Thread: Review needed! Rania's new Belly series: Belly Abs, Belly Booty, belly Yoga, Pilates

Hey!
Has anybody seen this series?
I recently purchased similarly titled ones by Hemalaya (Belly Abs, Bollywood Booty..) and would therefore like to know if, ideally, someones owns both the Hemalaya ones and Rania's, or only Rania's.
I never purchased Rania's first 4 dvd set - the music sounded HORRIBLE in the trailers.
I pretty much enjoy her Personal Trainer, Too Hip and a 4 mini workouts dvd (more exercise focused).

So I was wondering what she covers in these new dvds. If it is bellydance movements she uses ("Belly" booty?yoga?pilates?) or if they are maybe similar to Michelle's Body by Bellydance, traditional fitness plus some bellydance moves..

And: I ve heard talk of them being for sale pretty cheap on cd universe or something similar but cannot find them there.
Where have you gotten them, and for what price?

I d appreciate some info, thank you so much!! ..g.:

Post this question on yahoogroups. I'm certain I saw the set on sale there. Doesn't bode well for a sale so soon after these came available.

Helen

hey, thanks for the hint!

I recently did all of these and took notes to write a review, haven't gotten to it yet but here's the short version.
My fav of the 4 is belly yoga, then pilates, booty, last abs.
The belly yoga dvd is very yoga, with one BD combo that gets repeated. I really liked the yoga in it though so I use this one. Pilates is maybe more half and half on the BD moves, this dvd would also strengthen muscles for floor work.
The booty and abs dvd's include short cardio routines. The belly booty one is not too easy, some of the moves are traveling on releve layering shimmies and reverse camels for example. There's no real breakdown of the moves, so in my opinion it's not for beginners. As far as the exercise portions, I prefer the leg moves on pilates or yoga over booty, and really prefer any of her dvd's over the abs one. As for the cardio routines, abs is boring, booty has some cute combos.
Each ends with a performance, typical of previous vids she is in the same studio as the workout. A couple of them fall flat, but there's one, I don't remember which, that she smiles a lot and you get to see a little more of her personality come through. Then there's her abc's of bellydance, this segment is just odd to me.
One thing I feel important to mention, there are no voiceovers, and she comes across so much better this way.
You can get them on Amazon for less than $10 each, or rent on Netflix. Hope that helps.

thank you very much! Now I know better what to expect!