Kundalini Yoga for Energy & Super Radiance! ALL LEVELS

Customer Reviews

• Author: happyogabunny
  Kundalini Yoga for Energy and Super Radiance with Ana and Ravi.
  
  WOW!
  
  Well, firstly, let me tell you a little bit about my Kundalini journey so far. Prior to discovering Kundalini Yoga I had practiced Hatha Yoga (a beautiful practice) for approx one year. My practice is now Kundalini and for over a year now I have had a regular morning practice. It was like I had found what I was looking for when I started doing the DVD's, I resonate completely with it....it was like something clicked into place. I have a good library of Kundalini DVD's that I rotate throughout the week and have also a growing library of books including some by Yogi Bhajan....so inspiring.
  
  Anyway on to the review!
  
  Set with a colourful background depicting ocean and green landscape, buddha, lotus flowers...I found the production to be visually pleasing and of good quality. The sound and accompanying music I also found to be good quality, the music is uplifting and inspires me to keep going, or if I need to stop to start again when I am ready :)
  
  There is a good menu of options which include a matrix where you can design your own class to suit your needs on any given day. There are a good selection of pre sets to choose from and these have clear descriptions of how difficult they are likely to be eg for beginners and for intermediate and a real challenge. Also you have the option of simply 'playing' the DVD class through which is a good option too.
  
  To begin with there is Tune in via mantra and this is set to some music which I thought was a nice touch.
  
  Next is a good set of warm ups and includes
  sufi grind
  cat cow
  cat cow variation
  piston variation with arms raised.
  
  Stretching set includes
  Rag doll
  Row boat
  seated side stretches
  seated side stretches using arms
  legs wide while seated on the floor and side stretch
  legs wide while steated variation stretching forward and deep breathing
  squat on balls of feet and rotate both feet one way and then the other way (really nice!)
  
  Energy and radiance set includes
  alternate from standing postition into a seated squat position
  standing coordinating arm and leg movements (cardiac..good!)some breath of fire used with this
  variation on standing coordinating arm movements (cardiac..good!) some breath of fire used with this
  Standing in a starfish pose, legs apart arms raised to the sides...deep breathing
  Standing with legs apart and arms raised to sides lower opposite arm to oppostie foot and repeat on other side
  Stand and meditate for a short period
  Stand with feet approx hip width apart, kick out alternate legs and chant the mantra 'Har'
  alternate from standing position to a seated squat
  Standing coordinating arms and legs (good cardiac)
  starfish with deep breaths
  Stand with feet approx hip width apart, kick out alternate legs and chant the mantra 'Har'
  lie on back, alternate leg raises..breath in 8 parts whilst moving leg up and out in 8 parts while lowering leg
  
  Radiance set
  Sit on heels (or in easy pose) with hands interlaced behind back bow forward, raise arms, sit up and then this kriya continues for a good length of time....I really, really enjoyed this I felt so tranquil and meditative
  
  Sit in easy pose, extend arms to shoulder level and have hands in claws (like a tiger)raise them up over your head in the shape of an arc and back to shoulder level to the rhythm of breath of fire. Near the end the tongue is enxtended from the mouth and then returned and the breath held and then released. This is a real test of endurance! I had to stop and restart quite a few times but it is something to work on :)
  enjoyed it!
  
  Relaxation
  Lying down on back with arms and legs apart, palms faced up in Savasana....lovely
  
  Meditation
  solar power
  adi shakti
  Beautiful meditations, among my favourites
  
  To close
  final prayer
  Tune out via mantra
  
  This class was amazing! Ana demonstrates beautifully and both Ana and Ravi encourage throughout, the instruction is clear and I am very comfortable with their way of teaching, gentle and inspiring! I feel wonderful, radiant, energised and very very happy when I have done this class............a class I will treasure and work with often!
  
  Thanks to Ana and Ravi
  Sat Nam x
• Author: Jessica
  I have lots of Ana and Ravi's older dvds, use them all the time and love them, but this one seems that it was rushed into creation as they did not fine tune it to work out the quirks. When you use the design your own workout option, they did not perfect it, as it starts telling you that you will do an exercise at the end of some sections and then it switches to something else, instead of doing what you were told you would do. The music is a little on the loud side, so you really have to strain at times to hear what they are telling you to do over the music. One part of the music sounds like cars crashing into each other with screeching brakes, which is not relaxing. Its also a little distracting with Ana's hair changing styles throughout the video (I'm guessing the "hair stylist" recommended that, but it is very distracting). Some of the workout feels more like an aerobics workout than a yoga workout. I also feel like it is a little too "hollywood," like they are "selling out" to appeal to more people (with the hair styles changing and fancy backgrounds and loud music). The picture of the ocean behind them looks nice, but its a little weird with Ana's hair blowing around like there is an ocean breeze when it is a picture behind her. There are some new exercises though, which is good. I recommend that they redo the video so it works better and either turn down the music, or add the option, like some aerobics videos do, where you can listen to the music or not listen to the music, as sounds of screeching brakes in the background does make you lose your relaxation concentration. I recommend that you pass on this video and get one of their older videos, like fat free yoga, a journey through the chakras, ultimate stretch or the warrior workout.