Feb. 28
zill practice
10min 3
10 min 3-3-7
10min 3-5-5
10 min 3-1-3-1-3
5 min drilling them in sequence

Daily Dose
1 min each of:
down hip
double down
up hip
3/4 on up
chest lifts + drops
chest circles

Feb 23rd,24th, and 26th

Feb. 23
Zoe Jakes Flow Drills


Feb. 24
10 min warm up
up hip
down hip
coil
snake arms
hip slides
3/4 shimmy
body wave
cool down

10 min warm up
3/4 shimmy
--donwn
--up
--both travelling
snake arms
mayas
body wave
cool down

yoga
warrior
tree
traingle
chair
twisting in chair
sun salutation

notes:
hip expander
twists
glutes drills on floor, leaning back on arms or lying down


Feb. 26th
6 min warm-up, forward folds, down dog
5 min shimmy drill
3 min each of
3/4 down
3/4 up

2 min
spins (2, 4, 8st increaming and decreasing)

drill 2 min
undulate d-2-u over 3/4 shimmy on u
double downs to r (4 steps)
undulate d-2-u 3/4 shimmy on u
double down to l (4 steps)
10 min cool down
cat cow
forward fold
down down

Notes:
Made my own drill with moves that I really want to improve. Makes a little box so I'm travelling around my practice space a bit.

Feb 19th, 21st, and 23rd

Feb 19th
Raq Routine #2 with Ashley Lopez
10 min warm-up--squats & releve
drills, 5 min
3 pt turn and paddle
ronde-dejambe bacl then arabic forward

2nd combo: 10 min drill at increasing speed
up hip
circle
drop kick roll-up
roll down
drop-drop-up
1/2 turn with chest lift (hip r-l)
1/2 turn forward
sjoulder shimmy
pelvic pop
maya x2

cool down (3 min)
lunges and figure 4

Notes: LOVE this combo. Ashley is great at creating innovative, engaging combos that are challenging, yet fun.

Feb 21
warm-up5 min
forward bends
toe/heel touches
shimmy

Practice Ismaouni choreo with Leilah
drill 3min each:
down hip
mayas
grapevine
arabic
choo-choo shimmy
improv to sections

cool-down 5 min
sun salutation
runners lunge
bridge

Feb 22rd
Lower Body Conditioning with Ashley
warm-up
on the up 10 min
3/4 shimmy on the up 3 min
levels 2 min
combo with level change: 5 min
cool down

Feb.15th and 16th

Feb 15th
Yoga-hour and a half
sun salutations
leg stretches
bridge

Hip practice with RB again!

(Getting easier, yay!)

Feb 16th
1/2 of Zoe Jakes Flow Drills
4/4 hips with arms
umis layers with arms
3/4 shimmy practice
balance practice
crunches
hip circles
chest circles over 4/4 hips
mayas
taqseems

Feb 10., Feb 12, Feb 14th

Mon, Feb 10.
Class with Bevin
15 min warm up
5min ea of
down hip
up hip
hip squares
chest squares 
4/4 shimmy
releve
15 min cool down

20 min stretching
10 min down hip
5 min cool down

Wednesday Feb. 12
Hip practice with RB
15 min warm up
down ip review
up hip review
comboheel-toe-toe with arms raising x4
hips up x4
double hips x8
down hip forwardx2
down hip backx2
cross open hit to left
cross open hitto right
repeat!many times!
did the fast one a few times with a smaller level change

Friday Feb 14
30min
10 min shimmy drill
2min arm stretches
3 min balance practice
10 min
combo drill from Hip practice
3 min
maya
maya layered over grapevine
2 min cool down stretches

Notes:
giving the same amount of energetic omph to hip movement makes for bigger and juicier movements. i've been favoring my right hip for too long..

Feb 7th and 8th

2.7.13
ATS practice
1st class with Colette on DO
warm-up:8 min

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

 taxeem:3 mion
hand floreo:3 min
Arabic:3 min
Egyptian
SHimmy Step: 3 min
CHoochoo: 3 min
3 zills practice: 5 min
5 min cooldown

Daily Doses
2min ea:
up hip
down hip
3/4 on up
3/4 on down
 hip squares
alternating omis
chest circles


2.8.14
Yoga practice hour and a half
sun salutation
triangle
eagle pose
balance practice

Notes:
Had some folks over for ATS review. ATS is way more fun with a group.

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuftaxee

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

taxeem, hand floreo and reverse turn, and presents four fast moves: Arabic, Shimmy Step, Egyptian and Choo-choo - See more at: http://daturaonline.com/beginning-ats-class-1#sthash.F1sxPGL4.dpuf

Feb. 5th

2/5/14
Hip Work and Level Changes w/ RB from DO
15 min warm up
down ip review
up hip review
combo
heel-toe-toe with arms raising x4
hips up x4
double hips x8
down hip forwardx2
down hip backx2
cross open hit to left
cross open hit
to right
repeat!
many times!
did the fast one a few times with a smaller level change

6 min zil review--2 min ea.
3
3.3.7
3.5.5
3.1.3.1.3

Notes:
The combo was easier to do this time around; I'm planning on doing this one regularly in preparation for Cultivation. Tring to get the oney-and-a-twoey hip bumps is difficult, but I will keep at it! *determined*

Feb 3rd. Practice-Class with Bevin

Class with Bevin
hr 1
10 min warm up
3 min each:
arm undulations
chest squares
chest circles
hip locks
mayas
taqsims
umis
hip drops right
hip drops left
layer chest square over maya
jamila drill- r hip up chest up left hip up chest down
5 min each:
review of Egyptian (ATS)
Hips bumps
5 min cool down

hr 2
straight to dance--no warm up
3 min each of:
hip locks
chest circles
mayas
taqsims
up hip
down hip
double downs
waggle shimmy
corkscrew (coil)
jamila drill- r hip up chest up left hip up chest down
combo: 3 chest circles with an chest rotation
5 min each:
review of Egyptian (ATS)
Hip bumps
ghawazee step
double bump
10 min cool down, hip opener streaches, folding over

Notes:
Happy to drill! Saturdays show went really well and I am looking forward to a solo performance coming up soon.