Thread: Lotus Hands

I have always had a difficult time with learning how to do this. I need a lot of practice with this movement and I'm looking for a DVD with a good breakdown.

I've had a couple teachers teach it, but we never spend enough time in class or spend more than one class reviewing it, so it never sticks.

Can anyone recommend a DVD that has this on it? I got the Beautiful Hands and Arms DVD thinking it might be on there, but it wasn't ,f::

im really interested too!!! they're so pretty!

EDIT: omg! i managed to do them! i have not the slightest clue how i did it!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZ-qV0-38c]YouTube - Lotus Hands a Visual[/ame]

many video and its free you will have it ..g.:

Its on one of the Delilah's Bellydance Workshop DVD's, but I forget which one. Ipersonnally have never beenfond of this move. To me itlooks messy.

This was a topic of discussion a while back. You might want to check out this thread for some pointers.

http://www.bhuz.com/forum/belly-danc...tus-hands.html

I am trying to learn this too. My teacher says try to make each hand go in a fig 8 opposite of each other and the palms never face down.

Also pretend you are wearing handcuffs. I have been working in it and can get one or two rotations then it all goes to heck.

My teacher says try to make each hand go in a fig 8 opposite of each other and the palms never face down.

That's an excellent description. I can do them but I have a mother of a time trying to break them down for people.

Love the figure 8 description! A tip my teacher once gave me is to remember to keep your fingers pointing away from you at all times, so no hand flips.

I break the move down into sections when I teach it to students. Works much better with visuals but here goes:

• A (starting position): cross your wrists in front of you, right over left (left hand is facing down, right one is facing up)
• B: without losing wrist-to-wrist contact, switch your hands so left is over right (left hand is facing up, right one is facing down)
• C: the tricky part: turn both thumbs downward (think: elbows out) until the backs of your wrists are touching. this means your palms will be facing away from each other in the end (left one to the left, right one to the right)
• D: roll the left wrist(arm) under the the right one until you get back to the starting position

I can't wait to get home at look at this video.

Originally Posted by mysterywoman

Its on one of the Delilah's Bellydance Workshop DVD's, but I forget which one. Ipersonnally have never beenfond of this move. To me itlooks messy.

I couldn't find a description of what was in the DVD on Amazon, but I'm going to keep this one in mind and check back every now and then- thanks!

Originally Posted by JennivereMarjeta

This was a topic of discussion a while back. You might want to check out this thread for some pointers.

http://www.bhuz.com/forum/belly-danc...tus-hands.html

Yes, Thanks. After I posted this, I saw it at the bottom of my screen and checked it out. I saw the video that was re-posted here above. I looked for other variations on YouTube as well. It helps so much to see someone doing it!

Originally Posted by HOOKEDNOVICE

I am trying to learn this too. My teacher says try to make each hand go in a fig 8 opposite of each other and the palms never face down.

This really helped! Thinking of it as a figure eight really put the image into my mind to help me visualize just what in the heck i'm doing ..l;, Thank you!

Khalida,

I'm not sure what you mean. If your hand is moving in a figure eight pattern, won't your fingers at some point be kind of facing you? Could you explain a little more? please please ..g.:

I am not sure if this will help, but I made it for some of my students who do better with graphic and written instructions to get the concept behind the movement -

http://www.mahsati-janan.com/files/L...s_tutorial.ppt

Originally Posted by mahsati

I am not sure if this will help, but I made it for some of my students who do better with graphic and written instructions to get the concept behind the movement -

http://www.mahsati-janan.com/files/L...s_tutorial.ppt

Hey, that does help. The ball idea helped simplify the figure eight movement even more. I think that I should have this down by the end of the day. I'm going to save this, so I can look back on it if I start having trouble again. Thank You!

What do people generally do with their fingers? I've read some people keep their hands kind of cupped, but I've also learned a way with bringing the fingers in and out with the movement (picture wrist circles in- you start with the pinky finger and curl them in). I don't think I explained it very well, but does anyone do them that way?

Keti Sharif explains lotus hands on her "AstroBelly" DVD. Although right now I can't recall exactly which sign it is, maybe Scorpio?

Originally Posted by alyssaraks

What do people generally do with their fingers? I've read some people keep their hands kind of cupped, but I've also learned a way with bringing the fingers in and out with the movement (picture wrist circles in- you start with the pinky finger and curl them in). I don't think I explained it very well, but does anyone do them that way?

I teach them with hands cupped, mostly because I like to avoid the look of splayed fingers in general. But I've seen them done the other way too.

Originally Posted by alyssaraks

Khalida,

I'm not sure what you mean. If your hand is moving in a figure eight pattern, won't your fingers at some point be kind of facing you? Could you explain a little more? please please ..g.:

Hi Alyssa,

It's more like drawing a figure eight on an imaginary mirror before you, so the fingertips are always facing away from you.. Hope that clarifies ..g.:

As for the fingers: I teach them with fingers cupped while the insides of the wrist are touching and fingers stretched (not sure how to explain this? extended but still together? argh my bad english!) when the outsides of the wrists are touching. Kind of feels like a hand undulation when the move is 'flowing'. Or somesuch .w.:

Originally Posted by Khalida

Hi Alyssa,

It's more like drawing a figure eight on an imaginary mirror before you, so the fingertips are always facing away from you.. Hope that clarifies ..g.:

As for the fingers: I teach them with fingers cupped while the insides of the wrist are touching and fingers stretched (not sure how to explain this? extended but still together? argh my bad english!) when the outsides of the wrists are touching. Kind of feels like a hand undulation when the move is 'flowing'. Or somesuch .w.:

Ah, now I get everything you're saying!

I practiced yesterday with all the advice and videos from here and I think I finally have it down! I showed my husband when he got home from work and his face lit up because he said it looked pretty. He knew it was something I wanted to do, but was having a hard time with. Thanks everyone for all your help!

This is another clip I have been studying. It's helpful because she describes what to do: (I am left handed and I blame that for my spazziness at this ;P)



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFMgzl7HPw&feature=related]YouTube - Lotus Hands Revisited[/ame]