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wigglewhizRemember when I bought those DVD's because I was TOTALLY going to integrate them into dance practise for both technique/stamina regain and exercise? Yeah, I haven't been doing any of that.
And remember when I realised that practise dancing beladi was more gratifying that trying to noodle to random music? I haven't been doing any of that either. In fact, I haven't been doing much of anything the last couple of weeks.
Hey, and know how I was waffling some shit about not using my core properly and what a revelation it was that I might want to, you know, DO THAT?! Well!
I put on some random, mindless Arabic pop this morning (Amr Diab Habibi Walah ala Baloh - CHEESETASTIC WESTERNISED DANCE REMIX AHOY!)
and I pottered about absent-mindedly dancing to it. I suddenly realised that I WAS CHEATING. I was doing allllllll shimmy overlays. Because it was EASIER. Not in the sense of shimmy overlays are EASY, because it takes us all ages to get those. BUT! Doing a figure eight as a shimmy overlay let me cheat and focus on the shimmy. I was NOT working the core properly.
So I switched to ordinary, bog standard eights and camels - and focussed all my energy on making them gooshy and juicy and muscular.
FWOOSH - happy exercisey endorphins! OHAI, U SEEM 2B WORKIN' OUT! LET US REWARD YOU!
O_O
How much of my dance dissatisfaction is because I HAVE BEEN CHEAT NOODLING BELLYLITE rather than OMG DANCE CAREER IS OOOOOOOOVERRRRRRRRR?!
And remember when I realised that practise dancing beladi was more gratifying that trying to noodle to random music? I haven't been doing any of that either. In fact, I haven't been doing much of anything the last couple of weeks.
Hey, and know how I was waffling some shit about not using my core properly and what a revelation it was that I might want to, you know, DO THAT?! Well!
I put on some random, mindless Arabic pop this morning (Amr Diab Habibi Walah ala Baloh - CHEESETASTIC WESTERNISED DANCE REMIX AHOY!)
and I pottered about absent-mindedly dancing to it. I suddenly realised that I WAS CHEATING. I was doing allllllll shimmy overlays. Because it was EASIER. Not in the sense of shimmy overlays are EASY, because it takes us all ages to get those. BUT! Doing a figure eight as a shimmy overlay let me cheat and focus on the shimmy. I was NOT working the core properly.
So I switched to ordinary, bog standard eights and camels - and focussed all my energy on making them gooshy and juicy and muscular.
FWOOSH - happy exercisey endorphins! OHAI, U SEEM 2B WORKIN' OUT! LET US REWARD YOU!
O_O
How much of my dance dissatisfaction is because I HAVE BEEN CHEAT NOODLING BELLYLITE rather than OMG DANCE CAREER IS OOOOOOOOVERRRRRRRRR?!
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Date: 2010-12-29 04:10 am (UTC)It could be you. You are more powerful than a comet...
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Date: 2010-12-29 05:05 am (UTC)I'd definitely be interested in that! *ponders*
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Date: 2010-12-29 07:16 am (UTC)I need some outside motivation/inspiration and a little accountability to someone other than myself right now -- a kick-start, if not a kick in the butt. With you folks over here and Lisa Zahiya's practice-every-day challenge over on FB, it's possible that I *might* actually accomplish something.