Belly Dancing Choo Choo Shimmy: Chest Lifts

Video Transcript

"Let's add a chest lift to our choo choo shimmy. Let's review that for a moment first. Make sure your feet are evenly spaced and your body is centered right over your feet. Everything is pulled in and lifted. So our chest is going to be in our neutral position. Pretend there's a string on it and we're going to lift it straight up and then release it back to neutral position. Up and release, up and release. Review this in one of our other clips to get more details on it. So you want to make sure that you're not pressing forward with the arch of your back. But that you are lifting here using your diaphragm and your shoulder muscles way up here. Ok let's get our choo choo shimmy going. Shifting weight side to side, right left, right left. Pull those hips up into your rib cage. Make sure everything is pulled in and lifted. Make sure to breathe. Now we're going to go lift, release. Lift, release. Lift, release. Lift, release. Lift, release. A little faster, lift, release. Lift, release, lift release, lift release, lift release. Speed up your choo choo. Lift release, lift release. Practice this in the mirror, make sure everything is lifting properly and that you are all centered."