Video: Hip Bump in Belly Dancing

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Lift hip as switch weight to other side when belly dancing. Learn drills to improve your belly dancing moves in this free belly dance lesson from a professional belly dancing performer and instructor.

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In the weighted hip bump, our hip is going to lift as we switch our weight over to one side. And it's going to lift as we switch over to the other. So let’s start with our feet facing straight ahead, our knees slightly bent, our bellybutton pulled in, the abs are always engaged, our chest is lifted and shoulders are back and down. Our arms, we want away from our bodies, so that we don't have to think about them, but don't let your shoulders come up. Pull them down and keep the elbows away from your body and your hands pretty. It's easy to forget about your hands while you're working on your hips, so don't let them drop. Keep them engaged. Keep the energy out the fingertips. Good. So let’s shift our weight to our left side and lift our left hip up into our ribcage. You want to make sure that you don't think of this as an out because if you put more pressure on the joint here, you're going to wear down your joint. So think of it as an up. And then we're going to shift over to the right and lift the hip. And left, lift the hip. And right. Sometimes you can think of this as if you're carrying a bag of groceries and you've got to shut the car door and you're getting your hip out there to do it. Alright? So think about that. You're shifting your weight and lifting the hip, at the same time. Good.

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Hip Bump in Belly Dancing

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