Bellydancing Drills

Sweet Jesus! I just exorcised for 2 hours - straight. Me, who only exercises twice a week, bellydancing on Tuesdays and Yoga at work on Fridays. Then a bit of manual labour on Saturdays at the Zoo. I am BRUTALLY out of shape. But, I actually survived 2 hours of bellydancing drills today. 2! First there were stretches, etc. to warm up then a song of chest drops, a song of chest lifts, a couple songs of combinations of chest drops and chest lifts. Then it gets kind of blurry, but eventually we were standing up again and up on the balls of our feet doing hip shimmies. At that point I had to stop a couple times because my shins were seizing up. There were also squats, the egyptian shimmy, chest slides, figure eights w/ the ummy (sp?), and then we did our own combo, figure eights w/ chest drops, undulation and ummy. Then some more stretches and yoga poses. My right shin is kind of twitching still and I am afraid I may not be able to get out of bed in the morning. I had a super hot shower, recommended by the teacher, so hopefully that will help. It was crazy but I actually feel great, if slightly wobbly. I would DEFINITELY do it again. But, maybe not next week...