVD!! June 16, 2008
Yoga Lover (Toledo, Ohio USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the seventh Ana and Ravi DVD that I've purchased and I really enjoy every one of them. Since discovering kundalini yoga I feel and look better and their DVD's are informative, easy to follow and easy to use. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a new way to exercise, feel better, live better and to get a new outlook on life in general.
Matrix Menu Changes Everything -- For the Better! June 3, 2008
Christine C. Reed (erie, pa)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have been a student of Kundalini yoga for about 8 years, having done Iyengar for years before that. Once I found the teachings of Ravi Singh and Ana Brett, though, I have pretty much focused exclusively on them. Their style is playful, which I find refreshing and uplifting. Recently, through some personal contact with them, I have also learned that they are truly who they present themselves to be -- they are authentic yogis living their beliefs.
I own all their DVD's, including their first...and they continue to grow not only in their yoga but also in their production values. The music is always amazing and perfect, and the sets are interesting without being distracting.
Bliss Hips is one of my absolute favorites. The lift to my mood, though expected in all Kundalini practice, was even more than I anticipated.
And some of the "more" comes from this new Matrix Menu feature. I did not think their DVD's could be improved in regards to chapters. They already were well chaptered. But the Matrix Menu was a delightful surprise. Now I can pre-plan which chapters I want to do and no more reaching for the remote in the middle of yoga. No more technological distractions, otherwise. Just me and Ana and Ravi and the yoga. Just like it should be!
BEST YOGA DVD EVER!! May 2, 2008
H. Zarour (Calgary, AB)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I LOVED this DVD. I have five other DVDs by Ana and Ravi, but this is by far the best. I felt blissed out, worked out, and deeply connected to my heart, body, soul and spirit after this workout! HIGHLY HIGHLY recommended. All the other Ana and Ravi DVDs are also great. After years of practicing Iyengar, one play of these DVDs, and I'm stuck on this type of yoga!
Puts the swing back on the old back porch (and more!) April 11, 2008
Lucky (PA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful workout/yoga experience. I didn't know what "releasing my hips" meant, or that I needed my hips released, but once you do Yoga Bliss Hips you'll understand what everyone is raving about! After doing this just once I already noticed that my gait was looser as I walked, I wasn't so "pent up". As my title suggests, somewhere along the way I stopped walking like a lady (swinging down the street so fancy free) and started walking more like a guy, moving my legs and hips just enough to get me where I was going, head down, full steam ahead. Now it's once again chest up and hips swinging, just like God intended! I also stand taller and just really get a great workout from this one (I have lots, they're all great, my personal favorites are Fat Free Yoga and this one).
This is fun, easy to follow, effective, interesting, and inspirational. It has truly changed my life. Upon doing this for the first time and really listening to Ravi's words, I was blissful, yes - from the words and all that great breathing and stretching - but I was also motivated to take steps in my life that needed to be taken. Scary stuff, stuff that brings forth all the doubts about yourself and the situation at hand, but this video helped me transcend the doubts and empowered me to do what needed to be done. I use it every time I'm feeling unsure or just in need of another shot of confidence, and it really works! I get right up when the video is over and take care of business.
And I must mention that this one, just like all the others I've tried (Fat Free Yoga, Beginners and Beyond, AM/PM, Ultimate Stretch, Yoga Quick Fixes) will give you strength, energy and endurance beyond your wildest dreams. I used to think I needed walking or running or other miserable cardio exercises to gain endurance and lung capacity, but Kundalini Yoga with Ravi and Ana is the only thing I need. I was running around the yard with the kids within a day or two of doing Kundalini yoga the first time, and it only gets better. You'll feel like a kid again, moving is fun again. Like an athlete or a dancer. Plus, my arms and abs have never been stronger since starting Ravi & Ana's yoga. I have always had very wimpy stomach muscles, but no more! (The abs/arms thing doesn't apply specifically to Bliss Hips - although the tummy and arm exercises in Bliss Hips, I can tell, would give the same result if that was the ONLY video I used). I no longer feel the need for my Bowflex. It was uncomfortable, time consuming, painful, and didn't do what the combined strength/cardio of these Kundalini Yoga vids do for my abs and arms! Add to that the decreased desire for gobbling everything in sight, and especially stuff like chocolate, sweets, etc. It really works on your internal systems and straightens everything out. I am positive this is just the ticket for someone who is trying to stop smoking!
My kids like to join in with me when I do these videos, too. My little 7-year-old daughter was blessed from birth with unbelievable sinewy muscle, but she is incredibly inflexible, it hurts her just to sit on the floor with her legs extended out in front of her. But as we do the stretching exercises from these videos, she is thrilled to see herself finally gaining some flexibility, and this isn't over time, it's immediate, she can stretch longer and farther with Ravi and Ana's techniques, and her little face was so happy.
With Yoga Bliss Hips, one of the coolest things is near the end, where you get to punch punch punch, working your arms while getting out worries, frustrations, anger, resentments! Buy this video!
This Guy Likes It Too March 22, 2008
Space Echo (Brooklyn, NY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Being the compulsive shopper that i sometimes am, I clicked on BlissHips as a 'buy together' dvd when purchasing Yoga Beauty Body as birthday present for my girlfriend. Suffice it to say I sort of kept this one for myself after I tried it! I thought this would be too girly for me as I didn't really think - my hips needed opening?(what's that about?) ...but i felt completely amazing! after having finished the set.
This is a fun, high energy workout that works somehow on an emotional level as well as a physical one. I usually still feel serene for a couple of days after having completed the work-out. A definite two thumbs up. Also, the matrix is great because I can pre-program the workout to include whatever sets i want to do in whichever order I like.
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