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Originally Posted by gotraqs
BTW, anyone worked with Hadia's Complete Oriental Belly Dance System DVD's?
Is this DVD set really helpful for advanced dancers wanting to understand body mechanics, and injury prevention?
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I bought the 4-DVD set a few years ago and it was one of my best dance purchases ever. I have not taken any courses with Hadia, but she explains things clearly on the DVDs and I have taken a lot of valuable information away, especially about the importance of warming up your joints as well as your muscles. My regular warm up is based on hers--I tend to do yoga for post-dancing strengthening and cool down, but before I started yoga I used her cool down system.
One of the things I really like about her warm up is that it puts you in touch with every joint and muscle in your body--not only do they all get lubricated/warmed up, but if you have any trouble spots going on, you will be aware of them before you start dancing and better able to avoid injury as a result.