…Why Dancing Keeps us Sane!

If there is one aspect of Belly Dancing that everyone, who has experienced this dance agrees upon, it is it’s ‘Theraputic Value’.

In my personal experience of teaching many women in and from different cultures, the responses are the same. Although expressed in various ways, the acknowledgement of the joyful, liberating ,physically freeing, meditative and self-acceptance qualities of Oriental Dance are unanimous.  It is this fundamental core that ‘keeps us coming back for more!’

We can explore this subject of Belly Dance as Therapy intellectually while knowing that the actual experience is the ‘Holy Grail’. Nonetheless, we are creatures of intellect and it is fun to dissect, analyze, validate and confirm ‘why’ we do the things we do.

There is certainly a long list of the benefits of Belly Dance as Mind, Body, Heart,Spirit integration to be found in many sources.

My Heart Has Wings!

But ,today I ran across an interesting source from the Dance Therapy domain. Read the rest of this entry »

Ahlan Wa Sahlan

Baalbeck Lebanon

Welcome to Belly Dance Adventures and Belly Dancer’s Blog!

If you are new and exploring or if you have been dancing for awhile, you are cetrainly having an adventure!

Why are we doing this dance?

What is it that just takes a hold of your heart and whirls you? You are drawn in and consumed and you are passionate because it feels sooo GOOD!

There are so many aspects of Belly Dancing that we are exploring.

We are on this adventure together. We are a festival of beauty and color, music and movement, a collective joy and sisterhood.

We dance around the Globe and share this ancient movement of Middle Eastern Dance. We call it different names…Belly Dance, Raqs Sharqi, Fusion.American Tribal and more. Yet, it is one collective sisterhood of women that Love to Dance.

Our travels take us to many places within and without. Through the experience of this dance we connect with our timeless eternal selves.

We are beautiful, strong, soft, sensuous, and VERY colorful.

Wherever and whenever we dance we participate in an experience of Joy.

The adventure of Belly Dance is never ending. It is always morphing and changing yet it is rooted in the exotic, rich and fragrant music and culture of the Middle East. Read the rest of this entry »