Customer Reviews

The Goddess Workout with Dolphina - Bellydance with Veils

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This was the most fun I have ever had doing a workout! Those mysterious bellydancers make dancing with a veil easy. It is a challenging workout that is not easily mastered the first time, but I had so much fun laughing at myself, I am looking forward to my next workout. I definately felt the arm workout, too. This video requires some space, so move the coffee table and have fun!

Wonderful Workout !!! Great Fun!!! Have a Great Time while stengthening and toning your upper body and feel strong, sexy and feminine all at the same time !!! What a combination!!!! Dolphina is a lovely instructor and is NOT at all intimidating... This video is well made, the background is simple, cheery and pleasant and her costumes are lovely but NOT overwelming (you can actually see what she is doing... making it easier to follow ...) and the music has you feeling calm and relaxed all at the same time ;o)... But you can still feel the burn if you aren't tooo distracted by all the fun you are having ...
I won't stick with an exercise program if it isn't fun (just being honest ;o) ... ) This one will definantly NOT lie arround collecting dust !! It is worth and the time money!!! I would recommend it! Get it and see for yourself !!!! ENJOY!!! ENJOY!! ENJOY!!!

This is a nice video for working out your arms on days when you have only 25 minutes to spare. The veil work can easily be done with a light scarf or cloth. Dolphina includes a very brief routine towards the end.


The video includes a warm up, two veil technique sections, a routine and a cool down. She shows you how to make an entrance with your veil, some moves that whirl the veil around, footwork to accompany the moves, turns and an arabesque. She assumes that you already know how to do hip circles, hip drops, and shimmies.

I would recommend this video for people who are beginners who have some exposure to bellydance and want to add a few more steps to their workout or dance practice.

This workout is a lot of fun, and you will feel it in your arms and upper back. Dolphina does a pretty good job of explaining the veil movements, and she wasn't quite as annoying to me on this video as she was on some of her previous ones.

I found that this was a pretty good upper body workout, especially for days where you don't want anything really high intensity. I do recommend that you use a veil for it though. A towel does not work, and you can't really tell if your form is correct without the veil.

...other than that, what a blast!! just a quick note: if you have cats (like i do) you may want to remove them from the room before working out, they got just as much as a workout as i did trying to play w/ my veil (the cat did provide extra resistence, though) :o)

This video is such a fun and surprisingly good workout for the arms. I do weight training and I am in good shape, but this workout uses the muscles in a different way and I felt the burn! Some of the moves are challenging, and gave me a good laugh. But I must say that it was the most fun I ever had working out and the must fun workout prop I ever used.

This video is simple yet effective. Your arms will definitely feel the burn, but you won't mind because with the veil, it is fun! Dolphina has a calm, soothing voice that makes her presentation very pleasant. The workout proceeds at a perfect pace. She leaves enough time to practice each move, but not too much time so that you don't get bored. While not a huge number of veil techniques are presented, the ones that she does go over are staples of veilwork, and I have found them to be very useful in my dancing. The length of the video is great--in the time you could watch a sitcom, you can tone your arms instead! Time flies when you're having fun. :) I do not recommend this as a good DVD for technique instruction, because sometimes her demonstrations of the veil, hip, and footwork moves are neither clear nor consistent. Having some prior exposure to bellydance and veilwork makes the video easier to follow. That aside, as a workout video this accomplishes what it sets out to do. It is a great buy for the money, and a video I will keep coming back to!

This was the most fun I have ever had doing a workout! Those mysterious bellydancers make dancing with a veil easy. It is a challenging workout that is not easily mastered the first time, but I had so much fun laughing at myself, I am looking forward to my next workout. I definately felt the arm workout, too. This video requires some space, so move the coffee table and have fun!

I bought this at a very good price and had planned to sell it at an upcoming fair. I decided to try it based on the other reviews. I'm glad I did. My arms were aching from the beginning and I learned one or two new moves. Halfway through it I was having a lot of fun and improvising a little. While I've practiced with my veil, I haven't yet tried designing a choreography with it. Dolphina presents some good ideas on how to put the moves together. The routine she presents is easy and fun.

I don't think this one would be too hard on beginners. Dolphina did a good job of demonstrating most of the moves but went a little fast. She skipped explaining undulations altogether, so if you have no experience be prepared to improvise during that part of the choreography. The beauty of video is that you can rewind and repeat as many times as you want. For beginners, I do recommend that you use a veil the length of the one that Dolphina uses. My three yard veil seemed a little long for the moves she was teaching. I thought that the photography was very good, showing the instructor's whole body throughout. I'm confused by some of the reviews on this and one of Dolphina's other DVD's that contradict each other on that issue. It makes one wonder whether the reviewer actually used or even watched the video.

As both a workout and bellydance lesson, it's very good. Dolphina presents the basics in 30 minutes and the choreography is simple. I've been taking classes for about seven months. I buy DVD's to supplement the classes and to develop and perfect my skills. I'd rather choreograph my own routines than copy someone else's. Dolphina, Sonia and Jillina's videos have all helped me build the basics needed to design my own dance.

If you're just looking for a workout, this will tone your arms but doesn't pack enough cardio for fat burning. I found this DVD to be very relaxing and it works for stretching and stress release. If your goal is to learn bellydance, you'll get a good basic lesson on veil technique.

A good workout that you can truely enjoy. Although beginners should first work with Dolphina's "Goddess Workout" tape to learn basic moves. Be sure to have space if using a veil but it is not necessary, as the arm movements can be practiced alone. Of course the veil does make a performance much more visually stunning.