Customer Ratings & Reviews

How they can call this video "cardio" is beyond me ... the pace is so slow you'll never get your heart rate up, and you'll never break a sweat. You could sleep walk through all the moves in the entire video, that's how lame it is. This is not exercise at all. :( If you are a total beginner to belly dance and want a slow, well demonstrated view of belly dance moves, this could be good to start with for you. Once you have the basic moves (typically, after 3-5 viewings of this DVD), go to Dolphina's "Basics of Bellydance". or just save time and money and start with that DVD to begin with. it's a much better workout then this, and you won't grow out of it in a week. If you have mastered the basics of belly dance and are looking for a more challenging way to dance away the pounds, stay clear of this DVD. Instead got with Dolphina's earlier "warrior goddess" workout.

Unlike the first review, this is a good workout for even advanced dancers. Granted it is slower than high impact cardio. It also could go a little longer. It's all about effort. You get out what you are willing to put in. If you work at a moderate to vigerous pace this provides a great sweat. It's also a great DVD to add ankle, wrist, and waist weights to when you become advanced. That will allow you to continue to benefit from this workout. I own all of her DVDs and I think this is one of the better ones. This will not give you as good a workout as a Step Aerobics or Kickboxing routine, but it is as good as most low impact cardios.