Inspiring thoughts of a beautiful Hawaiian beach, the graceful, sensuous hula is a dance that helps trim the waistline, strengthen the back, and improve strength, flexibility, and balance. It’s growing in popularity, too, with hula schools opening around the country. This enjoyable book-plus provides everything for a hula workout including the music: a fun, informative book with history and instructions for classic Hawaiian dance steps, a neck lei, 2 wrist leis, a CD with hula tunes, and ili ili, the castanet-like lava stones used to provide a beat to gyrate to.