NATURES MUSIC & FINE TUNING OUR BELLYDANCE

Slowing down your isolation movements can build incredible strength. Combining isometrics with bellydance circling movements will align your spine and give you the definition your looking for in body toning and sculpting your form.  If you want to fine tune your bellydance in this way, here is my advice in teaching your body this new awareness in your practice.  First, skip the music for a change, go out to nature and listen to the wind song, the birds singing, the flow of the ocean, or the high altitude of forest trees swaying.  Wherever you are, just try it.  It will tune your body to a new way of feeling movement.  Breath Deeply with each move you do.  Allow it to deeply penetrate each rotation of hip circling.  I like to begin with slow pelvic tilts forward and back.  Squeezing and isolating the flutes along with synchronizing abdominal control.  This means pulling upward and inward with the muscles in the pelvic floor and behind the bellybutton.  You will develop a deeper sense of feeling many tiny muscles within this section of your body.  This is so important for women who have given childbirth.  Next begin to find circling patterns while keeping awareness of these isolation points.  The isolation points give you the structure needed to allow for spinal adjustments to happen.  You will experience internal massaging of your own body! Enjoy this natural way of healing and begin to hear the music nature provides.  When you return to practicing to music you will have found a brand new way of feeling the music through you naturally.  This also enhances our feelings of sensuality in dance, thought slowing down and connecting to our breath, no matter how much music speeds up, you will always have this connection point within.

EmlilaH

TIGHTEN TUMMY SKIN NATURALLY AFTER CHILDBIRTH

Having a baby can be one of the most beautiful and cherished events in a women's life.  A new mom is often so focused on her brand new bundle of joy, that she may not mind or even notice the subtle changes in loosened tummy skin right away in the first few weeks.  Months or even years later though, this can be an issue affecting how we feel about our bodies.  What if I tell you though, there are a few simple and natural secrets that can prevent this loss of elasticity. The secret is so simple, you will be amazed.  The best part is that the cost is under fifteen dollars!  Ok, so Im talking about dry brushing your body daily! Here's how you do it.  First go to your natural health food store and purchase one natural bristle body brush.  The cost should be between six and ten dollars.  Choose one that feels comfortable as your choices will be round, rectangular, with or without hand strap, with or without an extended handle for back reaching.  Its a beauty investment well worth it, and will last you a while if you care for it by washing it in mild natural soap such as baby bronner's once a week. Dry it in the sun, but do not leave it too long as the sun will wear down the natural bristles too much.  I also recommend you avoid showering your skin too often in city water.  Natural waters are best for soaking and if you live in the city you must remember that the chlorine and chemicals in the water are really harmful to us, breaking down our skin fibers.  If you can afford a shower filter that is great, but this can be two hundred dollars or more.  So if you are like me and looking to spend very little, just rinse off where needed, and stick to the daily brushing as a main way of cleansing the entire skin.  You will also want to begin using the best and natural protective oils such as unrefined coconut, raw shea butter, and jojoba, just to name a few of my favorites.  Always dry brush first, moving all the strokes towards your heart center.  Then follow with your choice of oil.  Remember, how we touch our skin and the thoughts we are thinking send energy into our bodies.  Always think loving and beautiful thought as you do your practices in skincare.  You will see your skin begin to glow and tone immediately.  Beautiful Mamas is what we are so give yourself this gift starting today!  

EmlilaH (mother of four)