This week, I've been finding out more about the history and benefits of belly dance. It turns out, it's far more than just good fun!
Belly dance has been proven to relieve back and joint pain, aid weight loss, reduce stress, boost self-esteem and is useful pre and post child birth! Well... you can't say fairer than that!
People all over the world are waking up to this great form of exercise, but it hasn't always been appreciated... The Victorians were shocked by these uncorseted women gyrating their hips and dancers were sometimes arrested and fined!
If you want to find out more about how belly dance has evolved, have a look at this:
… and here's the most popular belly dance video on YouTube – this lady can seriously isolate those hips! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YamDoDK71Ds
I can't wait to get back into class – I've got myself a coin hip scarf now, so I'm gonna make some noise! See you there!
The London Girl x
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