The benefits of belly dancing
lose weight
Losing weight is a well-known benefit of belly dancing. Belly dance is a full-body dance. With the ever-changing fast pace, shaking the hips, twisting the abdomen, shaking the hips, shaking the chest, shaking the head and shaking the shoulders can reduce the fat in the abdomen and waist and help to modify the whole body lines. It can also reduce the fat on the arms, thighs and buttocks.
A tall figure
There is a posture of straightening the body in belly dance, which can correct the posture of the human body, stretch the chest and shoulders, and make the body more upright.
Correct bad posture
In the process of belly dancing, there will be movements that require various parts, such as keeping your back straight. It can help correct bad postures such as bending, hunchback and chest hugging.
Improve cardiopulmonary function
Belly dancing can increase blood circulation and promote metabolism, while chest breathing and abdominal breathing in the introductory movements of belly dancing can promote the expansion of pectoral muscles, dredge respiratory tract and help the lungs absorb more oxygen. Moreover, belly dancing is actually stronger, which can enhance the strength and endurance of the heart and improve the cardiopulmonary function.
Exercise your balance.
When belly dancing, many movements require high balance. If you practice regularly, it is very beneficial to exercise your balance ability.
Enhance joint flexibility
When belly dancing, most muscles and joints of the whole body need to participate together, such as knees, ankles and hip joints. When doing different movements, you can exercise these joints well and enhance their flexibility.
Enhance self-confidence
In the process of belly dancing, you can let go of yourself and devote yourself to the dance, which can give full play to the feminine beauty of women's bodies. Moreover, belly dancing can shape the body curve, make the figure more perfect, help to enhance your charm, and enhance your self-confidence and temperament.
release pressure
In life and work, we will face all kinds of pressures and troubles. Belly dancing helps to regulate the human nervous system, eliminate tension, anxiety, anxiety and other emotions, help to release stress and have a decompression effect.
Prevention of chronic diseases
Belly dancing can help stretch stiff muscles, bend joints, massage internal organs, promote blood circulation and balance gland secretion. Maintain the balance of all parts of the body and play a role in preventing chronic diseases.
Regulate endocrine
Belly dance can tighten gluteal muscles, massage abdominal and uterine organs through external muscle movement, promote pelvic blood circulation, regulate female endocrine system, and have a good regulating effect on symptoms such as irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea. Moreover, belly dancing is often performed, and the smooth breathing with this dance can relieve uterine spasm and let women get rid of the trouble of PMS.
Prevention of constipation
Belly dancing also has a significant effect on common constipation symptoms of women. Because belly dancing focuses on the waist and pelvis, it can strengthen the peristalsis of internal organs, especially the intestines, thus naturally relieving constipation.
Prevention of scapulohumeral periarthritis
Belly dancing has many shoulder and chest movements, such as shoulder sago, chest sago and chest movements. These actions are aimed at relieving scapulohumeral periarthritis and playing a good protective role in the prevention of chest diseases.
Disadvantages of belly dancing
Proper belly dancing can bring more benefits, but excessive exercise or improper exercise will still lead to some bad effects.
visceral injury
Belly dancing vibrates violently, not only up and down, but also violently in all directions, resulting in increased friction between internal organs, which will do some harm to internal organs in the long run.
muscle strain
When belly dancing, due to improper movements or excessive force, ligament strain or muscle strain may occur, and even joint injury may be caused seriously.
Basic movements of belly dancing
1. Basic stance: Stand straight with your feet in the shape of eleven or shoulder width, with your whole body in the shape of a cross, chest out, eyes looking straight ahead, chin closed, shoulders relaxed, elbows slightly low, wrists raised, ballerinas raised, abdomen naturally gathered, hips naturally straightened, and be careful not to tilt hips.
2. Basic crouching posture: stand with eleven feet or shoulder-width feet, with the whole body crossed, chest raised, eyes looking straight ahead, chin closed, shoulders relaxed, elbows slightly lowered, wrists raised, ballerina facing up, and abdomen and buttocks naturally closed. Be careful that your knees don't bend beyond your toes.
basic element
Six movements of the crotch:
3 Horizontal plane: (Requirements: basic standing posture)
Push the crotch horizontally forward (left and right crotch), move the crotch backward (front and rear crotch), and swing the crotch back and forth (swing crotch).
3 Upright face: (Requirements: basic squatting posture) Left and right/front and rear hips (hip swing) Up and down hips (knees bent, upright, toes) Up and down/front and rear corner hips (angular hips)
Three chest movements: move the chest left and right (left and right chest), lift the chest up and down (upper and lower chest), and hold the chest behind the chest (front and back chest).
Remarks: The above nine basic movements can be converted into new movements through pairwise combination, except hip-shaking.
Who is not suitable for belly dancing?
1, patients with heart disease, hypertension, asthma and unhealed wound after operation are not suitable for belly dancing;
2. People who have gastrointestinal diseases or gastrointestinal discomfort on the day of dancing should stop practicing in time, because belly dancing focuses on the waist and abdomen, and continuing dancing will only aggravate the condition;
3. People with lumbar problems, such as hyperosteogeny and lumbar disc herniation, should not jump;
4. Because belly dancing has a lot of leg shaking movements, the stress on the legs is unstable, and patients with lower limb joints such as knees should jump cautiously;
5, women do not jump during menstruation, because it will change the speed of blood circulation in the body and increase blood volume.
Matters needing attention in belly dancing
1, before belly dancing, do corresponding warm-up exercises, all joints, muscles, ligaments, etc. It should be in place.
2, belly dance to master the rhythm, not too fast, too fast belly dance rhythm, not only can not get the effect of exercise, but also may lead to exercise beyond the physical load, resulting in muscle overwork, strain, sprain and other sports injuries.
3. It is best to control the time of belly dancing within 1 hour, which can not only achieve the purpose of exercise, but also make the body too tired.
4. When belly dancing, if you are thirsty, you can add water in moderation and use the method of drinking less and more times.
5. After belly dancing, pay attention to organize activities to help relax.
6. As a form of dance, belly dance should try to get rid of the shy and wriggling mentality when dancing, even if the rhythm is not strong or the stomach is hanging down? Swimming ring? There is nothing to be embarrassed about. Otherwise, because you can't let it go, your body will become stiff. Dancing, like doing broadcast gymnastics, will not only have no fitness effect, but also hurt your self-confidence.