Benefits of Belly Dancing
Belly Dance is the harmony of charming Eastern music and the grace of women's natural beauty.
Belly Dance is an ornate weave of women's feelings expressed by the language of dance.
Belly Dance is not a way of entertaining crowds, it is a high art, transmitting a deep and unique world of sensations of women, the best of all creations of nature.
Belly Dance is beneficial to the health of women who are responsible for the continuation of the human race.
Belly Dance was born in Egypt, although its name originates from France. It was the French, charmed by this amazing oriental dance, who called it «belly dance». And if you look deeper, «la belle» means «beautiful» in French. Its original Egyptian name «Raks Sharki» did not get into common usage.
However, Egypt has presented not only the dance itself but also produced some world brightest stars of this high art. Its principal promoter in the West was Badia Masabni.
Egypt has naturally become a «Mecca» of this dance with its annual belly dance festivals confirming this status, and the Egyptian school of Belly Dance choreography has been intensively developing in recent years.
This amazing dance can be performed by all women regardless of their age, both in a free-style improvisation allowing all possible expressions of women's feelings, and in a more traditional, classical way.
There are many styles of Belly Dance, such as Egyptian, Turkish, Lebanese, Indian, American Tribal, Folkloric Belly Dance and Cabaret. Movements of classical Belly Dance can be used in modern club dancing, and its elements are also currently used in all of Hip-Hop and R'n'B videos. A new style of club dancing called «Dancehall» was formed on the basis of Belly Dance and African dance.
It is worth noting that there is a growing popularity of this dance among men. Moreover, some men have become distinguished Belly Dance choreographers and performers.
Belly dancing is not only art, but also an inexhaustible source of health. Many prominent women physicians combine Belly Dance with their very important job. Here's just one comment from doctor Alexandra D. from California. According to her, Belly Dance:
- stimulates blood circulation throughout the body.
- improves the functioning of the heart, strengthens blood vessels and promotes burning of excess fat deposits.
- helps to make the waist thinner and the hips leaner.
Moreover, the active work of the back muscles increases the mobility of the spine and improves blood circulation and nutrition of the central and peripheral nervous system, which stimulates and accelerates the process of thinking and facilitates a more precise co-ordination of movements which improves the overall tone of the whole organism.
The dance brings a pleasant feeling of lightness, a sense of «muscular joy». This is the result of the fact that it increases the development of certain substances that govern the work of the central nervous system, including the so-called «centre of internal pleasure», which is responsible for our good moods and feelings (the lack of which, since ancient times, the people have tried to compensate for with external substances such as tobacco, caffeine, alcohol and drugs).
Strengthening of the abdominal muscles of the stomach leads to the improvement of the digestive system and accelerates the removal of toxins from the body, which immediately and positively affects the state of health and physical appearance of women.
The unique feature of this dance's impact on women's bodies is that it reaches the deep muscles of the pelvis and pelvic floor that surround and support the internal organs, including the uterus with the appendages. During childbirth, these muscles, together with the pelvic bones, form a channel through which a child moves. Training these muscles and abdominal muscles of the stomach leads to the facilitation of childbirth at the stage when a woman should push, helping the child to be born.
Belly Dance enhances blood circulation in the body, especially in its lower part, which increases the blood supply to internal organs and leads to greater elaboration of female sex hormones, which heals and rejuvenates the entire body as a whole. A woman starts literally blooming: the skin and hair condition improves, and there appears the feeling of a woman's own attractiveness and self-confidence. It immediately becomes evident to everyone, which has been repeatedly pointed out by all those involved in Belly Dance.
