Asinya Storm
New member
Hi people
I'm not sure how I actually fit in here, and I suspect I'll be a bit of a square peg in a round whole type thing, buuut - I want to learn bellydancing.
I tried going to classes but quickly found that my body-awareness and skills were so far behind the rest of the group, and the teachers...I'm very technically minded, I like knowing how's and why's - telling me to "do this" and when I then asked "which muscles should I use?" and "am I allowed to bend my knees?" and all I got in the way of answer was "You'll learn" and "just do what the others do" then I admittedly gave up in frustration.
Fortunately, there is Youtube so I'm currently doing the howcast-videos as often as I can.
I will try classes again once I feel more sure of myself and what I can do, and feel I have developed a better understanding - and I know that it wasn't the teachers fault - I'm just very...mechanically, I guess...wired, so when there is a Right way to do something, I want and need to understand it before trying it.
I guess I sound mildly autistic, but I'm just an ISTP, if that descritpion helps
In any case, and ranting aside, I just felt that maybe I should be here and meet people who can and know and can perhaps support or tell and help. I can hope, at least
Ehm, yes, thanks for reading!
I'm not sure how I actually fit in here, and I suspect I'll be a bit of a square peg in a round whole type thing, buuut - I want to learn bellydancing.
I tried going to classes but quickly found that my body-awareness and skills were so far behind the rest of the group, and the teachers...I'm very technically minded, I like knowing how's and why's - telling me to "do this" and when I then asked "which muscles should I use?" and "am I allowed to bend my knees?" and all I got in the way of answer was "You'll learn" and "just do what the others do" then I admittedly gave up in frustration.
Fortunately, there is Youtube so I'm currently doing the howcast-videos as often as I can.
I will try classes again once I feel more sure of myself and what I can do, and feel I have developed a better understanding - and I know that it wasn't the teachers fault - I'm just very...mechanically, I guess...wired, so when there is a Right way to do something, I want and need to understand it before trying it.
I guess I sound mildly autistic, but I'm just an ISTP, if that descritpion helps
In any case, and ranting aside, I just felt that maybe I should be here and meet people who can and know and can perhaps support or tell and help. I can hope, at least
Ehm, yes, thanks for reading!