Guest guest Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 I love doing my tai Chi and Qigong. Now I've decided that I really want to take up belly dancing as well. I'm thinking for that I can start with a video and then take up a class eventually to improve the moves I already know. It seems like a great full body workout, especially for those harder to isolate middle of the body areas! Does or has anyone here done belly dancing? Did you use a video (and have a particular one you prefer), take a class, both ... ? I know that Butch watched lots of belly dancing in Turkey! LOL *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com " It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. " - Joseph Campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Chris, I took belly dancing class a year ago. I really liked it and should probably sign up for another. It just feels good to do it. I have a couple tapes - it is always hard finding exercise videos because they are never quite at my level, either too high or too low, the same goes with belly dance videos. Here is what I have though: Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss, featuring Rania. I have another I can't find right now, but it is by the 'twins'. If you are looking at videos you will find several by this set of twins and I can't think of their names, but they are ok videos. Neither of my tapes I would say were fantastic, but both are ok! Check your library too as I checked out a few. Cindy http://www.sagescript.com http://sagescript.blogspot.com > > I love doing my tai Chi and Qigong. Now I've decided that I really want to > take up belly dancing as well. I'm thinking for that I can start with a > video and then take up a class eventually to improve the moves I already > know. It seems like a great full body workout, especially for those harder > to isolate middle of the body areas! > > > > Does or has anyone here done belly dancing? Did you use a video (and have a > particular one you prefer), take a class, both ... ? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 I want to learn belly dancing, too! I keep looking at the schedules at my local community center, but I'm never free all the nights they need for the term. Karen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karen M. Chan | kmchan | Whatever Happens... Smile! http://www.linkline.com/personal/kmchan/index.html P.O. Box 1390 / La Canada, CA 91012-5390 <> <> <> <> <> * Beautiful skin is just a click away! * * Visit me, your Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant! * * http://www.marykay.com/karenchan * * Contact me for your FREE facial at karenchan * On Wed, November 26, 2008 6:32 am, chrisziggy wrote: > I love doing my tai Chi and Qigong. Now I've decided that I really want to > take up belly dancing as well. I'm thinking for that I can start with a > video and then take up a class eventually to improve the moves I already > know. It seems like a great full body workout, especially for those harder > to isolate middle of the body areas! > > > > Does or has anyone here done belly dancing? Did you use a video (and have > a > particular one you prefer), take a class, both ... ? > > > > I know that Butch watched lots of belly dancing in Turkey! LOL > > > > *Smile* > Chris (list mom) > > http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com > > > > " It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. > Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. " - Joseph Campbell > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi Chris, Our local cable compay (Comcast) has a channel called " Fit TV " and there's belly dancing on it like 2-4 times a day. The show is called " Shimmy. " I've DVRed several of the shows and excersied to them later when I had time. I really like it. They start very slow and break down all the steps, then combine every thing at a faster pase to actually do a full dance routine. The total workout is about 20 minutes and I have to fast forward through commercials, which was great for me being a beginner at it. Good Luck! Becky On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:32 AM, chrisziggy <chrisziggy wrote: > I love doing my tai Chi and Qigong. Now I've decided that I really want to > take up belly dancing as well. I'm thinking for that I can start with a > video and then take up a class eventually to improve the moves I already > know. It seems like a great full body workout, especially for those harder > to isolate middle of the body areas! > > Does or has anyone here done belly dancing? Did you use a video (and have a > particular one you prefer), take a class, both ... ? > > I know that Butch watched lots of belly dancing in Turkey! LOL > > *Smile* > Chris (list mom) > > http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com > > " It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. > Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. " - Joseph Campbell > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Hi Chris, I've been belly dancing for over 17 years, have been a member of 2 professional troupes and am now teaching belly dance classes of my own. My recommendation would be to take a class, if there is a good teacher in your area. There really is no substitute to being there in person, being able to ask questions, etc. Having said that, I think belly dance videos are great as a complement, or if classes are not available in your area. I have a couple of Veena and Neena - they are ok, but my favorite is Delilah: http://www.visionarydance.com/ ~~~~~~Vanessa~~~~~~ www.herbsofgrace.com Natural Look Mineral Makeup On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:32 AM, chrisziggy wrote: > > > Does or has anyone here done belly dancing? Did you use a video (and > have a > particular one you prefer), take a class, both ... ? > > *Smile* > Chris (list mom) > > http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com > > > . > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Thanks for the input Cindy, LOL, I guess belly dancing twins on videos is a big selling point ... And yes, if you liked it, you deserve to treat yourself (and body) to good things and get back to that belly dancing! *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://www.alittleolfactory.com , " Cindy Jones " <cindyjones1 wrote: > > Chris, I took belly dancing class a year ago. I really liked it and > should probably sign up for another. It just feels good to do it. I > have a couple tapes - it is always hard finding exercise videos > because they are never quite at my level, either too high or too > low, the same goes with belly dance videos. Here is what I have > though: Bellydance Fitness for Weight Loss, featuring Rania. I have > another I can't find right now, but it is by the 'twins'. If you are > looking at videos you will find several by this set of twins and I > can't think of their names, but they are ok videos. Neither of my > tapes I would say were fantastic, but both are ok! Check your > library too as I checked out a few. > > Cindy > http://www.sagescript.com > http://sagescript.blogspot.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Hey Karen, I hear ya about that " never free all the nights they need for the term " issue. That's why my Tai Chi Chuan schedule works well for me. One class per week with my Master. All the rest of the week is independent practice and I have his DVD to fall back on if necessary (speaking of which, I have to get moving doing my Qigong and TaiChi for the morning! It is cool and cloudy outside .. yay!) Ya know I hadn't thought to look into whether the local community center has classes, thanks for the idea! *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com , " Karen M Chan " <kmchan wrote: > > I want to learn belly dancing, too! I keep looking at the schedules at my > local community center, but I'm never free all the nights they need for > the term. > > Karen > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.linkline.com/personal/kmchan/index.html > * http://www.marykay.com/karenchan * > Contact me for your FREE facial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Hi Becky, I have the Fit TV channel (I'm pretty sure) .. I'll keep an eye out for Shimmy! Thanks! *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com , " Rebecca Carlisle " <ledestiny wrote: > > Hi Chris, > Our local cable compay (Comcast) has a channel called " Fit TV " and > there's belly dancing on it like 2-4 times a day. The show is called > " Shimmy. " I've DVRed several of the shows and excersied to them later > when I had time. I really like it. They start very slow and break down > all the steps, then combine every thing at a faster pase to actually > do a full dance routine. The total workout is about 20 minutes and I > have to fast forward through commercials, which was great for me being > a beginner at it. > > Good Luck! > > Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Oooh, Vanessa, too bad you didn't live near me! Your recommendation about a class seems similar to my Tai Chi experience. There is no substitute to having an expert teacher laying the foundation and then adjusting your form as necessary, but videos are good to use in between classes as a refresher on particulars of the movements/forms. So Veena and Neena are one of the famous twin sets, eh? LOL (for some reason that makes me laugh .. the belly dancing twins and then legions of knock of belly dancing twins LOL). I will check out Delilah's videos as well as look into local classes! Thanks! And post some pics/videos, you professional shimmying troupe dancer, you!!!!! *Smile* Chris (list mom) http://alittleolfactory.blogspot.com , Vanessa Nixon Klein <vanessa wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > I've been belly dancing for over 17 years, have been a member of 2 > professional troupes and am now teaching belly dance classes of my > own. My recommendation would be to take a class, if there is a good > teacher in your area. There really is no substitute to being there in > person, being able to ask questions, etc. > > Having said that, I think belly dance videos are great as a > complement, or if classes are not available in your area. I have a > couple of Veena and Neena - they are ok, but my favorite is Delilah: > http://www.visionarydance.com/ > > ~~~~~~Vanessa~~~~~~ > www.herbsofgrace.com > Natural Look Mineral Makeup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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