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Discoveries from my Bed Rest (when a dancer has to stop moving)

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“Doing those deeply unfashionable things—slowing down, letting your spare time expand, getting enough sleep, resting—is a radical act now, but it is essential. This is a crossroads we all know, a moment when you need to shed a skin. If you do, you’ll expose all those painful nerve endings and feel so raw that you’ll need to take care of yourself for a while. If you don’t, then that skin will harden around you.”

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Surprising Benefits of Shimmies in Egyptian Dance

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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...

Joana Saahirah´s World Blog

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

Discoveries from my Bed Rest (when a dancer has to stop moving)

Surprising Benefits of Shimmies in Egyptian Dance

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