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Shine your light ✨ I’ve finally relented 😁

Shine your light ✨

I’ve finally relented 😁 and bought a ring light.

For the curious ones: this is a Neewer 18 inch/48 dimmable led ring.

The kit I got also included a long tripod, a set of warm and cool colour filters (I used the cool one for the pictures) and a multi-directional smart phone holder. They even threw in a little bluetooth remote!

The light was quite easy to assemble (thankfully) - but I still youtubed it just in case 🤓

I’m pretty happy 👌🏻 It takes up much less space than the setup I had cobbled together (more zen!)

The light is seamlessly dimmable (a good thing, the max setting is a bit blinding from nearby 😎)

It’s strong enough, at least for my current (living room setup) online class recordings and virtual workshops.

I might still re-install a second light for class videos though (ie my older - square - neemer light) because I kind of miss the light that was coming from the side.

So I’ll be experimenting a bit more next week 😅

Soo.. how about you? What’s the ‘gear’ you use for lighting?

Are you happy with what you’ve got?

#khalidaonline #onlineclasses #light #ledlight #videoclass #ringlight #tech #dance #setup #buikdans #orientaalsedans #danseorientale #danzadelvientre #danceonline #onlinedanceclass #khalidabech #bellydance #strength #flexibility #crosstraining #neewer #ledlights

Flip your veil grip! 👌🏻💕✨ Today’s #T

Flip your veil grip! 👌🏻💕✨

Today’s #TipDrop video is all about the finer details of hand(ha)ling silk for dance.

In the full video I demonstrate my 2 favorite veil grip methods (you see the one I use most often in this short preview clip) plus a bonus ‘grip flip’ tip to save you with grace in case your veil gets tangled.

My main tip for this particular veil grip is: use your wrist positioning to help relax and extend the fingers naturally.

For the full video see www.gum.co/tipdrops/innercircle (link in bio!🔥)

TipDrops members get a fresh 3-13 minute tips video via email - like this one, but with different topics - from me every Friday!

Enjoy! And feel free to share 💕

#dance #tips #khalida #kdanceonline #silk #veil #silkveil #tipdrops #dancer #orientaldance #buikdans #danseorientale #magdans #magedans #danzadelvientre @bellydancers_belgium #orientaalsedans #tipdropsmembership #bellydance #crosstraining #khalidaonline #flipyourgrip #bonustip

With thanks to @kerstin.lionell for the great question 🤗

I found these gorgeous roses on my way to the stor

I found these gorgeous roses on my way to the store just yesterday.

www.joyofmovement.de/2020/09/smell-the-roses (see @joyofmovementblog bio)

Their scent got to me me before I could see them.

Stop and smell. Stop and smell.

So I did.

And

I listened.

Then I felt.

A taste of freedom.

All the senses in one second.

#roses #nature #beauty #outside #senses #see #smell #hear #feel #taste #learn #move #walk #pause #thoughts #sky #fresh #earth #freedom #fall #autumn #summer #light #leaves #water #bluesky #keepmoving #rnr #reset #senses #selfcare

Get outside. Walk a bit. Enjoy 💛

In today’s online BOOST session we explored a fe

In today’s online BOOST session we explored a few different ways to ‘fluidify’ upper body, arm and wrist movements by enhancing our body awareness.

A few ways to do this:
💛 hold a belt or strap for resistance (I’m holding a @staceynemour strap in the video, see below!) and move your arms in different planes/directions
💛 change your relationship to gravity by adding wrist weights and/or using the floor while moving your arms
💛 use strengthening veil moves (‘veilos’ - see the second video) for a few seconds by replacing your veil with a heavy towel/a blanket, and then retry the moves with silk.

Note: This last exercise is now called ‘whale dance’ officially 🐳😅 as inspired by miss @tingelingunn of Norway 🤓🙏🏻🦄💕✨
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That’s it, simple but effective (at least for me 🤓)

Let me know how these tips work for you!

Enjoy, and feel free to share!

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #veil #silkveil #armsandhands #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #combos #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #boost

PS: use my code ‘khalidadance‘ for 10% off all @staceynemour’s amazing straps and flexibility courses at www.flexibilitymakeover.com 💛

PSPS: You can now sign up for the wait list of the Oct/Nov portion of my Fall/Winter BOOST series (Fan Veils and Belly Work) at www.subscribepage.com/boost2020 (link in bio!)

Another round (har 🤓) of Silk Veil tips 🌹 Th

Another round (har 🤓) of Silk Veil tips 🌹 This time for turns and spins!

🌪 Hydrate! Be sure to drink enough water before/during spinning practice. It will help your vestibular system (inner ear balance), as it uses fluids to calibrate 👂🏻
🌪 Start with doing simple turns/spins and build up the challenge gradually (adding arm motions/upper body tilts/twists and/or head motions to the mix) 🥰
🌪 Breathe calmly and focus on feeling your feet on the floor and lengthening your posture at the same time 😇
🌪 Ginger (candy, tea, raw) can help agains motion sickness 🤓

Bonus tip!
🌪 When you do a series of un-spotted turns (thank you @annah_raqs for the term!) dizzyness may peak when you stop, not during the spin. Give yourself an easier transition out of the spin by doing a few ‘spotted’ turns at the end to re-orient yourself before doing other movements. You can see me doing this in the video 🙃

Let me know if these are helpful to you

Enjoy, and feel free to share! 🌹

Music: Night Air by Jamie Woon
Costume by @asihaskal

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #veil #silkveil #armsandhands #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #combos #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #onlineworkshop

PS: If you’d like to join me for this Saturday’s online workshop ‘Silk Veil Combos’ - you still can! 🥰

Sign up directly at www.gum.co/veilcombos (link in bio!) or drop me a 🌹 and I’ll send you the link.

Even if you cannot make it ‘live’, if you sign up before tomorrow you’ll still get the recordings.

Have a great weekend!

Want to know what I was doing in this turn? Well,

Want to know what I was doing in this turn? Well, so do I 😅🤓🧐

I’ll be reverse-engineering a few favorite Silk Veil movements, and we’ll practice them together as teachable mini combinations.

Sign up to join me ‘live’ this Saturday and/or get the recordings (you’ll get access to both!)

www.gum.co/veilcombos 🌹

Silk Veil Combos with Khalida
Saturday 12th September
11:00-13:00 CET (Berlin Time)
Zoom + Recordings

Click the link in @khalidabech bio for all details, or drop me a ✨ and I’l DM it to you!

PS: Feel free to share! All levels are welcome 🥰

See you very soon 🤓

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #veil #silkveil #armsandhands #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #combos #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #onlineworkshop

Music: Night Air by Jamie Woon
Codtume by @asihaskal

So much fun sharing the silk veil love today, a bi

So much fun sharing the silk veil love today, a big thanks to everyone who came and joined me online!

For those of you who missed my free FB Live session earlier today: I’ve got your back 😊

You can now watch the replay in my FB group at www.facebook.com/groups/kdancespace 💕

Drop me a ✨ or DM me for the FB link and I’ll hook you up!

Have a great day, and hope to see you soon 💕

xx Kim/Khalida

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #BOOST #onlineprogram

PS: Join me this Saturday (or get the recordings!) for Veil Combos with Khalida (link in bio) 😍

We’ll work on this move (the travelling barrel t

We’ll work on this move (the travelling barrel turn) with and without props in my free FB Live! session 😍 coming up on Wednesday 12:30-13:00 CET (Berlin Time)

Everyone is welcome to join!

Sign up for my public FB group at www.facebook.com/groups/kdancespace (drop me a 🌹 for the link!)

You‘ll see it pop up when you’re on FB that day, and you can also re-catch my earlier recordings in the group 🤓

PS: I will also be answering any questions about my Fall/Winter BOOST Program (which has sold out! I’m opening a waiting list for Oct/Nov) as well as this Saturday’s ‘Veil Technique & Combos’ online workshop.

Have a great week, and see you on Wednesday! 🥰

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #BOOST #onlineprogram #barrelturn

The falling of the leaves 🍃🌹🍂 . One of my

The falling of the leaves 🍃🌹🍂
.
One of my favorite photos ever by the amazing @artelster

This picture was made during our very first photoshoot together, in Aachener Stadtpark, about 4 years ago.

We used a red silk veil for the movement at the top, plus 4 more red silk fanveils for the ‘drape’ across the stairs.

I love the result, it makes the skirt (costume by @becker_natalya) look liquid and as if the fabric is flowing over the stairs🌹

I adore using silk props for photoshoots as well as performances. To me, it feels like painting in 3D.

As a kid I took art classes for a while, and one of the assignments was to listen to different pieces of music, and then ‘draw out’ what we heard.

I loved it, and it resonated with me deeply, as I was often either listening to music or reading books, and I would imagine stories and images to go with both.

This exercise gave me a new, concrete way of visualising music, and I realized much later that creating dances (especially with props!) felt very similar to this.

Next to that, I loved watching (and trying to imitate!) video clips from TV, and the connection between sound and vision still fascinates me.

Making dances. Moving images. Visual sound.

This has stayed with me ever since that drawing class.

And you? Do you like to create images when you move?

#dancing #movement #sound #vision #photography #outdoorshoot #silkveil #fanveils #dancer #creativity #bellydance #bellydancer #props #artclass #painting #drawing #musicality #makingdances #choreography #dance #outside #nature #green #red #foliage #collaboration #photoshoot #buikdans #orientaalsedans #bellydance #khalidaonline

PS: If you’d like to learn some of my ‘silk drawings’, check the link all the way below my latest blog post and join my upcoming ‘veil technique & combos’ online workshop 🥰

🌹 —> link in @joyofmovementblog bio! 🌹

More silk veil dance tips for you! ❤️ 🌹 Fo

More silk veil dance tips for you! ❤️

🌹 For extra fluid moves, make sure your head is dancing, too! The body follows the eyes. It really makes a difference.
🌹Focus on feeling the weight/lightness of the veil, think ‘sensitive hands and fingertips’, and your arms will start to flow more naturally
🌹Not sure what your body is doing as you’re ‘veiling’? Try a strap/belt/towel as a veil substitute so you can see/film/tweak your movements (we tried this in our latest Silk Veil BOOST session 🤓) then try again. It’s a great posture opener, too!
🌹 If your range of motion gets in your way, dedicate a few moments to opening up space in your joints right before dancing. (DM me or put a ✨ in the comments if you want tips on that, I can send you a few links that might be of help!)

PS: as @kim_maria_dance1 noted 🥰 these tips will work for non-veil movements too!

Enjoy, and feel free to share! 🌹

Have a great Sunday!

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #online #learning #health #selfcare #crosstraining #bellydancer #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #danceskills #practice #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #onlineteacher #keeponmoving #movementknowledge #dancewithkhalida #props #veil #fallwinterBOOST #SilkVeilBOOST

www.khalidadance.com/online

‘Space to breathe it - time to savor’ Less is

‘Space to breathe it - time to savor’ Less is more (thankfully!) especially when dancing with a silk veil 🥰

Here are a few quick tips for silky smooth veil work:

🌹Work consciously on your transitions, the ‘moves between the moves‘ - it’s where all the magic is at.
🌹 Notice whether your breath is flowing as you’re moving - if it isn‘t.. relax, pause for a moment, take a breath, and do it again :)
🌹 Every now and then, practice in super slow motion, it will help you feel your moves in depth and connect the biomechanical dots
🌹 To level up your veil dance big time, simplify your movements first, go all out on your body lines and posture/expression instead, then gradually re-add veil complexity.

Enjoy, and feel free to share!

Xx K.

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #turnout #onlineprogram #veilcombos

Music: Night Air by Jamie Woon
Costume by @asihaskal

PS: Subscribe to my mailing list (link in bio!) for a FREE 9-minute turnout tutorial 🥰 it will help with them bodylines ✨

September has definitely arrived, and I can feel a

September has definitely arrived, and I can feel a change in my energy and focus 🌿

http://www.joyofmovement.de/2020/09/september-signs/

Time for a bit of R&R the coming weeks, and I bet it’s the same for many of you, too!

Awesome accounts/peoples/online teachers to follow this month: 🍃
@monvolkmar
@staceynemour
@yogatuneup / @tuneupfitness
@garyward_aim
@stopchasingpain
@nutritiousmovement
@drmarkcheng

PS: Tag your favorite movement health peeps in the comments!

#khalidaonline #movement #dance #online #learning #health #selfcare #crosstraining #bellydancer #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #danceskills #practice #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #onlineteachers #keeponmoving #movementknowledge #movementpeeps #rnr #september

Check out my youtube channel www.youtube.com/khali

Check out my youtube channel www.youtube.com/khalida for a FREE 6 minute shoulder self-release tutorial.

This video was inspired by a question from one of the amazing participants (thanks again for the Q&A inspiration!) of my Fall/Winter online BOOST Program

And I thought it might be useful for some of you, too!

Enjoy (drop me a 💯 for the link!) and feel free to share!

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #onlineclasses #BOOST #onlineprogram #shoulder #release #fascia

PS: The ball I’m holding is a @yogatuneup / @tuneupfitness ball - I heartily recommend Jill Miller’s ‘The Roll Model’ book! 🤓 (link in the YT description)

A peek into our first official Fall/Winter BOOST s

A peek into our first official Fall/Winter BOOST session earlier today, with a little intro on what we’ll be doing in this program, and why we do it.

On Mondays we’ll (re)activate, on Tuesdays we (re)release, and on Fridays we’ll put our re-found ranges of motion to use and apply them to dance movements.

If you’d like to sign up and join join any (or all!) of the remaining Zoom sessions of the year: you still can!

Enrollments for Silk Veil BOOST (and the full Fall/Winter Season) will be open until end of this week - you can catch up on any missed sessions using recordings 💕

Have a great day, and hopefully see you soon at Fall/Winter BOOST! (link in bio)

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #BOOST #onlineprogram

Ok, one more veil dance video for today 🥰 Expe

Ok, one more veil dance video for today 🥰

Experimenting with veil timing, breathing and ‘flow’ 🌹

Sharing the silk veil love ❤️

This was at @anadanst s ‘Ana’s Night Out’ in NL, a beautiful day filled with lots of great performances, fun workshops, great vibes and lovely people 🥰

Happy and thankful I got to be part of it!

Music: ‘Peace and Power’ by Joanne Shenandoah ❤️

Costume by @polinadcd

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #BOOST #onlineprogram

PS: Join my Fall/Winter online BOOST Series, we start next week! 🌹

Sign up directly at www.gum.co/khalidaclasses2020 (link in bio!) and feel free to DM me if you have any questions 🥰

Are you ready to take your veil for a spin? 😍

Are you ready to take your veil for a spin? 😍

I’m so looking forward to sharing the veil love with you all in the upcoming online sessions 🥰

We will start next Monday with Silk Veil BOOST! ❤️

Join my 12-week online Fall/Winter BOOST Program to get your Silk Veil, Fanveil and Bellywork on with me the coming months, from wherever you are, and whenever you can 🥰

I will be guiding you for 4 weeks on each topic in this series (there will be a bit of a break between the veil and fanveils!) and you are free to join me ‘Live’ via Zoom/FB whenever you can from wherever you are (we have daytime sessions on Mo, Tu, Fr 12:30-13:00 CET!)

You can catch up on any missed classes afterwards as the program includes recordings ❤️

The videos are yours forever, which means you can use our fal/winter breaks to catch up - and/or to repeat your favorite classes.

I offer support via our private FB groups to all my online students, and the sessions are tailored to whoever is there.

These sessions go right into the heart of movement (Strength - Flexibility - Dance!) so no matter which style you prefer, or which level you are at (be it advanced, beginner or teacher!) it is my hope that these sessions will give you value, inspiration and ideas to fall in love with practicing/teaching dance all over again ❤️

If you feel like spending some time with me virtually this fall/winter season: come and join!

Enrollments are open at www.gum.co/khalidaclasses2020 ❤️ (link in bio!)

Looking forward to welcoming you! 🥰

Video from NL Bellydance Festival Heerlen
Music by Trio Joubran
Costume by @becker_natalya

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #BOOST #onlineprogram

PS: We will work on turns in a separate online Workshop this October 🥰

Veil Dance for you 🌹 Join my Fall/Winter BOOST

Veil Dance for you 🌹

Join my Fall/Winter BOOST online classes! 🥰❤️✨

We’ll start with Silk Veil BOOST on Monday 31st of August 😍

Sign up for the full season at www.gum.co/khalidaclasses2020 (link in bio)

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #bellydancer #veildance #silkveil #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #onlineclasses #zoom #BOOST #onlineprogram

Video by Marc Antoine at #OrientalRomance 🌹 hosted by the lovely @lou_pradas_bellydancer ❤️

Music from ‘Music for Ballet Class Vol. 3’ by @sorenbebe of @balletmusicdk

How to keep moving in these crazy times? My advic

How to keep moving in these crazy times?

My advice:

💛 make it easy!
💛 only start
💛 dress the part
💛 follow your intuition
💛 prep your space
💛 try a ‘walkaby’
💛 invest in yourself

What do I mean by this?
Read on and find out!

http://www.joyofmovement.de/2020/08/how-to-keep-moving/

(Link in @joyofmovementblog bio 🤗)

Enjoy, and feel free to share!

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #travelsteps #training #body #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #fanveils #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #veil #BOOST #program

PS: For an extra movement BOOST: Join my fall/winter online classes! www.gum.co/khalidaclasses2020 (link in my bio!) 💕

Join me today on FB Live! at 12:30 CET (Berlin Tim

Join me today on FB Live! at 12:30 CET (Berlin Time) for a FREE little 30-minute travel step combo session with veil 💕

It will appear in www.facebook.com/groups/kdancespace

Come and join!

We will start our full 12-week fall Strength-Flexibility-Dance BOOST online program (Silk Veil, Fan Veils and Belly Work!) this Monday, August 31st! 😍

Note: I will be teaching ONLY ONLINE this year 🤓

If you want to study with me this Fall/Winter join me at www.gum.co/khalidaclasses2020

Enrollments are now open!

Link in bio - DM/drop me if you have any questions about my Online Program! 💕

Get your strength-flexibility-dance BOOST on and join me online for the rest of 2020 🤗💛✨

#khalidaonline #dance #movement #bellydance #travelsteps #training #body #awareness #rangeofmotion #flexibility #strength #painfree #orientaldance #dancer #crosstraining #danceskills #fanveils #online #learning #practice #buikdans #danse #danseorientale #orientaalsedans #danzadelvientre #khalidabech #veil #BOOST #program

Music by the fantastic Søren Bebe

Since May I have been teaching a series of weekly

Since May I have been teaching a series of weekly online sessions, focusing on a theme per month, and I called them online #BOOST programs.

I wanted to share #exercises that I personally do at home, in order to stay #limber and #strong enough to practice the #movement forms that I love - #painfree (!) - for #dance as well as #martialarts.

In these #onlineseries we‘ve worked together on opening up #rangeofmotion using simple exercises, and strengthening our bodies from the inside out on Mondays and Tuesdays - then on Fridays we apply this new body #awareness and #ROM to dance.

The results have been astounding.

I've started noticing #posture improvements across the board (also for me!)

#Shimmies were freed up, arm #movements became smoother and more 'light', and people who felt their posture had been 'on lock' for years and years suddenly wrote to me that the exercises we did were changing up everything.

This makes me incredibly happy.

All this happened in just a few 30-minute sessions per week, and we had been going for only a few weeks.

So.. I really want to continue doing this.

Expand it.

Offer it to everyone who might benefit from it.

So.. I've decided to keep theses online sessions going for the rest of the year (September - October - November) and I am opening up enrollments THIS WEEK to anyone who wants to join us.

You can experience first hand what these simple, but movement-potential expanding exercises can do for you.

It will change the way you move forever.

Practicing pain-free, improving your posture, and applying newly (re)found ranges of motion to the dance skills you already know and love.

Does this sound like something you'd like to do this fall?

Then come and join my online program!

Drop me a 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 for the info link!

Dance and move online with me and apply your new potential to Silk Veil, Fan Veils and Belly Work

I'm opening up enrollments for my September - October - November BOOST online program.

You can sign up for the full 3 months this week. We'll start next Monday!

Expand your movements, re-claim your lost ranges of motion, improve your #flexibility and posture, gain #confidence in yourself and your dancing.

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