This is my go-to dvd when I'm stressed out. Nothing makes me feel as buttery and blissful as the yoga portion of Dance the Chakras. If I'm Really Stressed Out, I would do the yoga twice--it's that good. I have a huge dvd collection and lots of times my focus changes to other fitness dvds. Crosstraining is good, but some dvds are essential. I always regret when I've lapsed in doing DTC. My next purchase will be Journey Through the Chakras as it seems to be a longer version of DTC.

Ravi's dvds can seem strange upon viewing. I initially thought the yoga portion was pointless. However, as a yoga and kundalini newbie I decided follow the advice of other yoga enthusiasts. I'm glad I did. I was able to do all of the yoga with a little practice.

If the yoga portion of Dance the Chakras is my meds, then the dance portion is my fun. I love the music and the variety this dvd offers. The chaptering is also great as I can do whatever sections I want. A large portion of my exercise collection is dancey dvds. The mix of dancey & yoga in this dvd is perfection. It's never going to leave my collection.

I love this workout from start to finish. I was skeptical about the dance part, but Wow!!!! I felt immediate results after one session. I felt so flexible and I didn't feel like eating I felt too full on feeling good!!! The dance part is so much fun and the moves they teach are so fluid and natural and so so opening for the hips! The yoga set is awesome as well in its completeness, interesting and fun sequence, and similar great music to fire you up.
With the Matrix option, I like to program the dance moves first and then the floor work afterwards. After this workout every single muscle feels as if it has received hours of massage, and for days afterward, I feel both relaxed and energized!

I've had so much fun using this DVD!!! It's an absolute MUST GET for anyone looking to practice yoga, get some regular exercise or de-stress after a loooong day of work. Chapters easy to select to custom design your workout. Clear and easy to follow instructions for each exercise. Get your copy NOW!!!

If you want something different than the typical yoga dvd, get this one. You don't need to be an experienced yoga practitioner yet, in 25 minutes, you will still get as good a workout as if you were. The dance moves (also about 25 minutes) are low impact, funky, and awesome and feel really great and organic in the body. Ana & Ravi tell you what to do and you can watch Ana who is the coolest thing to watch--the moves are easy to follow. Ravi & Ana give great instruction that can be applied to other workouts as well.

I bought this one with the ultimate stretch based on all the rave reviews and was disappointed by both. The half hour of yoga is ok (if you don't mind the odd pelvic juttering that goes with the breath of fire done by someone in underwear)...seriously, if you can actually dance, don't waste your money. I had thought being yoga there would be some meaning or spirituality to go with specific dance movements, that had a purpose. Rather they break it down into 'chakras', and make up a dance-aerobics style combinations.

The sound track seems to have been made by them recording relevant audio clips and a dj splicing them together (very repetitively) with random new age motivational phrases to spur you onward. This may suit some, and obviously does by the sales, but not for me. With the white background and bright dotty mats and various sets of underwear being danced in it felt more like I was in a teenage girls bedroom than the class of a guru. Especially when ana is clearly trying hard not to laugh most of the time. [...]

I prefer something with meaning, background, or something that will actually build muscle memory and skill. This seemed like a waste of time. If you want to break into something different with dance I would suggest African Healing Dance. The teacher is experienced, she gives the meanings of all the traditional moves and you can still jump around to get a workout.

The DVDs by Ana & Ravi are full of energy and intensity. This workout provides more aerobic activity than most yoga videos, but it is not just an aerobic workout. Many stretches are included both before and after the dancing as well as meditation (not hokey). My only complaint is the amount of free choreography in the dancing routines. I know it is meant for you to loosen your mind and body in the freedom, but if I purchase a video, I want to be led. I can turn the iPOD on myself. Don't get me wrong though. Many dance moves are taught beforehand and you can repeat these as you feel comfortable during the "free" time.

Wow, I love the inspired dance in this dvd. I also appreciate that the new "matrix" menu has been added... MUCH better. This dance yoga puts a whole new light on yoga! In fact, it has inspired me to teach more dance/flow with my class, PLUS adding cool music makes it even better! Hmmm.. maybe the next dvd will have more dance inspired music! Either way, this is a great dvd to let loose and enjoy your practice. In fact, anyone could practice to this dvd. A must see! TAMARA'S YOGA FUSION

Beautifully done. I can't say enough wonderful things about Ravi & Ana's DVDs- they are all amazing! If you are going to purchase a yoga DVD, please give one of Ana & Ravi's a try, all of the others pale in comparison.

Based on my experience with Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond and Fat Free Yoga, I knew that this was probably going to be a great experience. My instinct was spot on! This DVD is fun, energizing, and a very complete workout as well. It starts with a 20 minute yoga routine which works from the ground up. The 2nd half consists of movement segments which I cannot get enough of. I've tried many fitness DVD's and I have to say that this one is one of the most original and enjoyable of them all. I can't recommend this highly enough.

I'm not very much into the Yoga and Chakra so I was a little reserved.
But the movements showed in this DVD were fun.
The Yoga-exercises were very good illustrated and demonstrated, but to me they were a little bit boring.
At last: I realy could not join chanting the mantra's. It's not my thing.

Ana Brett & Ravi Singh continue to put out the very best yoga workouts! This one is a very cool and unique workout dvd. It will not only exercise your body and open your hips but it will relax and open your mind as well. This DVD is for anyone who loves yoga and wants to expand their practice and increase their range of motion in their body and their life. All of the exercises have great instruction and you learn the benefits as you go. The moves are free-flowing and you don't have to learn detailed sequences. You just follow Ana who is a joy to watch! I love this dvd and it is like my secret weapon to center myself and get me back on track with who I am. The fact that Amazon.com has so many 5 stars reviews for this is not a mistake!
This DVD includes:

Introduction
* Tune In (2 minutes)
* Yoga Set 1 (9.5 minutes)
* Yoga Set 2 (16 minutes)

Shake Your Chakras:
* Hippy Hippy Shake (3.5 minutes)
* Funky Temple Dance (3.5 minutes)
* Dance of Power (4.5 minutes)--

Rock Your Soul:
* Heart (2.5 minutes)
* Trance Dance (4 minutes)
* Deep Relaxation (3 minutes)
* Chakra Mudra Chant (5 minutes)
* Closing Prayer (1 minute)

This DVD is definitely for people of all fitness levels who are interested in experiencing a new, fun, and deeply affecting form of exercise.

I got one of the Ana & Ravi DVD's and loved it so much I am collecting them all. I am trying to get into shape and I really love that this one includes a great yoga set with some breath of fire. I love the breath of fire because I swear it resets my metabolism to burn more calories. The set also include some of my favorite yoga postures but the special way Ana & Ravi sequence them makes me feel awesome in a way I never felt before!
The dance is easy to follow dance moves and so much fun!! There are no sequenced steps which I am hopeless at. You are encouraged to do what you can do and just keep moving until you get the step. It really opens my hips and loosens me up all over. The music is great. This is an amazingly feel good DVD!

I don't know why I waited so long to get this one. I was a little put off by the idea of dance but this was incredible. Absolutely incredible!!! It's very easy going and easy to follow. It gets into the hips and abs and has very cool music to keep you wanting to move more and more. The yoga session is great and quick. It's energetic and it's a complete daily session. Ana and Ravi are flat out amazing at what they do.

Ana and Ravi have done a wonderful job blending their individual gifts as teachers in this DVD. I found the Kundalini Yoga Chakra sets to be a simple and powerful sequence that I will enjoy presenting to my own Yoga students. The matrix format allows you to blend and balance classic Kundalini Yoga sets with expessive and liberating movement dance sequences according to mood and intention. The result is a great physical workout with the additional stress relief and higher energetic benefits that a sound Kundalini Yoga practice offers.

I love the organic movement presented here which inspires me more than the same old type of dance workouts I've been doing. Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout is a great alternative to those fitness workouts which have a sort of jerky pacing, aren't symetrical, and leave you feeling wired rather than inspired. This one starts with a 25 min. yoga routine and then it presents different dance segments which work from the ground up. These movements feel very healthy for my body and get me into a zone which keeps me up all day and helps me sleep like a baby at night. I didn't know what to expect when I got this but now I am a confirmed Ana & Ravi fan, and I'm going to buy their other DVD's as well!

I really, really do not understand why this video is so popular. The yoga/breathing portion is nice, (I have been doing yoga for six years), but the "dancing" was really more like flailing your arms around in circles. I enjoy many styles of dancing and just found this to be completely boring and uninspiring. The music was uninteresting and I found the many voice overs distracting, not relaxing. The meditation part reminded me of a sing along children's video. I consider myself a spiritual, open minded person, but this is just plain cheesy.

I never know what to expect from workouts that contain dance, but I love all of Ana and Ravi's other DVDs so I thought I'd try this one. I have the pre-Matrixed version :) It contains the usual breath primer and 'tune in' and then two yoga workouts (30 mins total) before you launch into the dance (30 mins). The workouts aren't too strenuous but do make a good effort to work different areas of your body- from shoulderstand with breath of fire to crow (kundalini version) and leg lifts.

I always feel a little anxious while doing dance workouts that if I'm not really sweating I'm not actually getting a workout. The dance routines are divided into two sections. The second is actually a fun spinning lotus-mudra using routine and a free "trance" dance with singing. The first section contains enough free dancing moments that I don't always feel the need to do the trance portion.
When I can get myself to stop fretting that I'm not dancing "right" I really enjoy doing these moves. They're great to shake me out of afternoon doldrums. I am not really coordinated, but these routines are very easy and more about relaxing and releasing emotion than burning calories or following complex choreography.

The DVD breaks down the dances into four shorter routines if you have less time to spend.

The meditation following the deep relaxation wasn't one of my favorites at first but the song grew on me and I even came to like the hand gestures. The mantra plays on the screen the entire time, so don't worry about jotting it down. I find it gets stuck in my head every time I do DtC.
I wish every yoga DVD I own was like the Ravi/Ana ones, which really do cover body and mind evenly.

I do all kinds of workouts from Kick Boxing Cardio to Spinning,but it's become obvious to me that if I don't keep up a regular Kundalini Yoga practice, the weight creeps back. This workout reminds me of Nia but it's got more depth to it. I'm not a dancer per se, so I really appreciate that the moves are doable and fun. I know that each time I do an Ana & Ravi DVD I'm going to feel blissful and get all my fitness needs covered.

Dance of Power is an awesome Workout!

Ana & Ravis DVDs have helped me to transform a previously lackluster yoga practice into something that is inspiring my body, mind, & spirit! I started with their Kundalini Yoga for Beginners & Beyond (which I highly recommend as well) and instantly got 10 more of their series. They are the best! This one has a dynamite yoga set that works the whole body and is great on its own. The dance portion works thru the chakras and gives great leg, core and upper body work as you journey upwards! As a result of this dvd, especially the Dance of Power set, I am getting even more defined muscle tone and if possible even more happy and relaxed.

I found this video very interesting. I didnt break a sweat. I found the voiceover very annoying, and most of the time shes just dancing around in circles like a 5 yr old. If your looking for a workout, I definately dont recommend.

Dance along with Ana and feel a dramatic change in your emotions, fluidity and life. You will have a smile on your face after doing this DVD garanteed. This and Journey through the Charkras really get your energy and creative juices flowing. I have all of Ravi and Ana's DVDS they have changed my life. If you think that you don't have time for yoga, make time!!!!! Get in touch with yourself, Allow you life to move!!!!

I am filled with such profound gratitude for Ana & Ravi! They are truly expressing their gifts in the world...they are such an inspiration!

I bought "Dance the Chakras" on a whim, and I did it three nights in a row. Each time, I got such a rush of love and gratitude, and I even got a bit misty-eyed!!

I don't like to exercise (I belong to a gym and I think I've been there maybe 5 times over the last 7 or 8 months!!) but I absolutely ENJOY this!!! I look forward to it, and I am totally going to make this part of my life.

I'm also looking forward to checking out their other DVDs...

Give yourself the joy and pleasure of this beautiful experience!

Wishing you all lots of love and happiness!

Angela

If you want your spirit uplifted ... then the place to be is on your yoga mat with Ravi Singh and Ana Brett! I look forward to my time on my mat whether I'm doing Yoga Cleanse, Fat Free Yoga, Yoga Beauty Body, Total Tune Up, but my FAVORITE is Dance the Chakras. I love the soothing voices of Ravi and Ana leading you through and the music is great! Personally I can say out of the many different yoga video's that Ravi and Ana have to offer whatever you choose by the end you will feel rejuvenated. More importantly Ravi and Ana encourage you to have fun, work at your own pace and to become your best. I hope you too can discover the joy that comes from bringing Ravi and Ana into your home and yoga practice. I'm so glad that I found them.

Shel Sult
Centerport, New York

I Absolutely love this workout! Keeps you interested and wanting to do the program everyday. Ana & Ravi's style is so encouraging and soothing and their instruction so clear, along with the rocking background music, that you actually get lost in excercise, believe it or not!! You also get a fabulous, fun, and complete workout that is very uplifting. I highly recommend this. I have exercised with this tape everyday since it has arrived!!!

I already have Ana and Ravi's Fat-Free Yoga, so I was excited to receive this one to see what all the great reviews were about! I'd just about had my fill of the same ol' yoga poses, so this was truly a breath of fresh air. This fun and energetic tape begins with a 25-minute yoga warm-up routine, which is a whole body workout by itself. The next part consists of movement segments which, quite frankly, make me feel happy about living in my body! I feel graceful, fit and flexible. I also like how Ana and Ravi seem to have constructed these moves with particular attention to the knees in mind. This has been a subject of concern to many of my students here in Madison, and to myself, as well. This extra guidance and consideration on their part was greatly appreciated by all of us. But my favorite part of the DVD, however, has to be the Dance of Power, which is an amazing workout. Overall, as a result of doing this set every other day, I feel lighter (possibly because I've shed some inhibitions!) and best of all, the feelings of bliss I get from this amazing DVD lasts all day.

I just love Dance the Chakras, it's one of my later purchases and I wish I had gotten it sooner.This is honestly one of the most joyful, fun and motivating workouts I have ever done. Since I discovered Kundalini yoga with Ana & Ravi ,yoga never seems like a "chore" anymore and I look forward to my yoga everyday.

I love the way Kundalini yoga works from the spine to loosen you up and increase flexibility. I really can feel I am increasing my flexibility and strength in a way that the other forms of yoga with their emphasis on mainly the external muscles never let me. The 30 minute yoga set frees the spine and the dance segments which Ana & Ravi guide you through are very natural joyful moves that work from the ground up and connect me to my core.

Ana & Ravi tell you how to do each movement and what you should be focusing on so it is not really free form though they do let you do your own thing between moves. It is a perfect blend of freedom and discipline. All in all this is a high-powered energizing workout and its really all I want to do!

I went a little crazy and ordered nearly all the DVDs from the Ana Brett series--after all they are so highly reviewed all over Amazon. The quotes promise fast results and a soothing invigorating experience.

I am used to more traditional forms of Yoga and I couldn't adjust to the breath of fire. I've actually done breath of fire before with Jennifer Kries's pilates series but this was completely different.

I am not really sure I got the full benefits because of this.

I did however enjoy the meditation and relaxation portions.

This tape was a little more fun with its free form dance but really I could have probably done the dances with my two-year-old--I wasn't taught anything really.

Finally I bought some of the fat-free series too. The "Yoga Cleanse" DVD with its curled tongue panting left me feeling weird and my tongue dry.

This was definitely not for me--but if you are used to this form of Yoga I think you would really feel the benefits.

This is an amazing workout. Please be open minded when you first try this exercise at home. First time, I did not know what to think of it. I did not do the whole workout. Then, I tried it again and this time I did the whole workout. Finally, I realized how great the experience is... I cannot help but keep smiling all day long.
Update: I have been using this workout as a reward for myself. I have been trying to set up an exercise routine for over ten months now. If I do four workouts in a week, I do this one as a reward. Not in a million years, would I think that I see an exercise routine as a reward for doing my daily exercise.
An Old Queen of Excuses for Not Exercising

I love this program and I do it at least once a week. I am in pretty good shape so I end up sweating somewhere during the "Dance of Power." This is great fun. I recommend this DVD to everyone: all ages, sizes and fitness levels. They instruct and guide you so well it doesn't matter if you have never danced before. You will LOVE this DVD - anyone who wants a head-to-toe workout AND loves having fun will love it!!

I'm the type of person who needs to move but I also know need the stretching and relaxation of yoga. The active part of this one gets my heart rate up and overall this workout gives me a kind of blissful feeling that very few workout DVD's have offered. Ana is a joy to watch and dance with and you never feel like she is judging you. It's like you have a friend over and you're just having fun and working out at the same time. In fact, you can feel confident that if you invite friends over to do this with you you'll have fun fun fun!

First let me say that I was so blown away by the immediate effects of Ana & Ravi's Kundalini Yoga for Beginners and Beyond, that upon finishing it the first time, I immediately ordered some more of their titles (I have two that I haven't even done yet). This one was so much fun that I want to do it again as soon as I've done it!!! I really appreciate that this is easy to follow but it's not so free form that you feel lost. There is guidance for everything but you don't have to be a dancer to get into it right away. The moves are very freeing and natural to the body. It seems like the most natural thing in the world to be moving like Ana. I have a knee injury from the past and I love that this is low impact so I can do it with no problem. Dance the Chakras Yoga Workout starts with a 25 min. mini chakra workout and then offers led movement segments which are in themselves a total workout. The meditation at the end is so powerful.... I'm telling all of my friends and family whether they are gym rats or total beginners about these instructor's DVD's. I'm really excited to have found them!

The workout was just okay. I was kind of expecting something a little more challenging. If you're a yoga beginner, this workout would probably be great for you. The dance section was... interesting. While I did enjoy not having to worry about following a particular choreography Ana looked kind of odd and it was a bit distracting. Despite that the video did have some good stretches in it so I'm probably going to keep it in my rotation.

I have many of Ravi & Ana's DVDs, i would recommend all of them:-)

Please: DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE SOUND TRACK ON DANCE THE CHAKRAS IS??? - WHO BY, WHERE I CAN GET IT. I sooo love all the songs on this dvd!!!

love and light

Clare

After reading all the great reviews I have purchased 4 dvds with Ana and Ravi. I love them all! The Dance the Chakras workout was so different from anything I have done before. I am not too co-ordinated and the wonderful thing was losing myself in the pure energy and fun that this video entails. I am fairly new to meditation and whereas I thought I would just fast forward through this aspect of the tape, I found myself truly enjoying and connecting with it. From start to finish the video is choreographed wonderfully and the closing prayer and meditation are terrific additions. I felt so good after the workout and couldnt wait to do it again the next day. I am so inspired by Ana's angelic presence..in a word..she is sunshine..I feel very grateful that I found out about these workout videos and I know I will use the videos often. I emailed Ana about a question I had regarding the nutrition aspect included on the video. I received a lovely reply the very next day..Ravi and Ana are wonderful and I encourage anyone of any fitness level to try these videos. There is a spiritual aspect that I have never encountered before and you just feel so good after completing the video. Highly recommeded!

I never write reviews of things I've bought on-line but I felt compelled to write about this dvd. I was looking for an exercise dvd that I would enjoy instead of dread. This one is great! I felt great after I finished it the first time and couldn't wait to do it again. Matrix option menu is awesome! I am going to buy more DVDs by Ana and Ravi. Definitely recommend for beginner and beyond.