Introductory Tutorial 1 practice

Oh Goddess, I finally had the courage to do the dance after 2 practice sessions and it felt amazing! I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia so finding the right kind of exercise that combines dancing ( which I absolutely love) has been a challenge. Due to joint stress, I can't do the dance immediately after the tutorial so I decided to do it after my morning stretch sessions. It was perfect! I also found that tying something thick or a little weighty around my hips made it easier for me to stay in neutral and keep my pelvis weighted. Just one question: How do you stop yourself from breathing in and out with the belly pulls? I can breathe fine holding my abdominal wall in, but I always breathe in when I'm pushing it out. Any tips? Thank you so much!

Yah! Glad you are having fun ! You should feel your back engage a bit from the work, especially in the lower back, and it might feel stiff if you are not used to moving this way. Really try to stay aware of your posture so you can negate the chance of hollowing your back and putting more pressure on it. If you are feeling it mostly in your lower back then I do recommened stretching and cooling down thoroughly to help reduce the chance of it being stiffer the next day :)

This is so fun! Will you feel it in your back as you are learning these moves or should I relax them as much as I relax my glutes?

So fun!

So happy you are enjoying yourself so far Dana. 💜💜

I love this! I waited to long too start but here I go. You are AMAZING!

This is so fun!

oh my gosh i don't know why but the chest shimmy is my nemesis, lol. I've been doing day one over and over to help build up muscle and memory and i keep over complicating the chest shimmy and look like a confused floppy fish, I know I'll get better tho, its just comical! Thank you for your wonderful lessons!

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So sorry that you are having difficulty Peggy. I have reached out to Patreon about this issue and have messaged you as well. I will hopefully have some answers soon for you and get you dancing:)

You are so welcome Alejandra:) very glad to know you are enjoying it so far:)

Hi. I just join but I can't seem to play all the video and I can't find out why.

That was soooooo fun!! I have ALWAYS wanted to learn how to belly dance and now I’m learning. Thank you! 🤗🤗🤗

hi, i have been dancing egyptian belly dance in sweden for a few years but think it is really fun to start from scratch again. you always learn new things when you have a new teacher. thanks 😊

I am so happy that you are having fun so far and you are finding it helpful :) Thank you for the comment.

Omgosh so much fun!!! Coming from Turkish Cypriot background you’d think this would be easy for me, but really this is a new learning strategy!! Binning everything I thought I hew about belly dancing!!!!

Hello Rebecca! So happy you are feeling the results of the movements in your body:) Practice will help it to get better. I will be posting one more practice video for this month's tutorial material that was covered. At the $10 tier it will be 2 tutorial videos each month and 3 corresponding practice videos I will also be adding another tier for $20 a Month that gives you 4 tutorials and 5 practice videos each month :)