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THE BENEFITS
OF BELLY DANCING
Belly Dance promotes physical, mental and emotional
healing. by enhancing your intimate connection
with Spirit, it may increase insights about your
well-being, what you are feeling and life in
general.
It can make you more aware of influences in your
life and how you react to them.
At the physical level, this dance promotes
flexibility, muscular toning, strength and good
posture. Belly Dance is not based on the idea of
tensing muscles, as in some other western dance
forms (such as ballet),
it is actually the reverse: you do not have to be
tense to be in control. Your body can be relaxed and
still be in perfect control of your movement. this
lesson can be applied to other aspects of our lives:
just by acknowledging the truth that we do not need
to be tense to be in control, but the opposite, very
relaxed into the core of our being.
At the emotional level, Belly Dance banishes
insecurities, tensions, and emotional blocks, thus
promoting creativity, confidence, freedom and
sensuality. at the mental level, it develops
concentration, mind/body coordination, intuition and
relaxation.
This dance also has a soothing, hypnotic effect on
the audience, helping relax and heal as well.
Healing occurs because the mind steps away from its
rationality and allows spirit to be in the moment
where
perfection resides. beholding the dance, the
audience is captivated to share the bliss of the
dancer. there is a communion of energy and spiritual
bounding that emerges in a kindred way throughout
the performance.
The movements are performed in isolation, with parts
of the body moving independently. It involves
geometric shapes, such as spirals, infinity signs
and circles. These shapes are relate to nature
symbolism and subconscious archetypes that connect
us to our humanity and divinity, and promote a sense
of unity between dancer and audience. This is
because all these forms are infused in nature, in
our bodies and in the heavenly bodies. You can see
them in turtle shells, spider webs, snakes, trees,
the cells in our bodies, on our finger prints, and
in the galaxies! We are part f all these nature
aspects, and dancing the symbolism awakes this
relationship with nature... mostly forgotten in our
modern life. This dance promotes a feeling of unity,
of eternity and of belonging, something that we all
long for.
So, dance your heart's content! It not only feels
food, and is therapeutic, but your audience will
feel the healing as well!
Excerpt from the Enlightenment Dance Book
by Rosane Gibson Hozuhni
copyright 2004
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