Taught basic belly dancing at fitness center today
I am a substitute fitness instructor at our community center. Since Halloween is tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to do something different than just lifting weights and cardio. I mess around with belly dancing at home and know how much of a workout it can be with no impact on the knees.
My class is mostly ladies who are over 60 so their eyes got big when I put on the music and got my hip scarf on. We did simple moves without worrying about dancing per se. I got them to do hip drops, hip circles, shimmy, some different arm movements, etc. I just wanted to give them an overview of how to do the basic moves. I tried to encourage them to combine what we learned and dance to the music I had brought but that was too much for them. They were good sports to try!
One of the staff of the fitness center said that maybe we should start a new class featuring belly dancing! 
October 30, 2008 at 11:02 am
Bet there were a bunch of happy 60 year old husbands later that evening
October 30, 2008 at 11:06 am
There’s a show called Shimmy on FitTV and I watched it and did the moves. WOW is it a hip and belly burner. I liked it a lot. I would definitely make a point to get a class started.
October 30, 2008 at 11:17 am
how cute is that…i can just picture those adorable little ladies shaking their groove thing:)
November 2, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I love belly dancing and I think it is a very empowering thing for women. A nice crosstraining hobby, don’t you think?
*snake arms*
xx
-K
November 3, 2008 at 7:32 am
Belly dancing can be very demanding exercise while at the same time all age groups can have fun doing the dancing movements! I really enjoy doing it as a way to cross train instead of just doing boring cardio exercises. Try it… you’ll like it!
November 6, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I do like it. I just wish I had more room to do it in my bedroom! I have a few DVDs for it. I guess I could do it real late at night or really early in the morning, when others are sleeping. LOL Otherwise, it’s difficult to have access to the livingroom floor and tv!
Bellydancing is wonderful~!