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Indian dance and yoga instructor Hemalayaa possesses what one could call a "beautiful" belly. But it's not flat, not a ridged six-pack, not concave — not any of the things we've been conditioned to consider as benchmarks of paunchless pulchritude. In fact, Hemalayaa's belly is more of a two-pack, with slightly rounded definition above and below the navel. Like a real person's belly, although admittedly smaller than many, or even most.

"Body size is no deterrent to achieving a better belly," Hemalayaa assures viewers in the introduction to Beautiful Belly, a workout that she hopes "has you falling in love with your beautiful belly.” That would be novel, as most women dislike their bellies (on good days ) or actively hate their bellies (all other days ). (Insert your own rant about the reasons for self-belly-hate here.

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