Belly Dance

Last night was my first and ever belly dancing class. The class is hosted by one of the community district parks in the area and I was expecting a lot of people to take advantage of this course because it was very reasonably priced. The instructor, Adriane, looked very professional on her website, so I signed up for the class without hesitation.

The anticipation was fun. I was expecting about ten to fifteen ladies in their forty's and fifty's from our neighborhood and the course was going to be like a group yoga class... It turned out that the course was held at an old library room with three students and one instructor (I was the third one) One girl was in her 20s with a tan and one of those toned tummies that make all women envy, the other student was in her late 30s having done the belly dance before. Needless to say, Adriane was in shape with a flat, tight abs. And there was me...

The room was a little doggy but the music was fun and sexy. Adriane started with some stretches and showed us some simple moves. The entire evening, I catch myself asking "how did she move her muscle like that? how did she move her shoulder like that?". It was our turn to try out the moves. I was doing well until Adriane said "breathe". I realized then that I was holding my breath trying to get the moves down. All of us burst out laughing when she said that - "we have to rotate our shoulders, hold our bellies in, AND breathe too?". As I focused on my breathing and getting the poses right, Adriane goes, "tuck your tummy in!". There was more laughter. "I did tuck my tummy in!" I screamed inside. "This is the best that I can tuck it in after those chicken wings that I munched down before the class!" I thought to myself...

8:15pm came around, the fun had to end. I am already looking forward to my next belly dancing class. Belly dancing is not as easy as it looks but it is sexy, fun, and a lot of exercise. I highly encourage you to try it out!