This is a more practical, comprehensive belly dancing cool down, from Dolphina’s Goddess Workout. She reflects on the spiritual and physical importance of the cool down after dancing.
It might be a bit “out there” for some dancers – “spreading the goddess energy” – but the techniques are good. This is an excellent cool down for belly dancers as it incorporates stretching of all the major muscles used in belly dance.
The actual cool down begins at around 3 minutes 15 into this video.
Just as vital to your belly dancing lessons routine is the need to cool down and stretch out at the end. This will enable you to keep the blood flowing and minimize any post-dance soreness. You will bring your heart rate down and reduce the potential of your muscles seizing up.
Zahira’s Expert Village video is again quite short but offers some great advice:
Stretches are important in a cool down, focussing on the areas that are used most in belly dancing – obliques, thighs, arms.
