{"id":2998,"date":"2012-05-29T22:35:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T22:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2015-08-18T03:03:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T03:03:33","slug":"adventures-in-bellydancing-hips-dont-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/adventures-in-bellydancing-hips-dont-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"adventures in bellydancing: hips don&#8217;t lie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.wordpress.com\/tag\/bellydancing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adventures in Bellydancing: My First Class<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/adventures-in-bellydancing-hips-dont-lie\/bellydancing-vignette\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bellydancing-vignette3.jpg?fit=400%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bellydancing vignette\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bellydancing-vignette3.jpg?fit=400%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-3008 alignleft\" title=\"bellydancing vignette\" src=\"http:\/\/abitcoquettish.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/bellydancing-vignette.jpg?resize=285%2C365\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>I think every woman should take a bellydancing class.<\/strong> If not now, at some point in your life. It doesn&#8217;t matter when. Age is irrelevant.\u00a0<em>Just do it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">It may not to be everyone&#8217;s taste. Some women feel empowered running marathons, some by lifting weights, some by pole dancing. (I feel most powerful when I&#8217;m performing; that&#8217;s just me.) But of these women and those not included in the aforementioned, some are not so comfortable with their bodies. How they look, how they carry themselves. How they&#8217;re clothed, how they&#8217;re naked. Some don&#8217;t feel comfortable in their curves, others wish for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><em>It&#8217;s okay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I remember a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/sex-and-the-city\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sex and the City<\/a> episode where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vdnHhbVYCLk\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda and Carrie turn into the latest fitness craze, &#8220;The Inner Goddess.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Women are draped in swathes of pastel chiffon scarves, waving them, spinning with them, (attempting to) seductively move their hips with them. Miranda feels awkward &#8211;\u00a0<em>My hips don&#8217;t pop, I&#8217;m a guy\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; and gives up. T<em>his isn&#8217;t helping me find my inner goddess, only my inner humiliation.<\/em>\u00a0<em>I&#8217;m never gonna be a girly girl. I never will.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">And no woman should have to mold themselves to whatever is socially defined as &#8220;feminine.&#8221; But Miranda was too preoccupied with appearance; because unless you&#8217;re a professional in the field, it simply doesn&#8217;t matter. It&#8217;s not about <em>how<\/em> you look when you&#8217;re bellydancing, but <strong>how you feel: bellydancing reacquaints you with your body<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">See yourself in a new light. Feel your body in a different way. Feel muscles you&#8217;ve never felt moving and pulsating; feel different feelings. Embody yourself, indulge the senses. <strong>Bellydancing is about sensuality<\/strong>. \u00a0Hi<em>p scarf optional.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">. \u00a0 . \u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventures in Bellydancing: My First Class. 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