Belly dancing provides an excellent workout that trims and tones your body. Like most exercise programs, belly dancing burns calories to aid in weight loss, improves muscle tone and enhances flexibility; it also allows you to move your body in new ways that awaken your femininity and improve your self esteem. Reduce your worries regarding body shape and appreciate your curves with belly dancing.
Belly Dance
Belly dancers show off their body with outfits that expose their midsection. The outfits drape hips with material or jingly coins to bring attention to the various hip movements. You roll your hips, drop your hips, perform figure-8s with your hips and shimmy your hips while belly dancing. Belly dancing increases hip range of motion and flexibility. The flexibility decreases lower back pain. The low-impact belly dance protects your joints as you improve your bone density.
Weight Loss
Exercise burns calories; calorie burning aids in weight loss. Belly dancing burns up to 300 calories in a hour, Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat tells Atlanta-based Nazeem Allayl Belly Dance Studios. Unfortunately, you cannot tell your body from where to burn those calories. If your aim is to reduce fat from your hip area, belly dancing is not a guarantee of hip size reduction. If you are dancing and eating a healthy diet, belly dancing will not increase the size of your hips.
Smaller Waist
Belly dancing does not result in larger hips. Indeed, "Fitness" magazine reports, regular exercise through belly dancing can result in a smaller waist. Belly-dancing movements target and tone the muscles in your core --- and a smaller waist could be the reason your hips appear larger. With continued participation, belly dance will trim and tone the weight from your hips, too, but until then, use your hips and perform a visually pleasing dance.
Hip Size
You might be wondering if belly dancing increases hip size after seeing the women who participate in belly dancing. Many women with larger hips are drawn to belly dance because belly dancing embraces a woman's curves. Unlike some other exercises, such as running, in which you're likely to see women with smaller hips, belly dancing accepts women of all sizes. One of the benefits of belly dance is increased self esteem, the World Belly Dance website reports. Accept the shape of your body as you belly-dance and appreciate your curves as you create beautiful, flowing movements.
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