How to Do Hip Lifts & Basic Shimmy | Belly Dancing

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Belly dancing is sexy, fun, and burns up a lot of calories to boot! In this video, belly dancer Irina Akulenko teaches you how to do hip lifts and a basic shimmy. You'll be shaking it like Shakira in no time.

So, now, we are going to go over the basic hip lift. Let's assume our basic belly dance posture position. So, the legs are right under the hip bones. Knees are bent. Lower abs are tucked, chest lifted, arms out. And now you are going to bend the knees even more than before and focus on lifting one hip at a time by straightening one knee at a time. So, as you straighten the right knee, the right hip will come up and it is going to shoot straight up into your body. So you want to think about meeting your hip bone up to the ribcage coming back down to center. Switching over to the other side, straightening that knee, coming back down. Make sure you're keeping your heels on the floor and you are not lifting up with any point. And again, lifting the hip up and back down to neutral position, the other side back down to position. Now, skip that hold in the middle and you're going to go up, and up and up, and up. And, the closer your are to the ground, the easier it will be to find that isolation. Let's try that with music. And a little bit faster, keeping your heels on the floor, chest floating out, arms relaxed. Make sure you are not moving in space and your head is not bopping up and down. And faster. And full speed. And that is the basic hip isolation.

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[MsTania]

Learning how to belly dance:
Step One:
Make sure the door is locked

[luvwooya]

i’m stuck in quarantine with nothing else better to do so

[TheAlmondAesthetic]

Lmao I was confident as hell practicing until I looked up in the mirror to see myself do it. Help

[RobrinLayona]

Belly dancing is for all body types! No matter your natural shape you can still do it. Most people you see that dance are thinner because they practice often, not because they're "lucky". Dancing is exercise.

[risukuroshima]

My mind is blown! I always thought those movements were from controlling the hip movement. I had no idea it had anything to do with the knees! Thank you!

[nicolaspinchinat]

Literally the only thing l’m doing is shaking my belly fat 😂😂

[aylaaboo]

I look like a damn fool doing this alone in my room at 3am. smh.

[amandabee]

Girllll, my thick thighs were slapping when I went full speed 🙉

[summysum]

I really wanna do this but I don't wanna get up and try :/

[beautyfein]

These comments got me dying laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭

[mahiramuntaha.]

After doing this for 7+ months, trust me guys, , , , I'm now pretty intermediate at belly dancing at the age of 12..it was quite depressing at first when you don't have flexibility but if you just don't give up and do it everyday for 20 mins, trust You Gon get
Edit: It's been more than a year.... I'm now s self taught belly dancer and I'm 13...yes, it did work guys! All you need is a bit of willpower and a bit of practice..just do it every day..i promise you'll be a belly dancer!!!!♥️best wishes

[vedika]

*I looked like a bird with broken wings who's trynna walk*

[alaskajade]

just tried to do this. let’s never speak of it again

[nerd]

Quarantine rlly made me search "how to belly dance"

[dthhmil]

POV:your here because you can’t do the “don’t be shy girl go bananza shake your body like a belly dancer” trend

[hotpink]

It worked fine for me until the full speed I looked like a worm drenched in salt

[galaxysound]

WE CAN ALL SHAKE OUR BELLY FAT TOGETHER!😊😊😊😊😂

[mangojyo]

I tried doing this and my mom walked in and asked me if I was okay 😂

[ihihihiii]

It's actually really easy if you practice more often, dont think about it as a difficult dance moves or impossible to do, keep practicing and you'll hopefully get there!