This DVD offers 4 short 19 min. yoga workouts which can be done individually or as one long yoga practice: Warm-Up & Open Up is for flexiblity and will work wonders for your back. Firm & Affirm will give you a stom... more »ach of steel and is also great for your digestive system and willpower. Burrn Baby Burn will boost your metabolism and give you radiance. Raise Yourself Up work on your thyroid and offers a powerful antidote to depression. It will help you stay positive and expand your life. Ana and Ravi's unique style of yoga moves, breathes, stretches, and works!« less
Actors:Ana Brett, Ravi Singh Director:Ana Brett & Ravi Singh Genres:Fitness & Yoga Sub-Genres:Yoga Studio:White Lion Press Format:DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 11/12/2003 Release Year: 2003 Run Time: 1hr 20min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages:English
"I have used 2 different Ravi and Ana DVDs and I am impressed. They are consistent in their presentations and I was motivated to purchase 3 more DVDs just for the variety and the calmness I felt after doing this workout. Ravi is so calm and he explains what you are doing and most importantly WHY you are doing it. In so many Yoga videos you hold pose after pose, but the teacher does not explain why or for what reason the pose is important.
This tape has some moves a person doing aerobics would recognize, but Ravi explains how they benefit your maridians or how it cleanses your organs etc. A simple neck roll now becomes something I want to do because it has value on so many levels.
I got up a sweat with this tape, but did not find it particularly difficult, except for the Frogs, man those are challenging. I plan on incorporating these DVDs into my weekly practice. I find them a refreshing change to your typical down dog, up dog routine."
Excellent Kundalini practice!
YogaKat | Oregon United States | 04/06/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This series of 3-DVDs are wonderful. They include individual segments for a quick workout or you can do them together for a longer practice. Ravi Singh has a very soothing voice. You work hard, then rest and meditate. This type of yoga might not be for everyone, but give Fat Free Yoga a try. Ravi Singh talks during the instruction and for 2 of the DVDs visual instruction is performed by Ana Brett (his current wife). The other DVD is demonstrated by Catherine Quinn.Also, if you get a chance to attend one of Ravi Singh's / Ana Brett's workshop it's well worth the money. They came to Portland before I got their DVDs. It was a fun and rewarding workshop. I went out a bought all the DVDs after that and I'm practicing Kundalini Yoga along with my Hatha Yoga practice every day. Thanks Ravi!Check my other Yoga and Meditation DVD reviews on Amazon."
Great Workout and so much fun!
A. Warrren | San Fran, CA | 04/21/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love these four 20 minute sets. Ana is gorgeous and great to watch, Ravi does an inspired voiceover.
The workout is always fun and interesting. Makes me wonder why so many yoga DVDs have to be so boring! I like the music and the workout is challenging. It is also perfect if you have a hard time following workouts on DVD. You can practically do these workouts with your eyes closed. The exercises work and there is no needless chitchat before the workout you get right into it."
WARNING: DON"T LOAN THIS TO FRIENDS IF YOU WANT IT BACK!!!!
D. Weinstein | Mamaroneck, NY | 03/10/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"When I first began practicing yoga at home with DVD's, Yoga Total Tune UP quickly became one of my favorites. It provides a thorough yoga workout for your entire body with a particular focus on your breathing. Ravi Singh's voice is very calm, and Ana Brett is very strong and limber.
This is not the same old, same old, same old yoga practice. Thank God for something new or I may have given up on yoga!
I still enjoy this tape now that I've been doing it for awhile; it's both relaxing and energizing and very effective.
I am on my 3rd copy, I have loaned the other ones to friends and they wanted to keep them. This and Ravi & Ana's Beginners & Beyond are the number one DVD's that I recommend to those new to yoga."
My favorite yoga workouts
R. Ramsey | Ontario, Canada | 05/21/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have recently begun to do all yoga as fitness. I had been doing a pretty high-impact workout routine 6 days a week. Now I do yoga instead for 6 days. I do mostly Ana Brett & Ravi Singh yoga workouts. I really like their type of yoga because it feels very aerobic. It is a mild form of cardio that feels much healthier to my body then all that hard stepping up and down and running that I had been doing I have been amazed to see I have finally started losing weight and actually seeing some muscles in my arms legs, back and stomach - all former problem areas.
The only other thing I do, which is something I have always done, is walking at a fairly good pace. I live in the city and take about 2 twenty minute brisk walks to the subway and back and then walking to do shopping. I am beginning to think yoga is all I need."