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Are you ready to spice up your shimmy with some nice layers? My name is Karen and this
is Johanna we're with Hip Expressions Belly Dance Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida. Let's
do a vertical figure 8 that travels up and then we're going to layer that with a shimmy.
So let's, I'm going to stand to the side so you can see the movement first, so we're going
to pull it in and back. Forward and back so bring shift your weight to the front and then
pull in through your belly and keep it there and press it back without sticking this out.
Keep your belly really engaged to the spine here so forward and back and forward and back.
Good. Keep the chest lifted. Keep those heels pressed into the floor. Are you ready to add
the shimmy? Let's get it going nice and strong. Good. Let's bring it forward. Pull it back
and forward and back and let's speed it up a little bit. Forward. Back. Forward. Back.
Forward. Back. Stay lifted. Keep breathing. Little faster. Forward. Back. Forward. Back.
Forward. Back. Forward. Back. Good. Practice this in the mirror and you'll have a nice
vertical figure 8 shimmy layer too.