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My Mum´s Golden Self-Empowerment Rule

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Self-Empowerment comes in all shapes and forms.

It can come from teachers, books, life events, tragedies and pleasant surprises; it can come from strangers and from the person next door. It can also come as a surprise, from where you least expect it.

I grew up with a tough mum. Hard as nails, demanding, no-patting-on-the-back love style; doing the solo parenting job the same way Jesus held the cross - suffering, in plain sight; not making an effort to hide it.

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3 (weird but efficient) Steps to Awaken your Creativity

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Oh, boy. Where do I start?

Let´s go from the beginning, a very good place to start.

I´ve been what my friends/family/man call a "compulsive creator" since I´ve known myself.

Even before I got into Ballet School, at 5 years old, I was already drawing, singing, dancing - aka Cute Monkey Business -, performing for my colleagues - aka Cute Gibbery Improvised Theatre Plays - and doing Nude Presentations (NOT KIDDING) during nap time.

As soon as the kindergarten ladies left us, to take their after...

Sometimes, this is the most creative thing you can do:

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I´ve always been a DOER.

No, I´m no stranger to laziness, procrastination, the fear of failure and/or success, exhaustion. I deal with those, in different intensity degrees, on a daily basis.

Yes, I also like to have fun, relax, being instead of producing. Netflix calls me, quitting is an option, if only for a second; I´m human, after all.

And, still, DOING is my thing. As hard, sweaty, challenging, and boring as it may be, at times, DOING is my cup of tea; it builds character, self-conf...

Here´s what I do in times of crisis

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From my window, I see the Atlantic ocean. It´s beautiful.

I can also see the emptiness of the street, the cars that stopped passing by, the neighbors who refrain from leaving the house. Just like I do, just like most people in Europe do, right now.

The Corona Virus hit the world and with it comes a series of QUESTIONS we never dared asking. I´m a firm believer in the flipside of the coin. Meaning: every challenge carries an opportunity and every crisis has its perks if we decide to see it a...

What is FREEDOM?

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Teaching is learning twice. Indeed.

As I work on the NEW ONLINE COURSE "My first Tabla Solo - Introduction to Rhythm & Freedom" (Click HERE to discover this pioneering course), I´m invited to go deeper into dance, rhythm, and freedom.

From these elements, FREEDOM is the trickiest and also the most important.

If you´ve been following me and my work, you know I don´t separate Egyptian Dance from Life. What we learn for the first applies to the second. And vice-versa.

No surprise, then, when ...

Joana Saahirah´s World Blog

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

My Mum´s Golden Self-Empowerment Rule

3 (weird but efficient) Steps to Awaken your Creativity

Sometimes, this is the most creative thing you can do:

Here´s what I do in times of crisis

What is FREEDOM?

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