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The shimmy doesn't stop when I do
Feb. 20th, 2009 11:10 pmI have discovered an interesting complication in being a fat girl belly dancing.
I have improved dramatically in the last year of my part time belly dancing for fitness routine. Believe me. And I can feel that my body is improving as well. I have more strength to be graceful and I can smile through a whole routine without obviously panting.
But I weigh 210 pounds. I got me some rolls here, kids. Which means that while I can do certain isolations (undulations, belly rolls, pelvic ripples, Maya hips, Egyptian figure eights), I can't SEE them. I can FEEL them, but the rolls obscure most of the movement and they end up looking...not impressive. It irks me just a tad.
On the other hand, I was built to shimmy. I shimmy and everything from the neck down ripples. It's awesome.
I put the "belly" in "belly dance".
I put the ass, boobs, thighs, and arms in it, too. Heh.
I have improved dramatically in the last year of my part time belly dancing for fitness routine. Believe me. And I can feel that my body is improving as well. I have more strength to be graceful and I can smile through a whole routine without obviously panting.
But I weigh 210 pounds. I got me some rolls here, kids. Which means that while I can do certain isolations (undulations, belly rolls, pelvic ripples, Maya hips, Egyptian figure eights), I can't SEE them. I can FEEL them, but the rolls obscure most of the movement and they end up looking...not impressive. It irks me just a tad.
On the other hand, I was built to shimmy. I shimmy and everything from the neck down ripples. It's awesome.
I put the "belly" in "belly dance".
I put the ass, boobs, thighs, and arms in it, too. Heh.
