The Mindset of the Saiidi Warrior

When we learn Saiidi, or any other style of Egyptian Folklore, we learn dance steps and postures but, if we´re learning from an educated teacher, we should be learning more than that.

There´s a Culture, a History, a Geography, and a Mentality behind each style - students are supposed to drink from those references. 

When we study Saiidi Dance - or the Tahtib which originated it -, we learn about the MINDSET OF THE SAIIDI WARRIOR, a code of values that Saiidi people, particularly men, live by.

Here are some of the features of the Saiidi Warrior Mindset:

1. A life lead with honesty and self-respect;

2. Word of honor - do what you say and say what you do;

3. Pride in oneself and in our roots;

4. Courage - not running away from challenges, facing our inner and outer demons, living life with an open chest;

5. Soulfulness in everything we do. Moving from the truest place - the heart. 

You may not be a Saiidi man, or a Saiideya (Saiidi woman), but you´re a human being.  

You can ask yourself if those Saiidi Values are your values or if you´d like to emulate some of them.

When we learn Saiidi, we´re invited to ask if those values live within us, if we lack them, if we´d like to develop them. For dance and for life.

If it sounds like a deep personal transformation, it´s because it is.

Are you up for it?

(Our NEW COURSE "EGYPTIAN FOLKLORE COCKTAIL" starts with Saiidi - scroll down for more information⤵️⤵️⤵️)