Belly Dancing: Figure 8 - part of the women's fitness video series by GeoBeats. We are going to learn how to do figure 8's. And with the figure 8 again, my feet are going to be wider than my hips, I am going to angle my right hip forward and what I essentially want to do is draw a circle with the hip around each foot. So what I mean by that is once my right hip is pushed forward I am going to think about taking it in front of my right foot, to the side of the foot and back. Once I am here my left hip is now facing forward, I am going to transfer the weight and take that left hip forward, side and back. This is where people often get stuck, is how to transfer. Again think about switching the knee. I am going to bend the left knee which takes the right hip out to the side and back. Now bend the right knee which takes the left hip to the side and back. So when I smooth it out I have forward, side, back. Forward, side, back. Forward, side, back. And I am just very gently, very comfortably switching the knees back and forth. Keeping the chest lifted, and sliding the hips forward, side, back. Forward, side, back. You should feel very comfortable, very massaging for the spine, very low impact. And once you have it you can add some arms. Just bring a little more life in to the movements. You can take it a little bit smaller, a little bit faster. So now we are going to reverse the direction of that figure 8 and go back to front. We just did forward to back so if you imagine with starting with that hip back I am going to push it forward in front of me and then transfer the weight, bending the opposite knee. That hip goes back to forward, back to forward. Same idea, drawing an 8 with the pelvis and that transition I am switching the knees. Very loose, very comfortable. Back, side, forward. Back, side, forward. Back, side, forward. And again I can vary the tempo. This should be very loose, very easy on the body. Back to front, back to front. And again I can play with whatever I want. The arms to do to accentuate the movements. So we have front to back and back to front and that is your figure 8.