Kundalini Yoga - to Detox and De-stress - Includes bonus music CD featuring Maya [DVD]

If anyone had ever told me I would one day write a positive review of an exercise DVD (especially a 'weird' exercise like kundalini yoga, which also involved chants and other oddness), I'm pretty sure I would have laughed out loud.

I've reached an age where I'm probably flattering myself by saying I'm 'middle-aged'. I'm very unfit, overweight, with all sorts of bad habits as regards eating, drinking, and so on. It's been a long time since I had any interest in exercise or healthy pursuits.

Then a few weeks ago, a couple of health issues made me realise I'd better wise up slightly if I wanted to get to be any older than middle-aged. Being lazy, I looked around for some sort of exercise DVD that might do some good, but without making me sweat too much (like I say, I'm lazy!).

My Amazon browsing led me to kundalini yoga DVDs, most of which had wonderful reviews, so I decided to check out this one (uh, it was the cheapest, OK? About a tenner less than most of the others. Oh, and it includes a bonus CD of nice music.)

And here I am a few weeks later, shocked to the core to find myself feeling so good, with the excess weight already melting away, the bad habits somehow 'magically' losing their appeal, a decade's worth of back pains totally faded out of existence, and - perhaps best of all - feeling less grumpy and jaded, with a new interest in life. Actually, I think I already feel better and healthier than I did ten years ago.

Buy this DVD and just watch it, and you'll conclude that it's all mumbo-jumbo nonsense. Buy this DVD and start doing the exercises and perhaps you'll find, as I did that the results are so shocking as to seem miraculous.

Personally, I have more weight to lose, and a few more changes to make - but now I believe that it can be not only possible, but also fun. I'm totally sold on this kundalini stuff, and expect this 'weirdness' to be a positive part of my life from now on.

Definitely recommended!!

This is by far the best ever yoga, de-stress, detox DVD i have ever viewed! I can recommend this for all levels of ability and flexibility. Whilst there is a deep sense of calm and peace brought about by watching or participating with Maya, there is no hard sell on the principles behind this yoga. Even the music CD that comes with the DVD brings on a sense of well-being. I would love to see Maya conduct a class in the flesh, as her positive energy comes through clear and loud. The moves that she takes you through have maximum inpact for what appears to be minimal effort, but you certainly know your body has awoken from a slumber!!

I received this yesterday, with several other products I was "led" to, to maintain that great feeling we have when we return from our holiday. I used this first thing this morning and WOW- it's amazing! I am not a keep fit/ exercise person and gave up my gym membership as I had run out of excuses as to why I couldn't go each day!!! But this was fantastic, and I feel revitalised from head to toe and beyond.... it's difficult to describe...I tingle all over and have so much energy, I feel excited, I want to dance and sing- all that and I haven't even had a drink LOL. The music is just beautiful and magical, Maya is a pleasure to listen to and watch- so inspirational... if you feel you need that "lift", if you want to feel fantastic, and happy and totally at peace and at one with yourself and everything around you- buy this DVD- you won't regret it, and you even get an accompanying CD of the music she uses- which is her own work. I cannot recommend enough! Enjoy! xx

4 MONTHS ON
As you can see, I wrote a review 4 months ago after the first time I used this product, raving about how great it was. The review was entitled- "I feel soooo good".
Well 4 months on, and I cannot stress how much I so stand by that!
IT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE! and the lives of those closest to me.
Apart from the fact that my body looks better than it ever has done- I am so toned, slim and fit, (but that is just the icing on the cake).
Apart from the fact that it has cured ailments which top consultants couldn't do anythnig about. I was a sufferer of severe migraines and a patient at the Royal Hospital of Nuerology in Holborn- they gave me brain scans because it was so bad. All my life I have lived on lactalose, sypositories, senacotte etc, as I have always had severe constipation- not going for weeks sometimes. Although having a great life, I constantly felt tired and snappy, and quite often nauseous. I was plagued with aches and pains including terrible back problems, which I put down to being 40+ and having had 3 kids.
After doing this DVD once, I instanly felt an improvment in health, but I soon got hooked and found I HAD to do it almost daily- the result?
I healthily clear my sysem about twice a day. I don't get so much as a twinge of a headache. All aches and pains GONE! and I can do gymnastics I haven't neen able to do for over 20 years! I have so much energy and vitality. I feel happy and serene all the time, and project this to all those around me who are open to recieve it and I look like my 18 year old son's older sister!!! My body is PERFECT!
All in 4 months!
But I do alternate it with her new 3 DVD box set on the first 3 (base), chakras. I have also through this, educated myself more about kundalini, chakra balancing and general self healing.
I FEEL FANTASTIC! and my husband thinks it is wonderful and encourages me all the way.
All my friends are now doing it too and loving it and finding it really helps them with difficulies in their lives.
I recently met Maya at the Yoga exhibition- and she is just as wonderful, inspiring and humble in the flesh.
She comes across as so normal and doesn't make you feel inferior, especially if you are a beginner, like some of these classes do.
So what are you waiting for???!
Open your heart, soul, mind and body to this wonderful experience!

8th June 2009- 5 months on, over 9 months since i started this.

OK, so I still have the perfect body, glowing health and happiness, but have only recently come to understand that these benefits are only secondry to the real purpose of Kundalini, and all the wonderful things I wrote about previously are merely side effects of this wonderful gift.
I never understood before the reason or meaning of when Maya tells you to "sit cross legged, with your index finger touching your thumb, and meditate, and you will recieve the inner knowledge" I just went along with it because I enjoyed the class....I'm not sure I can really describe it now actually, but I am now starting to recieve and understand the inner knowledge and wisdom which we probably already posess. I don't want to sound like some crank or wierdo, because I am one of the most logical and practical people I know, but recently, I have just known and realised "things" and have not really understood where the information came from- I'm still not sure I do!!!LOL!
All I can say is my life gets better and better, and I feel happier and healthier and wiser with each day. Physically, my body has never looked so good- I'm 43 with 3 kids, am 5ft 9, and a slim, toned size 8. I still have not popped a pill or any medicine since before I stared this, and even if I feel my body is fighting some kind of illness, whereas before after a few days, it would turn into a full blown cold or virus, now I get a tingling in the throat, feel a bit sleepy and after a couple of days, it's gone! I haven't actually been ill since I started this. My periods, which were starting to be horrible, (like in your teens), are now fine again.
Even when bad things happen in my life now, (which isn't often), it doesn't affect me in the way it would before and I can handle pain in a much more posative way..
I really do wish everyone would give this a go, I really think people would be a lot happier in their lives..find a contentment and inner peace, and although this is a bold statement and an old cliche- maybe the world would truly start to be a better place...
I now have all her DVDs and alternate them. She has now released all 7 chakras as well as this detox dvd. she has 2 music Cds, which I listen to everyday while I work.
I have become more creative and write, draw and design- just for my own pleasure really. But I.m about to take up another language, and well, there's just so much I want to do....
What I would say is enjoy the experience and don't push it, don't force it or have any expectations- just have fun with it...all these good things will come to you in time- it has taken me 9 months of doing it almost daily, and reading lots of books to get where I am, but I have come to understand that it's an infinate journey of learning, (and enjoyment along the whole way)!
It has brought me to the conclusion that we are here to live, love, learn and enjoy! And to live a good, healthy and productive life, in humility, grace and with a sense of humour!
love and blessings to all
x
Thank you Maya and thank you Yogi Bhajhan

Friday 5th March 2010

Just felt I should update again.
All is as before and better....I have now attened one of Mayas workshops and am about to attend another- it was an amazing experiance- doing yoga with Maya live is even more exhilerating! Her energy, kindness and passion are just simply contagous! So much so that it has prompted me to enroll on the kundalini teacher training course with Karam Kriya School, who Maya trained with.
I find it hard to express just how much this wonderful gift of kundalini yoga has enriched my life and brought me pure peace, calm and joy- a bliss that is beyond words.....
Just a couple of warnings though. Pleae do not underestimate the power you are working with...there will be changes in your life....for example do not forget that you are clearing all unwanted toxins and blockages, so be prepared that in re-opening some chanels you may find parts of your body you thought long dead may "come back to life"...for example, if you have finished having children, please do make sure you take proper precautions against getting pregnant...do not take for granted that you cannot get pregnant because your fertility has been low for years etc. Also, as you continue with this journey, you will find that your priorities and values may chnage and some people who you thought of as dear friends may find it difficult to relate to you anymore and some relationships may drift, while others become stronger. For me personally, I found that I no longer want to down as many glasses of wine as I can and dance on a tabletop! Or listen to gossip and negative conversation. I only want to be in posative company these days and you may be surprised by how many negative people surround you- doing kundalini yoga really reveals this to you. I call these warnings, but actually they are just changes for your betterment. What I have found is that the relationships that count most, (my husband, kids, and like minded family and friends), have gone from strength to strenth. Also, you may find that you no longer can process some of the foods and drinks that you have been used to doing for years, (don't worry, it only seems to be the stuff that's bad for you!!LOL), you just find that you don't fancy some things anymore, or want less of it.
And just a little tip which helps me enjoy my class even more- I always take a lovely bath using my best scented oils and washes before a class. (I do not apply any lotions or deoderatnts after as these will inhibit persperation and clearing toxins). I light my favourite scented candle, swith off all phones, lock the door- and it just feels like coming home :).
Keep up! You won't regret it!
Much love and light to all
xx