What was covered in class last night AND what else I did in my exercise program

Ok, so I wrote things in the reverse order of the title, but you can skip to what was done in class last night if you want, just skip the first paragraph, or if all you care about is the work, skip the last two paragraphs. :)

I started the morning with A.M. and P.M. Yoga with Rodney Yee again – I’m probably going to use this one all week as my morning starting point. I have a couple other AM yoga DVDs that I’m previewing to see if I want to mix it up next week. Then at lunch I did the lower body segment off of Rodney Yee/Mariel Hemingway: 15-Minute Results Yoga. Again it was very vigorous. They really work at getting your heart rate up and getting you moving. I like Rodney Yee, but I’m finding Mariel Hemmingway to be a bit distracting with her comments. I’d probably prefer this if it was just Mr. Yee, but it is workable. After I finished the yoga section of my lunch time workout I did the Pilates section of Bellydance Body for Beginners with Suhaila. This one includes pelvic locks, glute squeezes and interior hip squares (segmented omis) all while stepping, again more intermediate level than beginner level. I then taught for two and a half hours in the evening.

In Beginner class we covered: what to wear to class and the format of the class. We then learned proper dance posture and warmed up our ankles and legs with pliés and relevés. We then sat down and found our glutes and worked on isolating the individual sides. Next we worked on tummy pushes. We then learned hip slides and ribcage slides. We finished the evening by going over many of the arm positions used in belly dance.

In Intermediate we warmed up with 3s on the zils then learned how to play 5s and what kinds of movements to pair 5s with. We then practiced our ¾ shimmy on the up and broke down the ¾ shimmy on the down. Next, up-to-down and down-to-up undulations were covered, both while standing still and while rocking from foot to foot. We also discussed the mechanics of belly rolls. We then did a review of all group improvisational moves that are covered in beginner and learned the cues for Arabic, reverse Arabic, reverse Ghawazee, drop kick and Turkish 4 point turn