I love this set of arm exercises for Belly Dancing - it is also very good for flexibility and strength of the hands for crocheting and other manual tasks.

Belly Dancing for Physical Fitness

I've just started over again doing the belly dancing exercises. It isn't easy after having slacked for sometime. But I am more convinced now that this is the best fitness exercise for me. With my work at home, I'm not able to walk enough to stay fit. I am convinced that belly dancing exercises can substitute for all the physical activities that the body needs to maintain flexibility and strength.
Most people exercise to lose weight but for me its the opposite. I need to gain weight and be more healthy. I couldn't stay on a strict regimen for anything. I bet this belly dancing will work for me, since its not boring. I love dancing and music!

Why not try it too??

Can't dance

Can't Dance
by Brandi Young

I can sway
But I can't dance

I can jump up and down
But I can't dance

I can do the congo line
But I can't dance

I can twirl like a fairy
But I can't dance

I can put a bucket on my head and spin a round
But I can't dance

I can skip like Dorothy
But I can't dance

I can bob my head
But I can't dance

I can wave my hands in the air
But I can't dance

I can do the worm
But I can't dance

I can skake my booty
But I can't dance

7-1-06

Brandi Young

Let's begin again with warm-ups

Another set of warm-ups. I don't like the background music though...





I like this one better...(click on the links below)


Warm-up part 1
Warm-up part 2

Keep on belly dancing...

Here's me and my sis, taken before she flew back to the U.K., first week of May.
We have a 17 year gap, but get along quite well. I used to take care of her even when she was a baby (I baby sat for my mother a lot for my younger siblings)...Later, my sis and my other brothers baby sat for me when I had kids ;)
Because of the age gap, its only later in life did we fully enjoy keeping each other's company as sisters.
Lately, she introduced me to belly dancing. So I try to keep her in mind for inspiration whenever I've forgotten to do my exercises ;)

More dance classes

Belly Dance class

Dance lesson 1
Dance lesson 2

More videos for beginners

Let's begin again with warm-ups:



More warm-up:



Hip Circles:



Internal Circles (Umi umis)


Chest circles, lifts, drops:



Hip Drops with kicks:



Down Eights



Undulations:



Travelling Moves:



Breakdown of Eights/Shimmies


Hip lifts/drops


Hip Bump/Shimmy



Eights/Mayas

Isolating the rib cage

More Snake Arms