SILVER SPRING, MD – The Exhale: Core Fusion Collection, the first value-priced collection of the award-winning and best-selling workout series, will be released on January 5, 2010 ($34.99; Approx. 150 min.; www.AcaciaLifestyle.com). Featuring fifteen 10-minute results-driven workouts, the collection includes the first three DVDs of the highly sought-after exhale Core Fusion® classes - a transformational fitness experience allowing you to work from the inside out as it consistently delivers results. The critically-acclaimed DVDs include Body Sculpt, Pilates Plus, and Thighs & Glutes. Husband and wife team and Core Fusion creators Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp created the programs to provide fast results and maximum flexibility.

Exhale is a fresh, upscale mind body spa brand unlike anything else on the market. The exercises in this program are from their popular Core Fusion and Core Fusion Sport classes, which have a large celebrity clientele including Heidi Klum, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Mariska Hargitay, Mario Lopez, and Samantha Harris. A quarter of a million people have transformed their bodies at exhale and now exercisers can get these same results at home.

Body Sculpt - A twist on traditional strength training, this total-body workout targets everything from the arms and shoulders to glutes, hips, thighs, and abs. (Acacia’s #1 bestselling title 2008-09; Los Angeles Times pick)

Pilates Plus - Integrating your core with every move, this Pilates-based program is a quick and effective way to get a thin, sleek physique. (Prevention “DVDs We Love” pick; Health “Best Pilates” DVD 2009; USA Today pick)

Thighs & Glutes - Lift your buns, tone your legs, and trim your waist—these exercises firm and tighten in all the right spots. (Shape magazine DVD of the month)

Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp have over 50 years of combined experience teaching Pilates, Lotte Berk Method, yoga, and dance—disciplines that comprise the Core Fusion workouts. They are founding team members of exhale, a leading mind/body spa with locations around the United States. www.exhalespa.com.

Acacia, a product line of Acorn Media headquartered in suburban Washington, D.C., is one of North America’s leading providers of mind, body, spirit programming on DVD. Acacia DVDs are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acacia at (800) 944-0474 or www.AcaciaCatalog.com. Trailers and clips at www.AcaciaLifestyle.com