| Bellydance
is an amazing art and one of the world's oldest fitness disciplines.
Bellydance emphasizes movements of the abdomen and pelvis, and
is an ideal way to develop deep abdominal core strength.
Passed down from mother to daughter, this ancient celebratory
dance became the traditional method for imparting body awareness,
techniques of posture and movement, both natural and beneficial
to the female body, as well as preparation for and recovery from
childbirth.
In our age of sedentary lifestyles and stress-induced back pain,
the bellydance fitness program developed by New York dancer and
dance movement researcher, Ayshe, will help you regain and maintain
abdominal core awareness and strength: An important step toward
healthy and graceful posture, back pain relief, and safer ways
to move your body.
Bellydance Core Fitness Workout flows from a warmup and isolations
that engage your core muscles, to dance combinations and a beautiful
dance routine.
Every movement in the workout has a name that can be referenced
in the tutorial section, where each is carefully explained.
The tutorial section contains a 1 hour 40 min. in-depth presentation
by Ayshe, explaining the roles of the core muscles in the anatomy
of dance movement, and their impact on our health and postural
habits.
Core muscles are our deepest muscles, that provide the"cement"
that holds the frame of the body, the skeletal stucture, together.
When contracting these muscles, the sensation is subtle and
very internal, not large and powerful.
In this program we focus on the abdominal core muscles that span
the lower spine, pelvis, and legs. Of
main importance are the psoas and iliacus (iliopsoas), the
key muscles for structural balance in the human body.
The balanced fully-functional psoas is crucial for women's health.
If the psoas is in a state of contraction or atrophy it will
affect the reproductive system by restricting blood supply and
disrupting the positioning of the organs within the pelvis.
Menstrual cramping is often caused by the psoas exerting pressure
on the reproductive organs when they are in a state of tenderness.
A healthy, released psoas will bring relief from cramping and
lower back pain.
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