Shiva Rea - Yoga Trance Dance (2006)

Review: (4 out of 5 stars)

Shiva Rea has been teaching Yoga Trance Dance for more than 10 years. Now, for the first time, her most popular workshop is available to anyone who wants to experience celebration, rejuvenation, and creative joy through movement.

Appropriate for all ages and experience levels, Yoga Trance Dance begins with prana-initiating yogasanas, flowing into an exploration of free-form, breath-driven movement to free your creative life force and cultivate embodied freedom. It features the Yoga Matrix format, which allows you to customize your practice by choosing and organizing portions of the program to suit your needs every time you use the DVD.

This is a beautiful DVD the dance combined with yoga really gives you a contemporary new age vibe. You can customize your routine according to your time and what you’re in the mood for. It also has a short documentary about Shiva Rea that is very insightful. Anyone into the practice of yoga and or dance will love this extended workout. Released on May 9, 2006. A great workout to add to your exercise regime or yoga dvd collection.

You may also enjoy the Shiva Rea’s Yoga Shakti DVD as well.

The Bollywood Dance Workout With Hemalayaa (2007)

For ALL fitness and experience levels.

Inspired by the Indian film tradition of infectiously expressive music and dance comes a sexy, saucy, calorie-burning, full-body workout. Fitness star Hemalayaa leads you in traditional moves that will tone you head to toe while unleashing waves of energy and joy.

The movements are simple—no exercise or dance experience required—but the results are big.

You’ll be getting a cardio, sculpting, and stretching workout while having a blast—and learning moves you'll love to flaunt on the dance floor. Just let yourself go and boogie to the bhangra beat. It’s impossible not to.

Review (4 out of 5 stars)

I loved this workout. I have to admit it started off a little funny. The warm up has a bunch of head shakes and mouth circles that seemed just plain silly to me. I thought that I might not enjoy the rest of this workout if its anything like the warm-up. Surprisingly this workout is great. Once Hemalayaa's energy and extremely positive "We are Goddesses" attitude infects you it's non-stop fun. She uses moves like the "Gorilla", "Running Man", and of course the "Goddess" to get you really moving. All of the leg hops and transitions get your heart pumping and calories burning. You feel like a bollywood princess. This is a great workout DVD. I was actually sweating by the end of it. Minus the less than desirable moves in the warm-up this exercise video is the perfect to add to your routine. This DVD is 50 minutes long and was released on January 2, 2007.

Another workout similar that you might want to check out: The Bollywood Burn also starring Hemalayaa.