Lying on your side, lift the torso off the floor and rest on your elbow. Bringyour free arm behind your head gently cupping the back of your head or gently lifting the hair of the base of the neck. The leg on the bottom should be bent with the foot behind you while the top leg should be straight with thefoot pointed. The movement is essentially a figure eight on one side. Start by bringing your hip (this should be the top or free side) forward and twitst it down towards the ground. The knee of the top leg should turn inwards anddrop down as well. Now turn the knee back out and beging twisting the hip backwards or up and behind you There should be the essential feeling ofdoing a figure eight on one side but because you are lying on the floor yourrange is more limited. Use your abdominal and oblique muscles to enhanceand further control the movemnt. But do not allow it to become an undulation Allow the leg and foot to follow naturally but do not lead with them. You sould get a snakey movement which is reminicant of old Hollywood Cleopatras that audiences still love today. Remember to keep the space between your arms and your chest open and the ribcage lifted. The chest stays still. Your upper leg will rotate in and out with the movementLying on your side, lift the torso off the floor and rest on the palm of your hand. Keep a straight line from the palm to your shoulder, the hand needs to be directly under shoulder or you will tend to slide down away from your hand making it nearly impossible to do this movement. Bring your free arm behind your head gently cupping the back of your head or gently lifting the hair from the base of the neck. The bottom leg should be bent with the foot behind you and the top leg should be straight with the foot pointed. The body is lifted and resting on the side of the lower part of your bottom leg. The weight is entirely on your hand and the side of the leg. In the Cleopatra movement the hips are lying on the floor and so there is limited range of motion however with the lifeted variation there is a much larger range of motion allowing for a more noticable figure eight. It will still be a one sided horizontal figure eight but because the hips are lifted your other hip can follow along for the ride. Twist the top hip forward and down toward the floor and then bring it back up and twist back droping it behind you. The knee will rotate in and out with the movement allow the leg and foot to follow, but do not lead with them. You sould get a snakey movement which is reminicant of old Hollywood Cleopatras that audiences still love today. This movement does require a lot of muscle strenth and control. If you have any problems with your wrists knees or shoulders I urge you to be extra careful as that is where a large portion of the weight is distributed. Remember to keep the space between your arms and your chest open and the ribcage lifted. The chest stays still. Your upper leg will rotate in and out with the movement.The snake movement is almost the same as the Cleopartra but includes an undualtion. You should be in a side lying position with the torso lifted resting on your elbow. Bring your other arm behind your head, cupping the back of your head or lifting the hair from the base of the neck. Begin with an undulation by pushing the chest forward and lifting up, then roll down when you get to the hips the hip will push back and drop behind. When your chest lifts your hip will and drop down. Lying on your side resting on the palm of your hand, lift your torso and hips off the floor so that you are resting on the side of your bottom leg. The bottom leg should be bent with the foot behind you. The top leg should be straight with the foot pointed. Bring your free arm behind your head, cupping the back of your head or lifting the hair from the base of the neck. Remember to keep the space between your arms and chest open and the ribcage lifted. Now, roll down your body in an undulation.