Belly Dancing Part II

I returned to belly dancing after being forced to miss last week because of training. Turns out I didn't miss much as the teacher only taught one move. Usually, this class is a little hard to take because I'm constantly made aware of how inflexible I am. I mean, maybe normal people can sit on their ankles and then rise back up without using their hands, but I can't. I'm working on it though. I started taking a yoga class just so I can be limber enough to do the moves he asks us to do, I've been stretching everyday (even in class), and I practice regularly as soon as I'm not sore anymore.

Anyway, so a fellow student showed me the move we learned last week and I got it pretty quickly. It was just an arm thing, but they must have had a really hard time learning it since he spent a whole hour teaching only that. So the teacher rolls into class 15 minutes late, which made me sad, because I had to high-tail it out of there at 3:40 to make it to work on time, so I missed the last few minutes of class. We start by showing him the move and he looks at me and says "Perfect!" Ha! I mastered the move in 15 minutes. That was the first time I actually got a positive response out of this guy. Then he teaches us our first hip movement. This one I got pretty well and it received another "perfect." Then we spent the next hour doing the same move. Ok, so my hips got a little tired around 40 minutes in and he kept telling me to listen to the music and let myself go. Yeah, I was a little cranky and tired, but it's really hard to let yourself get lost in the music when you know a guy is going to come along in 2 minutes and tell you what you're doing wrong. Anyway, I guess I'll just practice a little more and try to get over my apparent self-consciousness. Spending an hour balancing on your toes and gyrating your hips while twisting your arms around can really make you sore, so maybe practice will have to wait a few days...