Mix Up Your 8s

Today we are going to mix up our 8s to get an 8 that has one loop twisted a quarter turn. Let’s start with a Maya (up to down figure 8) on the right hip and a front to back horizontal 8 (no ice cream) on the left hip. Once you have your body convinced it can do 8s on different plans on different hips, change your stance so you have all the weight on our left foot and the right foot is on the ball, keep doing the two half 8s in the two different planes. Next, switch so the weight is on your right foot and the left foot is on the ball and keep doing your two half 8s. Finally add a shimmy and do all three stances (weight evenly distributed, weight on the left, weight on the right).


Don’t forget to try the whole exercise with the half Maya on the left and the half horizontal 8 on the right too.