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Amira's Belly Dance and Yoga for Pregnancy DVD, an Instructional Video for Prenatal Exercise and Workout

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I was able to work out at the gym daily through my sixth month of pregnancy, but when it became too much (and my gym pass expired) I struggled to find an enjoyable way to keep moving. If only I had bought this DVD a lot sooner!

Amira gives concise and understandable instructions for exercises that almost any pregnant woman can do (I can do them, and I'm at 37 weeks!). The movements are gentle, fun, and relaxing, but best of all, I feel they are useful in preparing me for my upcoming childbirth. And my little one seems to enjoy them, too!

Amira says many positive and affirming things along the way. She encourages you to respect the limitations of your body and not overdo anything. She looks like a pregnant goddess and glows with respect for her body.

I wasn't too impressed with the extra footage - the interviews and such - but really, the workout alone was worth the purchase. It's a great buy and I would recommend it to anyone!

I viewed this video from the perspective of a Certified Nurse Midwife and teacher of Prenatal Belly Dance, and I must say that I realy like this DVD! It is very well done - excellent production, nice relaxing and reassuring words and body language!

In this video, Amira's obvious comfort with her body, her lovely pregnancy glow and her gently encouraging words offer a role model for women looking for an alternative to feeling fat and clumsy during pregnany. Our world needs more images of beautiful mother goddesses celebrating their abundance!

The yoga stretches and strengthening sections are a really nice addition. I do believe that yoga and belly dance are wonderfully complimentary to each other.

It is a really nice, safe, and do-able program, with very good instruction and a nice pace in which a woman can take her time and follow along.

The DVD is also packed with extras. I loved the 2 beautiful performances by Amira, and the out-takes were fun! While the interviews might be somewhat helpful to the pregnant women using the video, I felt they did not add much to the overall quality of the information offered.

Thanks to Amira for producing this DVD - it is an excellent addition to the world of prenatal exercise videos, and I will happily recommend it to pregnant women!

Cathy
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I bought this DVD for my pregnant friend and we watched it together. I wish this sort of information was around when I was pregnant. I never knew that belly dance historically is a "birth dance". It makes all makes sense now. This DVD will help you to get ready for birth not only physically but also mentally. None of the other pregnancy DVDs go in so much depth like this this one does. AND ITS OVER 3 HOURS LONG. I also loved the interviews with belly dance mothers very much. There is so much information on this DVD, it'll take you days to watch it all through. I think every woman, pregnant or not, should know this information, it'll make you appreciate yourself more, the woman you are. Great job Amira, this DVD was well needed.

As a belly dancer of 10 yrs I did not want to leave dancing out of my pregnancy. Once my regular classes became too late in the eve for me I ordered this DVD. What a relief to continue my dancing and to be so inspired. Amira is well spoken and easy to follow, and even keeps you interested throughout the entire session. I felt it was beginner level, yet completely appropriate. Most importantly I enjoy myself every time I dance with this video, and am thankful for the space it creates for my baby and me.

I love this DVD. Amira does an excellent job breaking down moves, setting an inviting atmosphere, and passing along some very important information. The performances are beautiful and inspirational. The interviews are great.

I wasn't looking for a high-energy cardio, and this was a great selection. Wish there was more yoga, but this is a very neat pregnancy workout. I am 23 weeks and this is a great relaxing and baby-soothing workout.

This video is so great. I really enjoyed all of the interviews with the 6 mothers. All of their experiences with belly dance and birth are so different, powerful, and real. The workout is safe and well-rounded. You can tell that Amira put a lot of work into creating this product, and her performances are lovely too.

I absolutely loved Amira's Belly Dance & Yoga for Pregnancy DVD. I found out about this DVD from FitPregnancy.com and used the exercises almost everyday while pregnant. It was the first time I've tried belly dancing and I really enjoyed it. Amira made learning it very easy. Her stregnth moves gave me confidence in the delivery room and made me feel physically fit and confident while pregnant. I did not gain much weight during my pregnancy and I owe that her!

As a Yoga and Dance instructor, I really enjoyed this video as I have not been working out through the last 6 1/2 months of my pregnancy. I got very annoyed that it was skipping towards the end, but there are no visible scratches on the DVD...

I have really been enjoying this DVD! It took me a while to find a belly dancing workout especially for pregnancy; in the meantime I tried out a few beginning belly dance DVDs that were not specifically for pregnancy and found most of them hard to follow. Amira does a very good job of breaking down the moves. The movements in themselves are simple, yet even after following the video twice I felt a huge difference in my hips and muscle tone. That being said, I didn't think that the warm up segment was that great; I didn't feel especially warmed up after doing it, so what I do now is warm up with some of my other DVDs and then skip straight to the strengthening and belly dance sections. The labor exercise segment is also very helpful. However, I was not too impressed with the interviews. There is good information there, but if you already have any experience with (natural)birthing you will probably not hear anything that you didn't already know.

As a side note, I was at a sandwich shop with my 2 year old daughter the other night and she got up and started doing hip circles to the pop music that was playing there :D