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How do I learn to roll my belly?

Richa Jauhari
BollyX Regional Trainer, NASM certified Personal Trainer, Choreographer, Fitness & Mental Health Author
Richa Jauhari is BollyX Regional Trainer for Southern California based in Glendale, California. With over 10 years of experience as an instructor and choreographer, she specializes in Bollywood fusion dances. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Toronto and a Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy from Brandman University. She has also earned a certification as a personal trainer from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and an Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) certification in group exercise. She has published articles on fitness & mental health in notable online publications such as Brown Girl Magazine, Medium, BollyX Life, and India Currents.

Richa Jauhari

BollyX Regional Trainer, NASM certified Personal Trainer, Choreographer, Fitness & Mental Health Author

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Body rolls are a great way to learn and practice flexibility while keeping the abdominal muscles engaged. A great way to control abdominal muscles is to practice sinking the bellybutton into the spine while exhaling many times a day. Along with strengthening exercise, stretching the lats muscles and chest openers can also help the torso flow more smoothly during a body roll.

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How do I get my abdominal muscles to move one by one?

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This takes lots of practice. It takes strength in your obliques and lower back as well. Try hip-ribcage isolations (look up isolation jazz warmup exercises), which helps a lot. Then practice some more! Use the mirror to assist.

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Can I belly roll and belly dance even if I'm thick?

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Anyone can belly dance! I am on the thicker side as well and I teach belly dancing classes. I find thicker people can dance as well, if not better than thin people.

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How can I do this without immediately feeling pain?

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If it hurts, only do it for short amounts of time, then progress to longer trials.

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Can I do a belly roll if I just finished eating?

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You should probably not do belly rolls for a few hours or so, so that you can digest the food. If you do belly rolls, especially if you are lying down and facing the ground, you may feel ill or injure yourself.

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Can this hurt any of my organs? I feel pain below my stomach.

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Belly rolls will never hurt your stomach or any other organ. The pain could just be muscle pain (which is fine) or an unrelated pain.

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Is it rare to do a belly roll, or is it actually normal for people to be able to do it?

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It's pretty rare to just naturally be able to do it, but most people can do it if they put some effort into figuring out how.

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As a boy, should I learn to belly roll with a shirt on or should I wear a crop top at belly dance practice?

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A crop top would make it easier, but if you are uncomfortable it can be done with a shirt on.

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How much time do I need to train to learn all of the movements of the belly roll?

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That depends on how well you can grasp the ability to do so. Some people can get the hang of it faster than others, but you will learn it if you try hard enough.

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