Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: www.raviana.com
• DVD Release Date: September 20, 2005
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (362 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AY6JVK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,924 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Kundalini Yoga w/Ana & Ravi is the most effective tool for vibrant health, self-expansion, and exciting personal breakthroughs. --Yoga Magazine Sept. 2005

Product Description

NOW WITH THE ALL NEW DESIGN YOUR OWN WORKOUT MATRIX MENU OPTION Experience Kundalini Yoga's sophisticated approach to effortless conditioning. Breathe, move, stretch, relax, meditate, celebrate! Boost your metabolism. Slim down, tone and feel inspired. These workouts and meditations will help you optimize your glandular system, bring emotional healing, reduce problem areas, and help you attain your personal ideal. This conveniently chaptered 90 min. DVD offers four 20 min. workouts (plus two meditations) to help you reshape your body and your life! This DVD starts with a breathing exercise for energizing and to curb impulsive habit patterns. Then the first segment Start Your Engines, features exercises to boost metabolism. Our favorite is the cardio warm-up called 'Ravi Rolls' with the breath of fire. The Fight Fire w/Fire segment focuses on abdominal strengthening and toning. These are exercises anyone can do, but you will really feel the burn. Segment 3: No Impact Aerobics really gets your circulation moving. You haven't lived until you've tried Frog Pose and Piston Pose! Your Life is in Your Own Glands will optimize hormonal balance. The two meditations on this DVD are for calming and emotional healing. The soothing Breath Meditation w/Hands Like a Teapot is more relaxing than a day at the spa! This DVD is for all levels. Modifications are given so that everyone can always participate. Long time yogis will find much new material to add to their yoga repertoire. This DVD features an inspired musical score by Tom Carden.

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Customer Reviews

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167 of 169 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like this one!, April 6, 2007

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Trish "A Sun Salutin', Crochet Hookin' Chick!" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fat Free Yoga - Lose Weight & Feel Great FOR BEGINNERS & BEYOND w/ Ana Brett & Ravi Singh NOW W/THE **MATRIX** (DVD)

I have quite a few yoga DVD's and this one will work it's way into my permanent rotation. Kundalini yoga is new to me and at first I thought I would miss my more traditional poses. This DVD gives a whole different feel...more energetic and yet peaceful.
I appreciate that fact that it is chaptered, but when I've done it, I have completed the entire DVD only because I did not want to stop.
Your arms will feel the difference as will your stomach. My arms ached at first by felt really good afterwards.
I think you'll like this one.

247 of 256 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hypoactive thyroid, March 9, 2007

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Amber (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fat Free Yoga - Lose Weight & Feel Great FOR BEGINNERS & BEYOND w/ Ana Brett & Ravi Singh NOW W/THE **MATRIX** (DVD)

I was diagnosed with hypoactive thyroid over a year ago and was put on medication. Once on the medication, if I ever missed a day, the next day would be a disaster. I would be completely exhausted.

I started yoga clense for my liver on new years day and immediatley felt like my thyroid improved. I actually had to miss two days of medication because my prescription ran out over the holidays and I still felt better then ever, I couldn't believe it. We then got Fat Free Yoga, because of the "life is in your glands" chapter". We have other Ravi and Ana CD's, but these two are my favorites.

I knew my thyroid was improving because my pulse rate went from 44 to a more normal 64.

I have never written a review on amazon, and told my wife that if my blood work proved my thyroid levels improved I would write one. So here I am! My bloodwork is back and my doctor has completly take me off my medication.. everything is normal!! There is no telling how long I've lived with a hypoactive thyroid, I now have more energy then ever!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

79 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS KICKED MY BUTT AROUND THE BLOCK - BUT I LOVED IT!!!, October 27, 2005

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Amber (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fat Free Yoga - Lose Weight & Feel Great FOR BEGINNERS & BEYOND w/ Ana Brett & Ravi Singh NOW W/THE **MATRIX** (DVD)

High energy and lots of fun! Even though this DVD felt pretty challenging for me I really feel this is about as close to a perfect yoga workout as you can get. This is one I would like to do everyday because it seems to get everything covered from just enough stretching ( which opened my hips nicely and loosened up my spine) to cardio which, even though people would argure with me and say you can't get cardio doing yoga, made me feel totaly oxygenated. If anyone asked me if I did cardio today I would definitely say YES!

Here is a somewhat breakdown of the DVD as best as I can remember after doing this only 1X.

There are 4 parts. You can do them all together like I did or just 1 section.

The first exercise in the 1st section is called Ravi rolls which is quite interesting and got the heart pumping. You are standing and swinging your arms 1 & 3/4 circles one way then reversing, bending your knees as your arms pass center and doing breath of fire the whole time.
The 1st section (called Start Your Engines) continues with a lot of breath and
movement exercises for energizing. Side Bends and thyroid stimulating exercises that also really warm up and open up the upper spine. I think this section also had some warmups and stretching.

Set 2 is called Fight Fire With Fire which has a lot of deep abdominal work. At one point you are holding in a sort of half crunch position doing breath of fire and I felt the burn! This whole section is pretty intense for me. Other exercises in this section I can remember are a wide leg stretch, leg lifts on belly, leg lifts on back......

The next set is No-impact Aerobics. Walking in place knees high, then Frogs which always kick my butt, then piston pose which I am sure I will feel in my thighs and butt tomorrow.. Then there are these incredible looking pushups on one knee with the other leg straight behind which at first glance made me say "no way!" but I found I could do them. I might not have looked quite the same as Ana but I think it still worked the same important areas i.e. chest, back and arms and butt again! Then more arm work...

The last set is your life is in your own glands. Alternate leg lifts where you raise and lower your head opposite to your leg.  Then there is breath of fire in cow and cat pose. Overall this last set seemed to be a shorter set though this is supposed to be four 19 minute sets. I will try to remember to time them next timeThen there are 2 meditations(for calming & emotional balance) which I skipped today for time
constraints though I will probably do them other times. I actually felt pretty calm and emotionally balanced by the end ot the workout anyway.

Overall it is a tough, energizing and refreshing workout and like most Kundalini yoga workouts contains no sun salutations which have begun to bore me beyond comatose!

The soundtrack is really well done. The music has an Indian flavor but mixed with other influences I can't quite recognize but really liked. You can hear Ana's breathing like she is right there in the room. it helped my breath of fire enormously to get into her rythym.

Ana is always an inspiration. She looks like she is having fun and smiles encouragingly making even the toughest sections seem easier. Ravi is off camera speaking. We never see him. He gives good aligment cues and as always emotional and spiritual support with his soothing voice.
Also in the credits before and after the workout you see Ana dancing which is really
cool.