Joana Saahirah´s World Blog

A Collection of Articles, Videos, and Freebies on Egyptian Dance, Self-Discovery & Empowerment

Co-Creation Tools to Manifest your Dreams

 

Turning dreams into reality has always been my thing.

 

And because I love to teach what I´ve learned through study but, mostly, through experience, I have a gift for you.

 

Here are a few  Co-Creation Tools I´ve been using since I can remember. They help me to be, dance, and live from my heart; they have allowed me to create the realities I dream for myself. 

I hope they help you on your path, as well.

 

 

First, let´s remember a few basics truths:

 

1. We´re more powerful than we ...

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Surprising Benefits of Shimmies in Egyptian Dance

Egyptian Dance can be known, and practiced, in different levels, for different reasons, and for different purposes.

One of the things I love the most about this art form is the set of amazing - known and unknown - benefits it offers.

Shimmies, for example, offer some quite unexpected benefits.

Want to know them?

 

 

1. Shimmies increase our Self-Confidence.

If properly learned, they´re grounding and elevating movements that offer a deep sense of inner security on this earth and, simulta...

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What my (genius) Percussionist taught me

 

In more than 20 years of career, one that grew abnormally fast, I was privileged to work with the best musicians in the field of Egyptian Music and Dance and even luckier to call them "my teachers".

 

Unlike so many dancers I knew, especially in Cairo where it´s not uncommon at a certain level of career to "own" your own orchestra, I listened to my musicians as if they were mentors, family, friends, creation and soul partners.

 

Make no mistake: they listened to me, as well. I was their...

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You shouldn´t learn Egyptian Dance. Here´s why.

 

 

Because, if properly taught, Egyptian Dance disrupts your life.

Because it challenges you on levels you didn´t even know existed.

Because it´ll make you look in the mirror and say "I love you" with genuine feeling (and there´ll be consequences resulting from it).

Because it´ll open your mind, heart, body, and soul and we know how dangerous that can be.

Because it´ll show you the Path of Sacred Sensuality, a path that´ll make you a reincarnation of Lilith. And Lilith is trouble and da...

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Hips don´t lie – Introduction to Baladi

I am a “baladi” kind of girl – that´s clear to anyone who knows me.

Mahmoud Reda – my dearest teacher and friend, also the Father of Egyptian Folklore – told me many times: “you are a sophisticated fellaha (Egyptian peasant), ya Joana” to express the fact that simplicity and down to earth attitudes are the clay of what I´m made of. Snobs and arrogant ass”%&#$%&s are not my cup of tea, thank you very much.

Part of being a “baladi” girl includes loving BALADI dance or the original form of RAKS ...

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