Product Details

• Actors: Dolphina
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: GoddessLife
• VHS Release Date: May 29, 2002
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000068MOS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #310,970 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Harder to master, better workout & instructions, July 23, 2002

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Kimberly Wells (Shreveport, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Advanced Bellydance for the Warrior Goddess [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is more of a workout than Dolphina's intro to bellydance-- which is as expected since this is for the "warrior goddess" as opposed to the beginning goddess. The moves are much harder to master (I'm a little rusty and plan to go back to the beginner for a refresher now). Focuses some on the "core" abdominal muscles-- perhaps a little Pilates style coaching. I definitely felt my abs being stretched! The focus/direction in this video allow the viewer to see *all* of the whole body's movements--not just head & shoulder shots. Sometimes Dolphina does go a bit fast in "how to" do the movement-- you'll have to think about it and practice the moves a number of times before mastery. Keep your clicker handy & rewind and pause. It'll give you more workout time, anyway-- and we all know you need at least 20 minutes of workout till you get that fatburning anyway!

The set is gorgeous and interesting; I always wonder where they find these places-- Dolphina is great, too, but (yay) gone are the "cheesier" aspects of video one, those superimposed shots of Dolphina's head (a la Debbie does Dallas).

The routine & cool down do, however, feature two new bellydance costumes that can give you some ideas for your own costuming. (For those of us addicted to the clothing/fashion of bellydance too). During the rest of the video, Dolphina's clothing is more what you would wear to a bellydance class, as opposed to a performance.

I only gave this one four stars because it is definitely not for beginners, and I felt I would have liked to be able to hear more of the middle eastern music that goes with this style of dance. But that's just being really picky on my part. I also think it's going to be much harder for most people to master, so you'll want to get another bellydance video first if you're just starting out.

But primarily, for intermediate to advance bellydancers, this will give you much more of a workout and fatburning once mastered. It's worth being part of your collection-- anything to keep the fitness video boredom from setting in!

Still, even the best video will never replace an in-person instructor. Use this for days when there's no class in town, and go meet your fellow bellydance devotees at a dance studio near you!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll feel like a Warrior Goddess, July 1, 2002

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Basbenee (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Advanced Bellydance for the Warrior Goddess [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought the first video Dolphina outputted, and while I did like it, I did have a few problems with the camera focusing on her midriff, not showing the moves well enough.
Dolphina in this video has resolved a lot of issues that many online reviewers complained about. First of all, the camera does not linger on her torso or face extensively. In this video you pretty much get a full body shot throughout so you can see all she is doing.
She's simplified things somewhat, too, wearing comfy pants and a tank top throughout most of the video, so you can more easily see her movements, until she changes into a costume for the dance routine at the end and for the cooldown. I'll admit I miss all the costumes from the first one; I thought they were beautiful to look at and they offered some great ideas for designing your own.
I've got probably close to 20 bellydance workout videos at home, and whereas some of them gel together (same moves, different dancer, slightly different order) in this one Dolphina offers more variety.
The workout focuses more on the lower body and it's a lot more challenging. The first time I worked out to it I really, really felt it in my abs (like doing situps but you're actually incorporating ab exercises into dance moves).
Dolphina also shows you a lot of dance steps ("Mayas," "camels," "dolphins" and so on) and layers moves to offer a more challenging workout.
The first time I did the routine I could not mimic all the moves and even rewound some parts to better get a feel for the steps (she does, by the way, explain them very well, but they are more complicated, so if you're out of shape or out of practice you'll have more work in store for you), and I personally liked that. After doing this workout maybe three times a week (but still working out to other bellydance tapes in between), my pants feel a little bit looser and I'm definitely feeling stronger and more powerful, really like a warrior goddess.
The dance routine toward the end is pretty involved, and you can get a better idea of Dolphina's dancing skills, too. It definitely a more difficult workout, and I'm very happy with this tape.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not helpful as a workout video, January 28, 2006

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Feather "Feather" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Advanced Bellydance for the Warrior Goddess (DVD)

I could barely work my way through this video once. I have been belly dancing off and on for two years, so many of the moves were familiar to me. I bought this with the expectation that I would be able to practice and enhance my belly dancing while getting in shape at the same time. This video was not helpful as a fitness program - I did not feel as though I had worked out at all. Also many of the moves favored one side of the other, giving an uneven practice and learning. I also thought that several techniques were not adequately explained or showed, and was therefore hard to follow, even with my prior belly dance knowledge.
Overall, I was disappointed. I did, however, enjoy the opening goddess salutation, and felt well-stretched and enlivened after that.