Customer Reviews

Cardio Burn Yoga

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This is the same dvd as " yoga dance fusion". I have already checked this with the Gaian site, So if you have Yoga Dance Fusion, you have this dvd, but with a different name.

I was interested in yoga, though I had never seriously tried it before, and I received this DVD as a gift. I decided to try it out and I loved it! I didn't find the instructions particularly hard to follow, and if I was confused I took a second to look up and reposition myself. After the first time through each workout I didn't have a problem following the instructions.

I love having the option of a 30 minute workout or a 50 minute workout, and both are relaxing and challenging at the same time. Overall, I have found this DVD to be a great daily workout for my mind and body, and I'd recommend it to anyone!

The 30 minute workout is an excellent calorie burner. The series is a little repetitive (lots of lunges), but that makes it easy to follow, and it isn't so bad that it gets boring. A couple of places are uneven on the two sides: Once she tells you to put the right foot back instead of the left, and another area where she does high lunge on one side and not the other. I also don't love the balance series, mostly because she tells you to put your foot on your knee during tree, and I've always heard that your foot should either be just above or just below your knee, never on it. I do like her voice, the "beat" to the workout, and the fact that it really gets me sweating and even breathing a little heavy. I haven't made it through the longer workout because I get bored after about 15 or 20 minutes. It isn't as intense, and the moves seem more dance-based than yoga, which some people may like, but didn't work for me.

This yoga practice is as far from cardio as you can possibly get, so I think the title of this DVD is misleading. The yoga practice actually moves very slowly through each pose and I enjoyed the practice very much. The instructor is very good and positive but she was too chatty for my taste. Some people may not be bothered by that because she is a very likeable person.

I should start with noting that I've only ever done the 30 minute express workout on this DVD, so my review only references that portion. The 30 minutes is perfect for me to do in the morning before I leave for work, and I like to alternate it with Gaiam's Pilates for Weight Loss DVD. I do work up a sweat while doing this routine, but cardio is probably an inaccurate descriptor. It just moves a lot faster than your average yoga routine. I've done yoga at the beginner-intermediate level off and on for a few years, so I didn't have much trouble following Moreno's instructions, and after a few tries I have the routine mostly memorized. I probably wouldn't recommend this DVD for beginners though, since she does go very fast and have some moderately advanced moves in there. There are a few rough spots where the instructor tells you to move the wrong leg, and she does stumble on her words sometime, which I really wish they would have worked on in editing. Also, the instructor constantly tells you to smile, which I hatehatehate and mostly makes me want to break my TV. I guess some people might like the chipperness, but it grates on my nerves. Overall though, I feel really great after doing this workout and it's an excellent start to my day.

I LOVE this workout! i started with it on exercise tv on demand and i've already decided to buy it when it is no longer available there. when i started out i could barely get through it but now i find it challenging and refreshing. the music is good, the background is beautiful, and the instructor's voice is relaxing to listen to. my thighs and buns already show more definition. i just wish it was a little longer but sometimes i rewind it and go through the entire routine an extra time.

Update: I was given this DVD off my wishlist and had to change my review to 3 stars instead of 4 because the full workout is very slow and not cardio by anyone's definition (or dance). the workout I had done before was the express workout which I still really like doing. And the bonus yoga stretch is pretty good. But I honestly don't think I will do the full workout again because I didn't care for it. And in the full workout she does have some strange phrases that she repeats a lot. I thought it would be the same as the express workout just longer but it is completely different.

Maybe it's cardio for people who have never worked out.
The main work out was very slow, and Patricia's cheesy sayings were really starting to make me gag. I even had to turn the sound off. I will probably NEVER do this one again.
Now, there is a bonus express workout that actually was not too bad. Still was not close to a tough yoga workout, but MUCH improved and she kept her silly phrases to a minimum. The bonus stretch was okay. I can do these 2 bonus features infrequently.
Due to her EXTREME cheesiness and turtle-moving-rate for the main workout, I will NEVER buy any products with Patricia Moreno.

This video has been my first experience with yoga and I have been pleasantly surprised! I did the express workout five or six times before even attempting the longer one and I was surprised how much slower and almost boring the longer one was. The repetition of the child's pose feels good as a stretch but as far as a cardiovascular workout, it is definitely lacking. However, the express workout is great and the flow from one pose to another is challenging and requires a lot of core strength and practice. I try to do the 30 min. workout 5 times per week and when I am finished I feel great every time! I find Patricia to be very inspiring, positive and calming. She is great at what she does and I hope to someday make flow yoga look as graceful as she does! Great 30 min. workout. Ok 60 min workout. Good starter dvd, nice music, and beautiful California backdrop! I will continue to use it!

I loved the way this was filmed, the music, the actors/yogis, the instructor, but the actual sequencing was just way too repetitive. For the 50 minutes you devote to the DVD so much more could have been done in terms of different kinds of poses. I eventually just kept the DVD playing because I liked the sound of it and did my own yoga poses. It's pretty much just a flow in and out of childs poses to downward dog with a couple of standing poses thrown in. The intro section did feel good however, as it had a nice dance like stretch to it. Overall, I don't recommend it to anyone other than serious beginners who want the same repetition throughout.

As other reviewers have mentioned the longer workout is pretty slow and not much of a cardio workout at all. I did it once and that was it. I was much more impressed though with the express workout which is 30 minutes. It gets my heart pumping and moves faster than the longer workout. I definitely feel a difference in my body when I am finished.