Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!NOW FEATURING THE NEW DESIGN YOUR OWN WORKOUT MATRIX MENU OPTION!!! Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond has helped to establish Ana Brett & Ravi Singh and their signature yoga style as the most exciting new trend in yoga and fitness. This DVD contains exercises for flexiblity, strength building, aerobic efficiency, stress relief, back care, and much more: all with a through the roof fun factor! This amazingly effective daily workout features two 25 minute sets which can be done individually or together. Set one, Rise & Spine, will help you maintain a healthy back and raise your energy high! Set two features an original and fun version of the ‘Five Tibetans,’ exercises to keep you supple, youthful and vital for life! Also included: breath primer, meditation, deep relaxation, and a great soundtrack by Tom Carden. Discover why Ravi & Ana’s client lists includes Madonna, Donna Karan, Gwyneth Paltrow, and the Red Hot Chile Peppers. This conveniently chaptered DVD, with the recently added Matrix gives you the option of designing your workout based on the time you have: pick and choose whichever segments you want to include in your workout and let them play in whatever order you’d like! This best-selling DVD has everything you need for high caliber fitness, peace of mind, and to give your life a total boost!
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Review by YogaGirl for Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!
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I first read about the 5 Tibetan rites about 2 years ago and tried to do them on a daily basis. Like most people I find it hard to do exercises from a book. I need someone to do them with me. This DVD is perfect. It starts off with a basic spinal set ” rise and spine” and ends with Sat Kriya (my favorite) The second set is the 5 Tibetan rites. Albeit in reverse order than what is written in the books. But that’s Ok because Ravi’s exercise order seems to work better for the spine and compliments set 1. He also adds a kundalini spin to the camel exercise. The original doesn’t include bowing forward and camel and breath of fire. Ravi’s version is so much better. The magic number for the rites is 21 reps. Ana doesn’t count, but if you want to track your progress you can mentally count your reps. The books say that you should work up to 21 and not go over that number as you will not derive any more benefits by increasing the reps over 21. Whatever! It works and it feels great! Love it Love it! The meditation at the end of set 2 is to feel you pulse in your finger tips and say sat nam to each pulse. This requireds SO much concentration that it takes you to another plane. Thank you Ravi and Ana.
Review by Lisa for Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!
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I ordered this video because it was the number one rated yoga dvd on Amazon. I’m a beginner and thought this would be an excellent introduction to an amazing yoga experience.
First – the young lady (Anna?) demonstrates proper form and breathing very well, BUT a I felt like a slacker not keeping up with her.
I overdid it, felt sick to my stomach and dizzy and put the tape away for a while. Then, I did a little research. Found out what could be causing the nausea:
1. I shouldn’t by trying to keep up with Anna. The moves may look very simple, but I need to take it slower.
2. Some the the moves (twisting) are focusing on cleansing and massaging inner organs that have been sitting idle full of toxins for a long time.
3. Incorrect breathing can also cause nausea.
I did some research, learned how to practice the long breaths. I’m also going to stop trying to keep up with Anna and move at my own relaxed pace and focus on the breath and proper form.
Other things I learned are:
1. Not to eat an hour before, but hydrate well.
2. Drink water after the workout to help get rid of the toxins that have been released during the workout.
MUCH better experience.
Review by Laura De Giorgio for Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!
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This is a wonderful DVD for beginners to start with and progress at a comfortable pace. The most challenging on this DVD was a camel pose and beginners would have to do a modified version (which is briefly demonstrated). After practically each active exercise there is a few minute long meditation break, which allows even to beginner enough time to rest and continue at a comfortable pace until the end of DVD. I was delighted that this DVD contains Tibetan Rite exercises. I have started doing them some 10 – 15 years ago from a book, but have now found it’s even more fun going over the Tibetan rites with the DVD. And I was also thrilled that the active exercises include the locks which further help to prevent the leakage of energy and to move the energy up the spine.
Review by james for Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!
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I always do extensive research before deciding on a purchase and when I decided to try a yoga DVD I stuck with my program. I asked around, I read all the reviews (though I don’t have much faith in most of the reviews out there), I surfed the web and looked at many many clips . My criteria for a perfect beginner Yoga DVD were:
a)The instructor should be a real yoga master with many years of experience – no ex-actresses or aerobic instructors.
b) no need for props, ie. ropes, balls, blocks, blankets etc…
c) short sets ( as a beginner I may not be able to do more then 30 minutes at a stretch. I also do other fitness and want a short yoga routine as an add-on)
d) preferrably no cliche new age sounds which make me cringe – birds chirping, bells, oceans. Something a litlle more urban and edgy would be nice.
e) finally, I was looking for a real yoga workout. I wanted to experience yoga at its rawest i.e., no fluff, no excessive talking at the start. I just wanted to be able to get right to a workout that would stretch, strengthen, relax and inspire me
And that is exactly what I got with Ravi Singh & Ana Brett’s Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond. It’s a really great program! I actually happened to find it at my library, tried it and paused it halfway while I ordered from Amazon. I knew this was the one:Two 25 minute sets from 2 long time yogis. Ravi Singh has been teaching 30 plus years. Ms Brett has been doing it since childhood.
The way it’s sequenced really builds in a way that open your body very gradually and I think it is excellent for someone looking for a complete, gentle yet thorough, yoga practice. Not only is this a completely doable enjoyable workout for a newcomer to yoga like myself but I feel this is one I can still continue to do no matter how far I advance. In other words: this one is a classic.
I look forward to trying other of the Ravi & Ana workouts.
Review by Graham Blackburn for Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond NEW! Now with the **MATRIX** MENU OPTION!!!
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I have been giving this DVD to friends and family to get them interested in yoga.
I feel this is sort of an easy access path to getting into a regular yoga practice. First off, its fun, secondly, to me Kundalini Yoga as presented by Ana & Ravi is the best of all worlds because you get all the poses of hatha but they add movement and breath to the poses like Vinyasa and boy does my body respond quickly to this type of dynamic yoga! I feel one can get all the strengthening of Power and Ashtanga Yoga with the precision of Iyengar and all the stretching of Vinyasa as well. There is even a cardio element. Add the energy and relaxation benefits (I am sleeping like a baby again!) and what more does one need? If you are new to yoga this one can get you on your way. If you’ve done some yoga before this will openup a whole new world to you. The instruction is clear, well paced and easy to follow. The Spine set is awesome and the 5 Tibetan sequence is the best 5 Tibetan sequence out there!