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Yoga Trance Dance

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Geoffrey Gordon's music is awesome--the CD starts out with slow, hypnotic music that increases in intensity with each track. Shiva Rea's instructions are excellent, and trance dance is just plain fun. You start out with a fluid, flowing yoga series that gradually moves into an all-out free-form dance, then slows back down to yoga and total relaxation. It feels goooood! I love the fact that there are 2 CDs--one with instructions over the music, and one with music only.

I love the music on this CD, so I definitely think of it as a worthwhile buy. However, the workout itself is a complement to a regular yoga practice. It doesn't have at all the same feel you would get by going to a yoga class - it's more like Shiva uses yoga principles to put you in a place where you can trance dance. Personally, I enjoy the structure of traditional yoga, so this workout may not be for me. That said, I really, really love the music, and it's great that she includes a CD with just the music. I plan to do my own home yoga practice using that.

I am very pleased with the purchase of this cd. Shivarea class has
a process that took me to a deeper state of ecstatic meditation.
She starts with invocation and prana conciousness, then moves on to bringing movement and fluidity to the spine. Free rhythmic grounded movements lead to trance dance. Prana yoga follows. The session ends with kirtan, and a beautiful prayer. Shivarea also brings Poetry to different sgments of her class. Simple and powerful...

This is a low impact workout that gets your heart pumping yet manages to relax you at the same time. As a bellydancer, I found many connections between the circular, undulating and figure 8 movements in one of the trance dance sections with middle eastern dance. The music is Indian inspired and the second CD is lovely just to listen to and unwind.

I downloaded this to my IPod and did it today for the first time. I was feeling disconnected and decided to try this out to connect. I loved the music and I found myself dancing and going with whatever came to me. Shiva's instructions were very good and her voice soothing. Overall a beautiful addition to my yoga practice.

It's not traditional yoga, but it opens a lot of doors to expressing the body.