After years and years of Kari Anderson and then Cathe Freidrich step tapes, I found myself getting so bored that my mind would drift as I was exercising and it was no longer becoming the stress release that it once was. I had done allot of dance in my younger years (I'm now thirty-seven) and I was looking for a dancey kind of exercise routine(still love Kari, except for her music). I have finally found what I was searching for with Donna Richardson's dance series. I have the three (Brazillian, Old School, Sweating in the Spirit) and I have to say I just adore all of them. This is not about reps, abs, heart rates and the like. This is about the enjoyment of movement and the beauty of dance. ANYONE can do these and these are truly indicative of the saying "What you put into it is what you get out of it". I close my eyes in the Brazillian work-out and just go with the rythmical flavour and beat of the drummers. The music in all of them is live and wonderful and the moves and funky and flowing. Take off your heart-monitor, forget about how HARD you are working....with Donna, that is not the point. The point is to enjoy and feel your body, mind and spirit being set free.
Love and Peace,
V.
P.S What is it about Cathe that everyone loves? I think she's got an exercise problem rather than a love of it and her workouts always left me feeling like I had just been punished by a woman with a body image complex and compulsion rather than a love of movement.

Instructor Comments:
Bright, bubbly, super enthusiastic.Cues beautifully and makes you feel like enjoying yourself.

Vanessa