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Kundalini Yoga Ultimate Stretch Workout With Ana Brett and Ravi Singh by Ana Brett & Ravi Singh
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DVD Cover InformationAuthor: Ana Brett & Ravi Singh Director: Ana Brett & Ravi Singh DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 60 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-12-01 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Raviana Accessories:
Movie Reviews of Kundalini Yoga Ultimate Stretch Workout With Ana Brett and Ravi SinghMovie Review: This got me through Iraq!!! Summary: 5 Stars
I was introduced to Yoga in Graduate School. I did it with the experimental college while working towards a degree in Statistics. I'm an Army Reservist and am far from the peace-nik type. When I first got to Iraq, I did yoga on the roof of a house in Fallujah about 3X a week. We relocated to a place where this wasn't appropriate (not really cover and concealment from hostile fire). I missed my practice, and being able to do it in peace. After being deployed for 12 months I got access to internet and ordered this video and another Yoga video. The other set has yet to come out of the plastic wrapper! We had very few hours of power a day (about three to four nonconsecutive hours). I would charge up the battery on my little dvd player and when it charged enough I would do this DVD (in secret; the guys would totally harass me especially if I were to be caught doing the chants in the end). But really this grounded me. I was under immense stress outside the wire almost daily working with the Iraqi Army and under constant pressure of the possibility of hostile engagement. Fast foward 3 months and I was out of Iraq and home. Life crumbled, Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, clasped its sneaky claws into my brain chemistry. I plugged this in last night and I feel uplifted, with everything going on. My origonal intent was to become sore prior to going to a massage class I am taking, but I had forgotten all the meditative stuff. Don't fool yourself, I'm fairly fit, but this is a workout that you will be feeling for a few days. I start barely able to reach my ankle bones and by the time I'm finished with the video I can almost stand on my palms with my toes touching my wrists. Soreness totally kicks in, but in a good kind of way.
By faith I am a fundamentalist Christian. So when I experimented with yoga I struggled with the cult-like nature of the whole chanting thing. Ravi's voice in the background does sound a little on the "drink my cool-aide" but it is very soothing and you begin to really internalize the meaning of the words and focusing in on the Sut Nams and I could listen to the music at the end for hours, I wish I could put that on repeat and just listen to it over and over. I mention my faith here, because I think it is relevant. I feel stronger in my connection with God (the Holy Spirit), calmed and focused on determining how my personal legacy can be defined by my thoughts and actions each and every day. I don't know the types of Yoga I praticed in Graduate School, and I am familiar with Warrior Poses and Assanas. But Man Oh Man, If I could find a class like this, I couldn't put a price on it!
The video is very well put together, I can see where someone would say that Ana is in her underwear, but She is extraordinarily attractive in a simple vibrant kind of way. The clothing is not inappropriate, but really accentuates different aspects of the postures, I can look and see the angle of her hip to her torso or which direction her knee and toes are pointed or how she does breath of fire not just in her chest, but very deep into her belly. How is her head, shoulders, hips, knees and toes aligned. This is all important to me as I seek to improve not only my flexibilty, but my posture, gracefulness, movement, and my relationship with God.
So this has gotten me through Iraq and is assisting me in working through PTSD. This review may sound scrambled, but this is in my very highly recommend catagory. So much so that I would spend my own money to purchase this as a gift for someone else.
Thanks Ravi and Ana!
Matt Corrigan
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