5/5 Great Workout
  by Diane Shumicky (Long Island NY)
I have a friend who Dances and she is amazing. I went to watch her perform and enjoyed the dancing very much. She told me about the Goddess Workout: Intro to Bellydance video's. I decided to purchase the beginner video and I am very pleased with it. It is fun and enjoyable. I feel great after doing the routine. It works every part of the body. I have back and hip pain and I feel that it has helped me in that area. I would definitely recommend this product.

5/5 Fun for beginners!
  by CorgiMomma (WA, USA)
I find Dolphina very pleasant. She is a good instructor and goes at a slower pace (as this video is intended for the beginners). Some of the exercises you have to practice at so they don't feel as awkward. If you stick with it, it's a nice way to use muscles you didn't realise you had!

3/5 Poor instruction; buy The Sacred Shapes instead
  by MYOB (Radford, VA United States)
I'm giving this one as many as three stars only because it was the first belly dance video I got as a beginner, and I enjoyed it then. Thank goodness I was also taking classes, though, because the quality of instruction on this video is pretty poor. There are times when what she says isn't what she's doing, times when what she says doesn't make sense, and times when what she says is just plain wrong. Probably the best things about this video are the warm up and cool down, which are fairly good.

If you want a belly dance video with a Goddess orientation, buy Belly Dancing The Sacred Shapes with The Goddess Dancing. The quality of instruction on that one is much better; you will learn to do the movements correctly and not hurt yourself.

P.S. Maybe this was just my own cluelessness, but as a beginner I never could figure out what made Dolphina's undulations look so different from the ones I was seeing in class. A couple of years later when I dusted this video off and watched it again, I burst out laughing because I realized that the answer is super simple: instead of the more commonly seen Arabic 1 (flat, ball), she's doing it with an Arabic 2 (Flat, ball, ball, ball), which gives a little bit of a level change, and makes it look a bit different. Of course, she doesn't bother to mention the footwork, so as a beginner, it drove me absolutely crazy trying to figure it out!

4/5 Good for beginners
  by Elisa Williams (florida)
People seem to love dissing poor Dolphina, but this really is a good intro to bellydance DVD. It says it's a workout-it's not (you'll never get your heartrate up high enough).However,if you are looking to learn the core foundations of bellydance, this is actually a great DVD. I agree with the people who said that the camera focuses on her face when it should be focusing on her body, and I found her explaination of undulations a bit confusing, but if you do this DVD enough, you will pick up the moves.

1/5 Not a workout!
  by C. Varano (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
I wouldn't waste your money on this workout. I am 150 lbs overweight and I barely broke a sweat doing this workout. Waving your arms is not a cardio workout. Plus you spend more time looking at her face then her fit. I know how to smile!