Practice

12/16/2013
Two hour long classes with Sarah Jezebel Wood
30hr of warm up
Focus on layering 20min
armwork15 min
travelling hip circles, mayas. taxsims side to side with a maya or taqsim. undulations down to up. up to down--30min
25min of cooldown

12/17
10 min warm up
hip squares reps 15 min
umi reps 15 min
hip square travelling 10 min
umis traveling 10 min
one legged hip square (alternating) 10 min
one legged umis (alternating) 10 min
undulations up to down, down to up while walking
5min 4/4 hip practice. so hard to waggle relaxedly!
40 min cooldown--Extension practice from YFW

Notes: Umis are hard for me, umis while walking even harder. Today I figured out that when I squeeze a glute, the *opposite* glute instinctively wants to fire as well, thanks to three years of continuous up hip practice. This is what's causing my traveling squares to sputter out. So, I did a few reps of walking while squeezing only one glute and then alternated. It helped a bit. Bellydancing:  serious butt control business.

To doooo:
Practice hips on the down next, alternate with umis/square practice. 4/4 shimmy practice. Waggle waggle waggle.