AGE UK Bury Belly Dancing Class

Belly Dancing Class

Our class at the Jubilee Centre is a great way to increase your fitness while having a bit of fun!

Katy, our tutor, has trained with some of the best teachers and dancers in the UK and Egypt and has a Postgraduate Diploma in Dance and Wellbeing.

Katy says “My classes are aimed at creating a village type atmosphere with everyone feeling they can take part. The only rule I have is that you must enjoy yourself!”

If you would like to know more, there is a introductory guide available below.

The classes are open to all women, aged 50 and over. They take place every Tuesday at 2.00 pm for one hour and the cost is £3.25.

And just in case you were wondering, all bellies remain well and truly covered up!

Call Age UK Bury:

0161 763 9030

Source:- http://www.ageuk.org.uk/bury/activities--events/belly-dancing-class/

Why Fly Fishing Has Nothing To Do With Dieting

Yesterday a work colleague of mine very kindly took me to learn how to cast down at Fordingbridge on the Avon river.  Now what has this got to do with "Whereisthatbody.."

Well, you know they say it is all in the mind, well it is, because if it wasn't we would all be the shape, weight and size we want to be.

Sometimes you have to take the focus OFF that body and just go and do something completely different.  Get out there and shock yourself!  I never thought in a million years that I would go fly fishing but my sister and her three daughters absolutely swear by it so I have always wondered and curiosity is my best/worst trait.

So I have now spent an hour on the Avon river casting away aimlessly and wondering if I am going to be any good at it.  I can assemble my rod, tie a fly on the end of it and throw it into the water.  I have a new insight into ducks as well - as soon as you pick up a carrier bag they think it is lunchtime!  ~Don't know how I am going to be actually handling those slippery fish or getting that hook out of their mouths but I have taken the first step.  WE ARE READY TO ROLL BABES!

So just go away and think about it.  Do something totally mad or out of character for yourself and see how it makes you feel, because how you feel is THE most important element in getting what you want and where you want to be.

I am now motivated and getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning to do half an hours keep fit as I know I will NEVER do it later on.  On my days off I do an hour and then practice some new belly dancing moves I am trying to learn by watching the DVD.

            

So What About the Belly Dancing

Well, there is a lot to tell but here I would just like to mention NADA, Northern Arabic Dance Association, and MADN, Mosaic Arabic Dance Association.  They both run insurance schemes for Belly Dance teachers who are their members.  They are "block" insurance schemes whereby all the teachers are on one policy so economy of scale is possible, i.e. it's cheaper.

To find out about these two associations please visit
http://www.nada.uk.com/
http://www.mosaicdance.org/

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY BELLY DANCING both these sites have a teacher directory.  Get that body out there!!

Shira's website has a seemingly unending array of information on all aspects of belly dance. 
 http://www.shira.net/

Belly Dance is good for overall body toning

Belly Dance is Good for Overall Body Toning Belly dance works on so many levels...... A regrettable aspect of modern life is that we don't use our bodies enough. Computers and cars mean we sit and stay inactive so much and we can't do anything about that. But we can find something energetic and fun to do outside those times! Muscles that don't get used much become "flabby" looking.  Conversely well toned muscles look shapely. With our style of energetic and celebratory belly dance your legs, bum and arms will become more shapely and your waist will pull in as the obliques (diagonal muscles from the ribs to the hip) tone up, particularly with our style of belly dance. Kylie Minogue swears that her shape, particularly her bum comes from dancing. Our style of belly dance uses all the muscles in the body in a really enjoyable way. What is of particular significance is the way all the smaller underlying muscles get used. The problem with conventional muscle training regimes is that they tend to focus on only the large really obvious muscle groups and there can then be a tendency to develop a "hard" muscular look.  The belly dance we do tends to use all the muscles more evenly so you tend to develop a nice overall tone as the pictures of Zehara show. Yet Zehara has never done any physical training other than her dancing. (Other than an odd bit of stretching here and there).  Our classes are upbeat and rely on generating celebratory and uplifting atmosphere created by charismatic and expert belly dance teachers, good sound systems and using the best World Music around.

Go to Zehara's site to learn more  http://www.zehara.co.uk/healthbenefits.htm