Belly Dancing Choo Choo Shimmy: Backward Figure 8

Video Transcript

"Let's practice our Choo Choo Shimmy going back, doing a backward Figure 8. So first, let's get our little shimmy going, okay. And if you're, you want to start flat footed first, that's a good idea. Make sure that you are lifting the hip bones into the rib cage, they're not pushing out to the side, but they're lifting up and down. When you feel that you got that going nice and easy and smooth, then you go up on relevee, if not, real comfortable doing it all the way up, you can go part way. Put one foot slightly in front of the other for some balance. And then get your choo choo shimmy going. Now we're going to bring one hip forward and keep it horizontal and bring it back. Slide the other one forward and bring it back and back. Slide it through and back to the other side. And then let it go, do it nice and slow, keeping it under control, keeping your choo choo shimmy going nice and even. When you shimmy, you want to keep your movement nice and even. Make sure that your chest is lifted and your belly button's pulled in toward your spine. And you can speed it up a little bit. And then you can slow it back down. Be sure you practice this in the mirror to make sure your posture stays nice and straight."