I've tried some other styles of yoga but have to say - I am really a fan of the results I get from Ana & Ravis style of yoga!!!! Yoga Beauty Body is nicely challenging but even for a beginner everything is doable. I was a little sore (in all the spots that needed it) the first few times I did the entire thing. There is a matrix which gives you some nice options (15 minute, 30 m, 45 m, or 55 m workout) but I like to do the whole thing which is 55ish minutes and I thought at first that would be a bit long but the time flies by!!!! Before you have a chance to look at the time, you're just about done. I had no idea before discovering Ana & Ravi that you could and should work so many muscles in yoga as well as other aspects like mood uplift and overall health. I'd never been so nicely and completely worked out from yoga before. This is a great DVD and I recommend it to beginners and beyond.

As noted by another reviewer, this video is not for beginners. One of the reasons is that it does not explain very well how to get into each pose or the proper pose form-Ana and Ravi just tell you to be careful. This is a bit problematic for people who have not done yoga before since proper pose form is very important for avoiding injury. They do not distinguish between the 'good' and the 'bad' pain of yoga and instead say things like (roughly quoted): we know this is hard but (yap yap yap, keep doing x, do it for your liver)....
While many of their words and directions are encouraging, at times Ravi sounds patronizing. This gets a bit annoying during a yoga workout, especially considering that Kundalini yoga is supposed to be especially empowering/useful for women.
The matrix is useful if you just want to do fifteen or twenty minutes of yoga, but there are not a lot of menu options to choose from, so in order to get an hour workout you have essentially one option. This dvd goes over seven poses of yoga, and focuses on each for a longer period of time, which allows you to build strength and endurance. This is the reason I gave it a two instead of a one. I will probably be returning it.
Sorry to say, I don't have a Kundalini yoga dvd that is better-have to do more research.

I can't say enough about this video. I have practiced yoga off and on for a few years, but have never tried Kundalini yoga. After one time using this video, it's the ony kind of yoga I want to do! The video itself is challenging but relaxing, keeps you moving, and best of all, explains the benefits of what you are doing, which encourages you to keep at it if you feel like giving up. I love the format - you just watch a woman moving steadily throughout the movements - not stopping to talk or explain anything - while voices instruct you and explain the movements. I also love the music. After I finished the video, I felt so relaxed but powerful. It left me feeling HAPPY and at peace. This is exercise that I truly look forward to!

I have done a lot of workout videos and a lot of yoga in my day, and this really is exceptional. It's somehow miraculously made in such a way that it doesn't start to seem annoying after you've watched it over and over. Both Ravi (via his voice) and Ana (via her appearance and voice) radiate a deep, joyful, authentic spirituality. And I honestly feel exhilarated, euphoric, and totally gorgeous after this workout. HIGHLY recommended.

I have quite a collection of Ravi and Ana's DVDs. I like them all, but this one really gave me fast results. I am in good shape but needed to tone up certain hard to tone areas (above my knees, thighs, belly) and this one was the one that pushed me passed my plateau. I like the fact that it is a shorter routine than most of their other DVD's as well. I don't have a ton of time for my daily workout and with this video, I always manage to have enough time to at least do both yoga sets. I highly recommend this DVD if you are interested in trying any of the Ravi and Ana workouts.

I have over a dozen yoga dvds and this is one of the best. I love it.

Can I give this DVD 10 stars? It seems to deserve way more then 5 stars! I discovered Kundalini Yoga with the Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond DVD, then the Fat Free Yoga, and I was immediately hooked on this easy to follow fun style of yoga that seems to give so many benefits so fast that I find I don't ever want to miss a day!
A curious side effect: this type of yoga, I find is helping me lose weight easier then other methods I have tried. I am never unreasonably hungry lately since I have been practicing Kundalini Yoga regularly. I have read that the way this yoga works comes not only from the low impact aerobic activity but also getting the glandular system and energy flowing. I will definitely be using this one on a regular basis! I even break a sweat and feel it it my arms and legs (also try their Ultimate Stretch for the legs!)
It is an athletic yoga workout but with a beautiful blend of physical and spiritual energy.
I think whatever level you are and if you are a Kundalini Yoga lover or not you will love this workout!

Pros: It's a good variety of exercises with rests in between each kind. I really felt like I got a good work out and meditationn session.

Cons: I'm a beginner at yoga, and this was my first attempt at kundalani yoga. Rather than holding just holding a pose, you're always moving in a certain position. Some of poses were way to difficult for a beginner, like the shoulder handstand. The video could have done without some cheesy parts, like Ana dancing. They make you do things that could be embarassing to do around other people, like chant and move your rib cage in a circle while sitting down.

Bottom line: I'll stick with my "Yoga for Beginners by Barbara Benaugh" for now, and save this DVD for when I'm alone in my apartment and feeling like getting a challenging workout.

This may seem geared towards the women's market with "beauty" in the title but I recommend this for anyone. It has the seven essential yoga postures for health, muscle tone, stamina, and youth and it is an excellent and thorough workout. The music is excellent and the instruction first rate as in all the Ana & Ravi programs. Very enjoyable!

IT IS A MARVELLOUS DVD - I USE IT EACH WEEK IN MY YOGA PLANNING -
IT IS EASY TO DO AND PRACTISE -

I was skeptical to order this dvd partly because of the title, but I am sure glad I did. It is a quicker fix than some of the other kundalini sets and it is a great way to feel more energetic, radiant, and yes more beautiful in 45 minutes! I do this when I have less time and still must get my practice in. This contains the 7 essesntial kriyas for radiance. Love it!

This is a fantastic DVD, your skin and body will love you for this. Ravi and Ana are the best Yoga teachers on the planet, they make yoga fun and feel effortless. You can always see and feel immediate results after 1 class. Ravi and Ana's sequences tone up areas that Aerobics never touch.
Can you think of a good reason not to try this DVD?

This DVD is very gentle and very relaxing. What I really enjoy about this kind of yoga it gives me a feeling as if I had a walk in nature. Something I miss living in city and too few a times I really get into pure nature.

After while I recognised that this type of yoga does the same for me... it is not something dramatic - just a feeling of calmness and restfulness.

So if you want to brighten your day on a rainy Sunday morning in a big city...this DVD is perfect!

This was the first Ana and Ravi DVD that I ever did. It is a great all-around, because it covers all the basics and leaves you feeling very complete. I had amazing results from it, and now own practically all Ravi and Ana's DVD's. I recommend all of them, because each one provides a new breakthrough. But, I think this is a great first one. I've been able to do advanced yoga poses in my other yoga that I had dreamed of doing after doing Ravi and Ana's yoga. Doing this Kundalini yoga increased my flexibility(I was surprised, because the poses don't stretch you that far), but combined with the breath and deep-rooted emotional connections my muscles realeased and became very flexible. My mental focus increased amazingly too for yoga and for life and it gave me new strength in life as well. My body, mind, and spirit crave Ravi and Ana's yoga daily! I'm sure you will find it the same for you and have many breakthroughs in health and emotionally too.

Very relaxing and uplifting. Its selected kundalini yoga poses we have been doing with Ravi and Ana, put together for beauty's sake. Not tiring at all (if you are not a beginner) it leaves one relaxed and energized. Really resolves stuff such as fatigue, muscle soreness from some other workout, feeling sleep deprived and stuff like that. I've observed kundalini does much to improve skin health, it gives you a special glow. Just be carefull and pacient with camel pose and shoulder stand. Do it in stages, you will get he hang of it eventually.

I want to do this workout every day, but I cannot... Because I do not want to neglect the others that I love, Dance the Chakras and Fat Free Yoga by the same authors.

This DVD contains the Magnificent Seven poses. It is very close to a hatha yoga class, with the kundalini feeling. It moves rather fast and is more for intermediate levels, although modifications are shown for beginners. This workout will develop your flexibility and stamina also. It is both soothing and stretching. I like doing this routine at least once a week, as I feel it is a comprehensive one.

I have seven of Ana and Ravi's DVDs now, and I love them all. This one is awesome. The workout is very thorough, as all of their workout DVDs are. I never knew I'd love Kundalini yoga this much, but I do! (I've always done Hatha yoga until now.) If I'm unable to do one of my Ana/Ravi DVDs one day, I definitely notice a difference in my overall mood for the day. Once you get into these yoga workouts, you'll be addicted. (I felt funny with the breathing methods at first and doing the mantras/meditations, but now I am totally comfortable with them and look forward to them. The workout doesn't feel complete without them!)
Highly recommended!

I have to say that this video was my introduction to Kundalini Yoga and the first time I put it in I was a little uncomfortable with the setting / style of it, as well as the breath of fire. I would have returned it after 5 minutes if I could have, but I tried to have an open mind and give it a chance. I am so glad I did. I love this video. I still look forward to coming home and doing it everyday (for about a month I have been alternating B Body and Fat Free yoga for Weight Loss). I always feel really good afterwards. It relaxes me and lifts my mood. I just ordered 3 other titles from Ravi and Ana. Try it with an open mind and you won't be disappointed.

This year, Ravi and Ana became my favorite yoga instructors, and this was my favorite DVD of theirs to use. The foundations here are the Magnificent Seven postures (Baby, Camel, Shoulderstand, Rock/Hero, Stretch, Sat Kriya, and Cobra) done "kundalini style", or such that they are sequenced to open the chakras from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. Anyone looking for backbends (which I love) or lower body work would be satisfied here. The abwork is also challenging, although they get the job done here with only two postures (Stretch Pose and supine leg pulleys). Almost all of this is approachable for someone with limited yoga experience, although the reclined hero/modified camel that they show should probably be very, very modified for at least the first five sessions.

As much as I love the physical practice, part of the reason I always joyfully return to this release is for the sa ta na ma meditation at the end. Although only about three or four minutes, it's just enough to contribute to the buzz the rest of this DVD generates. Not sure why the meditation is performed in a prone position, but it can be done seated with no deleterious effects :)

The only potential bummer here is that it's not broken up as some of their other releases are. Although it is divided in the menu as Yoga Set 1 and Yoga Set 2, the break seems arbitrary (done right in the middle of the two posture abdominal/third chakra set). However, since the entire disk takes 55 minutes (or 50, if you exclude the breath primer and the introductory words at the beginning), many time-crunched people should still be able to do this in its entirety. If even that much time can't be spared, then look into Ravi and Ana's Dance the Chakras- the yoga set on that desk feels like a mini-Yoga Beauty Body, and it's only 30 minutes long. But if you can, get this!

I've been purchasing all kinds of yoga practice DVDs and there is nothing like this one. I definitely LOVE IT!! It is not difficult yet you will absolutely feel the stretch. I have had it for a week and have done it twice. I felt excellent each time i finished the DVD. It is not too long so it fits perfectly for my daily schedule! Thank you Ana and Ravi!

I bought Ana & Ravi's Yoga Beauty Body about a year ago. I had been doing ashtanga yoga or about a year prior to that, but I was tired of doing sun salutations all the time. I have YBB, Dance the Chakras, and Yoga Bliss Hips. I love them all, but I keep going back to Yoga Beauty Body. It's very complete and works the whole body in just under an hour. I feel calm, strong, and happy every time I do it. It's fun, and I actually WANT to do it every day. I LOVE the breath of fire! I always tell people that doing this workout makes me feel a "buzz" or tingling sensation. It's a yoga high!

More generally, yoga with Ana & Ravi is a mental as well as physical workout. Kundalini has helped me not only to reshape my body but also to redefine my relationship with food and myself, and as a result I've lost 40 pounds since I first purchased Yoga Beauty Body. I'm now much more aware of how different foods make me feel, and I'm also more aware of how much and what I need to eat. American society teaches women to dislike their bodies and have an adversarial relationship with themselves and with food, which I believe is what caused me to become overweight in the first place. Well, kundalini with Ana & Ravi has helped me to work through those feelings and accept myself just as I am-once I did that, the weight came off. Sounds corny, I know, but it's the absolute truth. I have more self confidence than I've ever had at any point in my life, and doing this yoga is at the root of this change. Kundalini with Ana & Ravi can be very powerful in helping you to improve your mind as well as your body and make the changes in your life that you need to make.

I highly recommend YBB and all of Ana & Ravi's DVDs. Kundalini with Ana & Ravia is amazing and I couldn't imagine a day without it!

One of the best yoga DVDs I own. Such an amazing workout. Most levels should be able to use this DVD, and you feel fabulous afterward. The routine focuses on the "magnificent seven" exercises for women. My body has released by the end of this 45 minute workout, and the meditation completes the event. I love Ana and Ravi . . . the narration, music, background, and routine. I highly recommend any of their DVDs.

i just did the full hour of this dvd last night and i felt fantastic after. i could tell it was a great work out because i was sweating within the first 10 minutes, and starving after.

i'm afraid i might just end up buying all ana brett & ravi singh's dvds!

i have never been a yoga person. i always thought it was weird and preferred to go running or do something more "athletic". I got this dvd as a way to make changes in my body (i want to have a yoga body when i am 40). this dvd changed my life. i have become so much more flexible, as well as becoming much less stressed out by life. it has been a great way to let go of everything and focus on me. it gives me more energy during the day than anything i have experienced since high school!

This is my favorite Ana and Ravi yoga set (and my second favorite DVD after Dance the Chakras).

I agree with other reviewers' comments that this yoga set is 'just right' - for me it strikes the perfect balance of strength, aerobic and flexibility training. And it always leaves me feeling so uplifted.

I love doing it in the evening (although I often spend too long trying to decide whether to do Yoga Beauty Body or Dance the Chakras). When I have the time, I do combine the 2 DVDs, doing the yoga set from Yoga Beauty Body, then the hip, power and heart dances and meditation from Dance the Chakras. This is bliss!

Your skin will glow after this workout which feeds the body with oxygen. I bought several of the Ana Brett and Ravi Singh dvd's, some I like better than others and this one comes up in my workout rotation again and again. It is a bit shorter than most -- about 45 minutes. I read somewhere that called these work outs "therapy" and they are very feel good in the soothing affirmations that accompany the poses. Although I am more accustom to a "sweat" workout, I think most women will love this.

I love doing this set because I feel really beautiful after doing it.Guess I also look more beautiful with a huge smile on my face and the confidence I have.

Dance the Chakras has all the great features of the other Ana and Ravi DVD's I have and more. I can do most of the moves, and the class just flows, in spite of my scoliosis and other challenges. I feel the exercises are in a natural progression; therefore, I feel I am doing what comes naturally. The DVD is one hour, not too much.

The transitions/relaxations/meditations in between exercises are both welcome, and therapeutic. I am very impatient, and I thought I would resist succumbing to some long relaxations/meditations.

One of my favorite exercises is in the beginning when we bring our heels to the insides of our legs repeatedly, breathing with the rhythm, pulling in our feet, keeping the heels a bit away from the thighs.

I have difficulty with some physical exercise; I do not have a whole lot of energy, I am not very limber, and I have a curvature of the spine. Fortunately for me, as I began with Ana and Ravi's Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond around 9 months ago (virtually out of shape), I enjoy breath of fire, and have a capacity for most of the exercises in these DVD's.

I like the shoulder stand. It is not too risky for me to do that, and even to put my legs parallel. I have bone density issues and take the safe route. I adapt to most exercises in my own way, with the tips on the DVD, and still get a great workout. Ana and Ravi challenge me, yet do not push me without a cushion to fall back on.

I am 52 years old. If I can do it, I am sure a lot of people can. When the workout calls for me to lean all the way back and put my hands on my heels (camel pose?), I simply lift and stretch my neck back as far as I can while holding it still, lifting my chest, and holding my hands behind my upper hips. I still feel the workout. The breathing really stimulates me.

I always make sure I do the spinal exercises. As a whole, these DVD's help my back, but the fluidity of the spinal exercises make me aware that I am loosening up inside.

A great deal of emphasis is put on the glands and other organs in the body. I like when I know what I am working on when I am working it, and why.

The exercises are all good for the core! All of the DVD's have great tummy exercises.

This is not traditional Hatha yoga. The moves are just as strengthening and lengthening, though, and quite aerobic for me. I prefer this Kundalini Yoga because of the breathing, and the Chakra work. Also, the moves are more sensual. It is quite easy to get a good picture of what the Chakras mean when I do these DVD's.

The dancing, particularly the victory dance in Dance the Chakras is very feminine, and very empowering. I am really working! Great that I do not have to master the dances.

I wouldn't be doing Ana and Ravi justice without saying how beautiful Ana, the moves, the music and sound effects, the settings, the prose, and both their voices are. Still not doing justice. They both give inspiration and direction via voiceover, and you can even hear the correct breathing techniques, including long, deep breathing.

My favorites are, in order: Yoga Beauty Body, the new updated Fat Free Yoga, Dance the Chakras, Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond, The first set of Journey through the Chakras, the Ultimate Stretch Workout, and Navel Power.

I have not tried all of them, or the newest DVD's, but I can tell you that I will definitely try more of them.

Nope, I am not affiliated, just a tried and true customer.

Although I have been practicing yoga for ages, I really enjoy the "Yoga Beauty Body" tape. Not just for the postures, but also the breathing techniques.

I absolutley love this workout, I love all of Ana and Ravi's dvd's but this one is the best. I am so addicted to it, I think about the poses while I am at work and I can't wait to come home and do this DVD. You will not be dissapointed with this purchase.

I find this video to be fun, moving at a nice pace, and I like that the instructions include ways to focus on my inner qualities as well as outer beauty. I like that the voiceover tells us the benefits of each exercise, it helps motivate me. My personal yoga teacher doesn't recommend Breath of Fire for me, so I don't use that technique, so my experience feels a little incongruent with the tape at times, which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5.

This is far and away my favorite Kundalini yoga DVD thus far, and I have a huge collection including most of Ravi and Ana's prior projects. The music is lovely, the addition of Ana's comments and observations shifts the energy in the nicest way (though Ravi is a wonderful teacher as always) and the actual yoga set is just right. It's enough to get your energy moving, blood flowing and increase flexibility but it's not overwhelming or too intense. I found it to be a perfect DVD to do before bed, because by the end I felt as though every aspect of myself had been addressed; physical, emotional and spiritual. The meditation at the end was a new experience for me, and I'm a Kundalini teacher. The position was one I had not done before while silently chanting the mantra "sa-ta-na-ma" but it delivered me into pure bliss. I slept better, woke up feeling quite rested and alert and I am eagerly heading home to do it again tonight. I plan to make this a nightly pre-bedtime ritual for a while, because it's beautifully done and the Magnificent Seven series really is a great addition to everyone's day, male or female.

Now, I have seen sporadic negative feedback but I must point out that when you see a name ending in "Khalsa" that means the review is posted by a Sikh. I have the UTMOST respect for people of all faiths, uncluding Sikhism, but the Sikh yogis are definitely a bit more puritanical about their Kundalini. Understandably so. Yogi Bhajan was very strict and very clear about what he felt were right and wrong ways to practice and teach Kundalini, so he might not have been thrilled about certain aspects of these DVDs but I don't know about that. They present the sets in their purest form, without altering the order of asanas, and with great reverence and love for the science inherent in the yoga. The "packaging" might seem offensive or too commercial to some, but if it attracts more people who then become connected to the magic and healing of the work, does that matter? Isn't that being a bit judgemental? Why is the exposure of a healthy, radiant human body viewed as inherently sexual or inappropriate when I see Ana as a shining example of living in the light? She practices and teaches the yoga of awareness and eats primarily raw food. Personally, I never think twice about her attire (well, since the see-through tank tops were addressed, but again, how old are we all anyway?)

Ravi and Ana teach from their hearts, channel infinite wisdom through their words and bring a once obscure form of yoga into the lives of people who might not otherwise have this gift. In the context of all of that, does it matter whether they are sitting on a sheepskin or not? Sikh yogis will practice on a sheepskin but say it's wrong to eat meat...I have never been given a solid explanation about the hypocrisy of that, either. But I did not abandon all of Yogi Bhajan's teachings just because I didn't agree with a few aspects.

This is an extraordinary, loving presentation that will likely bring a great deal of light and joy into your life. Your eyes are closed most of the time anyway! ;)

By the end of the class, I was thanking Ravi, Ana, Yogi Bhajan, Guru Nanak, Guru Ram Das, and all of the Golden Chain who helped to bring this into my life (out loud). Isn't that kind of gratitude and joy the sign of a powerful, effective and well taught set?

Sat Nam, and enjoy the pure bliss.

**UPDATE**
I am currently doing a 40 day Sadhana, meaning I am doing this set daily for 40 continuous days as a method of erasing unhealthy old patterns and creating empowering new ones. Day one was tough because I'd been inactive for a little while and I felt it, but within 2 days I felt like a whole different person; sleeping better with a need for less sleep, waking up refreshed rather than tired and sluggish, great energy all day and doing the set is fun, not tough or uncomfortable. Nothing else seems to give me the same results as quickly or on as many levels as Kundalini yoga and this one in particular is such a joy...I'm excited to experience the next 35 days! This really does cover all the basics, inside and out. Odd as it might sound, it's as if I can feel my entire body smiling throughout. ;)

I am a big fan of Ravi and Ana and of all the DVDs I own (Warrior Workout, Fat Free Yoga, Journey Through the Chakras, Navel Power and Ultimate Stretch) this my absolute favorite! It's concise (55 minutes) and targets just about every area of your body. The DVD is a welcome change too because it now has the pair collaborating on vocal instruction - I love hearing Ravi and Ana together encouraging me to move my body and mind forward to embrace to possibilities. My boyfriend and I have been practicing this workout regularly and I swear we are both glowing!

I highly recommend this video - keeping in mind that it is a spiritual practice, a bit advanced and a little more difficult than regular yoga - but if you are willing to take a chance and go deeper with Ravi and Ana I guarentee you will not be let down.

I have every DVD program that Ravi Singh & Ana Brett have released, & they just get better & better -- smoother, more professional, higher quality production. It is hard to imagine how they could top these last three.

When I began doing their first workout, Kundalini for Beginners & Beyond, I was a year beyond unsuccessful back surgery, in pain, & on drugs because of it. These workouts enabled me to get so far beyond back problems that it doesn't seem possible that I was ever so impeded.

Yoga's potential to help people with back problems is amazing, & Ravi & Ana's DVDs are a great place to start. Even if a movement is not specifically targeted to the back, yoga is so holistic that it works on many parts of the body at once, including the back.