How Fortuitous

No gym today for me today. I will work out at home on the pilates and core strenghtening stuff, and of course practice what I learned in dance class Friday. But, I need a solid day here at home to get my closet and office in order and I think that will be, in fact, back breaking work. I lost my morning to the shops. I went to Super Target this morning and dropped $200 on groceries, closet organizing pieces, a bit of workout clothes, unmentionables (lol) and a new cat litter box with a hinged hood on it so I can just flip it up like a car hood when I fancy digging for cat poop.

But last night my TiVO recorded Saturday Night Live (as it does every Saturday) and lucky me the re-run was Shakira singing La Tortura and her live routine is far less complex (it'd have to be) than the actual video. It was very, very cool to see the same core bellydance moves I've been learning applied in modern/latin dance. Even better, I understand the rib cage thing 100 x more now. I'm going to record that onto DVD so I can practice a variation from what I learned in class - it's funny how sometimes a variation makes the move 'click' in how to do it mechanically. I also have noticed in class that doing things in double time makes it easier to do, rather than slow and broken out. It's natural movement so perhaps that's why doing it slowly in parts makes it more difficult.

Also, you don't use the balls for your feet hardly at all in belly dance - a lot of it is heels-down which feels very unnatural but when you consider you're supposed to elongate yourself with your abdomen and arms, then going on your tip toes defeats the purpose. Which would explain why Shakira always seems to be wearing flat trainers.

OK, time to start my project(s) for the day. Ayyeee.