Belly Dance as a Celebration of Feminine Freedom..just like Nia

Photo by Jennifer Lucero-Earle

Delilah describes that she loves belly dance for its "overall celebration of life and feminine freedom." That resonates for me - it's one of the many reasons I love Nia.

Delilah goes on to say about belly dance, "it has structure and discipline, but the personality of the woman will define her individual style of presentation, a traditional fact about this dance. It is an art form rather than a typical folk dance. It’s a fabulous vehicle for personal expression, a dance that fuses together the elements of its environment as well as being molded by them: music, language, customs, politics, history and climate...Another thing you should know about belly dance is the personal transformation that women undergo when they begin. Yes, it’s a dance, but because you learn to have independent control over your own body you also learn to have more control in your life. Look out! Things may begin to change dramatically in your life!"

The above description of belly dance is what I fell in love with about it during our Nia-Belly Hawaii retreat earlier this year. There is so much about Nia and Belly Dance that fuse so beautifully together including that sense of life celebration, feminine freedom and personal expression.

It's for these reasons that I am excited to continue on the path of experiencing and learning belly dance - specifically with the masterful instruction of Delilah.

Check out the class schedule for Delilah's Belly Dance Studio in Fremont: http://visionarydance.com/seattle-studio/class-schedule/

Or:

Join us for one of three Nia-Belly workshops in May 2012: http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/2012/04/nia-meets-belly.html

Join us at Kalani Oceanside Retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii in February 2013. Registration is open! http://everybodyloveyourbody.blogspot.com/p/hawaii-retreat.html