Day 3 | My Belly Dance Journal, 2.23.2016
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All week I thought about what I would do. I danced in my head many routines that were beyond my current skill level. I am not patient, I want to be a belly dance queen, but I am far from it. I have been photo reading the book Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing. I am absorbing a lot of understanding about how belly dance can be used as a therapy. I need this. I need to feel like a woman again. I need to connect to my inner goddess. I need access to my feminine power. I desire to master this dance, to master myself. I am approaching 40 and I want to reach my full potential: body, mind and soul.
Today, I went home from work and put on my belly dance out fit and made my way to practice. I was late. I took my rain boots and coat off in the hallway and put on my very large orange ear rings. I entered the class. Oshun, my teacher, commented, "Beautiful!" I was pleased. She was right that, when you dress up and look in the mirror and like what you see, you will move better, be more alive and engage in the dance more. Although I was still very unskilled, I felt better in the moves that my body did comprehend.
"Beautiful", Oshun (my teacher) repeated. As I performed my first choreography, Hand circles that I brought to the side and down from the side, bending over my left leg as my hand circles were carried up and behind me. And up as I stood up straight and moved into my big hip circles and and chest roles.
One day people will weep when they see me dance, because I feel emotion so deeply. One day I will make others feel what I feel when they watch me dance. I today told the story of love, it's lost and my surrender. My dance came from my heart breaking and seeking healing.
The title of the book Oshun has us reading is Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing . This is why I am doing this, healing. I need this dance.
Today, I went home from work and put on my belly dance out fit and made my way to practice. I was late. I took my rain boots and coat off in the hallway and put on my very large orange ear rings. I entered the class. Oshun, my teacher, commented, "Beautiful!" I was pleased. She was right that, when you dress up and look in the mirror and like what you see, you will move better, be more alive and engage in the dance more. Although I was still very unskilled, I felt better in the moves that my body did comprehend.
"Beautiful", Oshun (my teacher) repeated. As I performed my first choreography, Hand circles that I brought to the side and down from the side, bending over my left leg as my hand circles were carried up and behind me. And up as I stood up straight and moved into my big hip circles and and chest roles.
One day people will weep when they see me dance, because I feel emotion so deeply. One day I will make others feel what I feel when they watch me dance. I today told the story of love, it's lost and my surrender. My dance came from my heart breaking and seeking healing.
The title of the book Oshun has us reading is Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing . This is why I am doing this, healing. I need this dance.
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