Warm Up Stretches for Belly Dancing

Video Transcript

"Hi! This is Portia at bellymotions.com. Let’s begin with our beginner belly dance warmup. As you recall correct posture, feet below the hips, knees are soft, tuck your pelvis inward, slightly lift up your chest, roll your shoulders back, apple under your chin and hand in neutral alignment. Let us start with the head, we are going to roll our head to the side to the center and to the side, now again rolling side, center, side, one more time, rolling side, center, side and release. Good, bring your hand center, I want you to bring your arms up, and I want you to reach up to the ceiling, stretching your torso, try with the reaching up, elongating the side of the body and reach, one more time, let’s try it a little faster and reach and reach, good. Stretch and stretch it is five, six, seven and eight. Bring your arms back down and release. "