Product Description

A powerful mix of Kundalini yoga practices with meditation & mantras that will help you to balance the upper and lower Chakras. In this 3 DVD boxset Maya takes you on a journey through the first 3 Chrakras, Courage, Creativity & Willpower, introducing a new practice for each Chakra. Based on the style of yoga called Kundalini, Maya's classes are fun, uplifting, and above all inspirational. An effective practice for all ages and levels of ability. Maya Fiennes draws on her talent as a musician and performer to offer a unique style of yoga and meditation for modern living. Maya runs regular yoga workshops and retreats at home and abroad. Her clients include, Elle McPherson, Goldie Hawn & many more Maya is currently living in LA but still has regular workshops in the UK which sell out due to her high demand. Maya has appeared recently in In Style, Yoga Magazine, BA High Life, Easy Living Feb 2009

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3981 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-05-11
• Rating: Exempt
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 164 minutes

Synopsis
Maya Fiennes takes you through a mix of meditation and mantras with this three-feature guide to Kundalini yoga. The collection includes programmes based around the first three Chakras; COURAGE, CREATIVITY and WILLPOWER.

Review
'Maya Fiennes is one of the true examples of a pioneer in the field of yoga'. 'To be in her presence and to feel her spirit, her energy, and her teaching is an extraordinary experience'. --Deepak Chopra

Review
'And these are no ordinary yoga classes. Guiding us through the positions and endurance/elation excercises each day is the bubbly London-based Macedonian-born Maya Fiennes. A concert pianist by training, she combines her musical talents with her full-of-beans style of teaching, using her own recordings - which blend modern beats, her own sultry vocals and spoken mantras - to uplifting effect'. --The Sunday Telegraph

Customer Reviews

AMAZING and Im not easily impressed!!!!!!
Well now, I took my time choosing a kundalini yoga DVD and did my research on Maya first...but once you DO the DVD with her - it's better than any review anyone could give you! I did the 2nd of the DVD's today and Im absolutely amazed by the feeling of 'release' in the chakra...PHYSICALLY, I mean, I really am! And I have been searching forever to try and address the issues held in the 2nd chakra...but Im sticking with this-I feel great today! Honestly try it! Maya is beautiful inside and out and an amazingly inspiring guide who is so easy to listen to and her music on the DVD which she composed herself is FAB! Honestly, I couldn't give this enough of a glowing report...and Ive just this minute purchased her new DVD the 'love and truth one! WELL DONE Maya and HUGE THANKS TO YOU!

Impressive results
Background

I have never really done much in the way of yoga before and just decided one day to give it ago. I was drawn to kundalini yoga for some reason and I'm about to explain why. I've been doing the first DVD of this 3 DVD set for just over a week now and I'm feeling great. Prior to starting this set I was doing Maya's detox and destress DVD every day for three weeks and decided to expand my collection as I was so impressed.

DVD 1 - Courage

Before I go any further I would like to issue a slight warning with this DVD, the second day I started the DVD which focuses on the base chakra, I experienced terrible abdoninal pains. This turned out to be trapped wind! I feel my body basically went into turbo elimination mode which I wasn't physically quite ready for. I had to take two days off after to recover but missed the yoga so much I got straight back in as soon as I could. If you are looking for a yoga DVD that will improve your digestive system and unblock you so to speak, then this is the DVD for you!

I will be starting the second DVD in the set on Saturday so will report back after a couple of weeks using that daily. So far, I feel great despite the initial hiccup on day two which I intuitively felt was just my body's reaction to releasing the old energy etc! Just to be fair Maya does talk about how the yoga will effect your system but somehow I didn't really believe it would have such an effect on me.

DVD 2 - Creativity

I have just finished doing this DVD after 2 weeks and personally I found it the toughest workout so far. I honestly felt like giving up after day one as I found it really challenging. Thankfully I didn't give in and now I have got to the point where I would almost go so far as to say I find it easy! How do I feel after two weeks? Well in a nutshell, pretty darn good. I can't say I've noticed any additional physical changes or particular benefits other than my notorious sweet tooth has miraculously disappeared! I just don't crave anything sweet anymore which is most strange but it can only be a good thing that I have no desire to eat naughty things anymore. Another thing I have noticed is I'm feeling more myself and more able to be myself around all sorts of people. I'm naturally quite a shy person but I am finding an inner confidence and energy coming out which is very reassuring and quite surprising. I am more able to express myself. I will be starting the last DVD in this set tomorrow morning which I've had a sneaky peek at. Its all about releasing inner anger so that should be interesting! I'll keep you posted...

DVD 3 - Willpower

Two weeks after starting this DVD my life has really changed. Funnily enough I was concerned it would be even harder than 'Creativity' because of its name. Ironically I would say it was the easiest so far! Physically its very good for toning up the abdoninals (I have noticed a nice change there as has my husband) but just as you start to feel the burn Maya says take a deep breath and relax now. I think this DVD could be more challenging but after a couple of days I decided to really focus on each movement and made it more precise and therefore got a better work out. So rather than rush through this which is easy to do I recommend working at each of the movements so you get maximum benefit. You don't have to do them for long so you may as well do them properly I say. As for life changes, I have noticed my creativity has really begun to flow - this could be a delayed reaction to the previous DVD admittedly but I only noticed it a week into Willpower. I have also become a little more decisive and after months of faffing around, this week I finally launched my mobile energy healing service. This was partly triggered by the increase in energy I can feel coming from my hands since starting all the yoga which has given me more confidence in my own ability and the positive feedback I have been getting from my current clients. I also find it much easier to stay in my heart space and not get so flustered when things don't go to plan. All in all fantastic results! I am currently waiting for the Love & Truth DVD to arrive as it was supposed to be released on 17th and I preordered it but so far nothing has arrived. I think in the meantime I will go back to Maya's detox & detress DVD which is where I began with all this so hopefully it will remind me of how far I have come on this exciting journey. Sat Nam...

Sat Nam
Three weeks and I'm still exploring the first DVD, but that's ok because I'm going gently. Still a long way from performing the exercises properly but I'm surprised at how flexible I'm becoming each day. Ms Fiennes shares the spirituality of this Yoga in a beautiful and inspiring way. This is not a 3 minute ab, core, burning, turbo weight loss program. This is the beginning of journey and I'm enjoying every minute.

Ok, so it's a few weeks after my review (above) of the first DVD and I've just started the second DVD/chakra. To my surprise it's a lot easier than the first one! Well, by easy, I mean that my physical flexibility is not tested as hard as the exercises in DVD 1. It's still challenging but I assumed that the exercises would increase in difficulty and become more impossible as I progressed from Chakra one to three. Flawed Western logic I guess. Have fun.