Q re Ariella yoga & bd DVD

[HotDogYogini]

"Contemporary Bellydance and Yoga Conditioning with Ariellah" - looks like a very good DVD from the reviews on amazon.com

I had one question for anyone who has it.

Are there any hip shimmy drills on it & how long are they?

I'm not particularly interested in the yoga, since I'm pretty advanced & have a number of faves already.

But the bd drills on this sound good.

I really want to make myself practice more shimmies.

[mekyria]

I recenbtly bought this dvd and did the first drill and the long yoga warm-up. It's good that you're familiar with yoga, because I think beginners might get some of the technique wrong because it seems to be geared towards people who already know yoga basics.

There are no shimmy drills on this dvd. There are two drills, one for arms/ribcage/ something that i forgot, and another drill for hipwork, but no shimmy drills. I recommend 'the heartbeat of bellydance' if you want those, that dvd contains two shimmydrills (3/4 shimmy and normal shimmy).

Ariella's dvd has good combinations and that you get a lot of stuff for your money (2 warming-ups, 2 drills, several combinations and 2 performances). If you want yoga and drills for basic moves, start with Rachel's dvd. I think both drills are between 10-15 minutes.

[resullivan]

I also have the DVD. I have yet to try absolutely everything, because there is so much there. There are 2 sets of drills, each around 1/2 hour, each divided into groups: hips and arms, chest, hips. Though I have yet to find any shimmies, in several of the hip drills, she mentions which moves build to shimmies.

Overall I like the DVD, a lot to work with for not too much $$.

[midnight_star56]

I love the dvd! Great drills (although no shimmy drills). The yoga is amazing and ari's teaching style is clear cut and innovative.
I found it pretty cheap from www.deepdiscountdvd.com...

[Lauren_]

Thanks for mentioning this, I wasn't familiar with the DVD. I just watched a clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_wjoli327w

Her yoga form looks excellent, and since I'm working on building some yoga/bellydance drills myself at the moment I might have to get this one & see what she's done!

[resullivan]

I'm not too familiar with yoga, but my teacher is. So I gave it to her to evaluate the yoga. Good review from her on the yoga.

Originally Posted by Lauren_

Her yoga form looks excellent, and since I'm working on building some yoga/bellydance drills myself at the moment I might have to get this one & see what she's done!

[HotDogYogini]

I watched some of that clip. She looks great! Worth buying for the performance.

[HotDogYogini]

Thanks guys.

For shimmies,
I'll get out my Heartbeat of BD & try it again! (Not to mention Aziza's ultimate bd companion - but that is hard!)

I have one or 2 others w/ shimmies. problem is, i don't use them!

may buy the Ariella DVD too!