BELLY DANCE TIPS FOR BEGINNERS!!!!:12/5/08
1. Really spend some quality time streaching and warming up!
Feeling loose and warmed up makes it alot easier to do your isolation. I learned the hard way when I did a figure 8 and felt stiffness in my back
. My fav forms of warming up, free dancing (put on my fav songs and just cut loose 
)and crunches (u use alot of abs in belly dance). 2. Learning from a dvd can be a lil overwelming because it can seem like the video is moving faster than you can keep up. But thats why we have a pause button and rewind
. At one point last nite i felt like i was tripping over my own feet trying to do the moves as fast as she did. 
So, I stopped, broke down the moves for one combination, and just practiced that over and over, slowly and at my own speed until I knew I could do it accurately and gracefully. At the end of an hour long practice I may have only learned one new combo, but at least I got it down right 
3. Final tip of the day, finish up by free dancing and adding in the new belly dance moves u just picked up
. It helps to make them feel natural to you and they will become second nature. Hope these tips are informational and help u in your journey of belly dance and weight loss
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