Kundalini Yoga with Maya Fiennes - A Journey Through the Chakras: Courage, Creativity and Willpower [DVD]

Having followed the Detox and Distress CD for 3-4 weeks I decided to move on to these. I am spending 3 days on each DVD, starting with Courage. Initially I found it difficult and I most certainly cant bend far. However I have slowed down and by doing less repetitions of each exercise I can continue for the required length of time. My aim is to complete the 26 frog poses before moving to the 2nd CD. Eventually I will get all 7 CD's and work on them systematically. I'm desperate to move onto the other CD's in the series but want to master one before I do. I love the pace, music and calmness. Rather than it being a chore it's exercise to enjoy.Having followed the "courage" DVD for a week I have moved onto "creativity". Having read the reviews I was nervous about it being too difficult. It was hard and I could not complete the 4th and 5th Tibetan, or Bridge. However I did what could and I am confident that I will master it with practise. After a couple of days I could do all of the moves except for the full bridge pose., so did pelvic lift instead. Finally I Moved to the willpower DVD and it's a lot easier than "Creativity", although the first asana of the Kriya section is a little difficult and I do have to rest. The 3 DVD's are fabulous and I have bought the others in the "journey through the chakras" which I look forward to doing.What has been the most pleasing is how each time I follow the DVD's I improve.

For the majority of people this set of DVDs is probably a good way to learn yoga, and good value too. But if you are hearing-impaired as I am then I suggest you invest your cash elsewhere as subtitles are not available. The problem is compounded (in the intro at least - which is about as far as I got) by softly droning music playing in the background which helps to muffle the spoken words.According to the charity Action On Hearing Loss there are about 12 million people with hearing loss in the UK, or about 1 in 6 of us. Why has the maker of this DVD ignored such a large percentage of the population? It doesn't make sense as this points to a potential loss of sales.With regret I have returned this DVD set for a refund.

Challenging as some of the movements are, with a little practice it is amazing how the body goes from static to dynamic in a couple of weeks. Had not done any yoga for about fifteen years and Maya's DVDs are perfect for getting the mind, body and spirit working in harmony again. Love this particular DVD, working on the first three chakra's, I feel better on every level than I have done for years. This is powerful yoga and Maya is a gifted translator of knowledge.

Love it, easy to follow and enjoyable to do

A great collection of DVD’s to inspire and motivate you to get going with her versions of Kundalini. The soundtrack is wonderful to keep you going.

Beautifully shot and inspiring - all white space and fab soundtrack with Maya's own music. Its great that a product (and set of products) inspire such long reviews. I decided to buy the full set (the 4/5th chakra due to arrive this week). Started with detox / destress - good place to start. I agree with the other (positive) reviewers - also stress the need to keep going after the initial 'oh this is a bit strange' and 'wish I could stretch my legs - ouch' thoughts........ (bearing in mind I'm relatively fit but am really a yoga beginner - probably easier if you are already yogified!). If you've caught any of Maya's classes on Body in Balance on Sky you'll have a good idea what to expect from these.However, I have found (lack of flexibility) sitting in 'easy pose' for quite a long time a bit of a challenge, and just when I get to the end of the kryia section on we go to the 'meditation' (not what I'd expected as a meditation but hey ho....) section (for another 10 + mins) with lots of chanting / breathing. This is typical of kundalini yoga I presume and I am getting used to it (even if I do still feel a bit silly). Oh also would have liked a little more instruction / guidance about how often etc to run with these. I'm trying to do one every other day for 2 weeks to run through the whole chakra set - is this right?I do recommend all of Maya's dvds and am looking forward to the release of the book - shame its not come in time for Christmas!

Such a good DVD set. I have the Detox and De-stress which I bought about 4 years ago. Journey Through the Chakras gives you a variation of new postures/positions and I love the mantra section of the DVD set, you really do feel fitter, mentally spring cleaned and more peaceful in yourself. A few of the exercises you need to be careful of but if you take it at your own pace (as Maya tells you) you will build it up (as with any exercise)!

I can highly recommend this 3 set dvd and keep lending it to friends (only because I have bought Maya's other yoga dvds too)as it has been so powerful a tool for making me calmer and more confident and dynamic in my life. For the first time after 3 weeks of practising this yoga I felt completely calm and strong as a rock when my 7 year old daughter was having an angry loud shouting session thrown at me, when usually afterwards I feel quite upset and down. This time no problem and she bounced back really quickly too. I have been doing yoga for 20 years and find some of the yoga on the dvd quite hard so a beginner may want to use cushions and props and modify some of the exercises a bit to protect their back and make it a bit easier. But Maya is such a lovely teacher and makes kundalini yoga really accessible in a most enjoyable way. The music is lovely and my daughter really enjoys the music too. This is life changing stuff at a great price!