happy new year wish...

May the Positive Energy of the Universe

Surround you, Flow through you, and bring 

Peace to your mind, 

Love to your heart, 

and Calm to your spirit

WORKSHOP::: Awaken the Goddess (Saturday, Jan 25)

Awaken the Goddess Workshop: 
Saturday, January 25
3-5pm
(Beginner level)

• Activate your Chakras
• Focus on restorative techniques, alignment, and flow 
• Discover Balance, Fluidity, and Awaken the Goddess
• Connect, renew your spirit, and increase circulation for better overall health. 

When we Awaken the Goddess, we get in touch with our true power -- our flow, intuition, vulnerability and strength. We also get to experience some of what holds us back from a deeper connection with ourselves and others - self judgment, judgment of others, jealousy and competition. In so doing we can finally embrace our wholeness.

Bring an open mind and open heart
Bring a journal and a pencil, and a yoga mat

$20 Early Registration (register by January 20)
$30 Drop in
or 2 credits on your Class Card
Email for additional information.
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http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com


Shimmy Shop Workshop:
Saturday, February 8
3-5pm
(Intermediate Level- You must have taken at least 6 Basic level Belly Dance classes to register and know the following basic moves: Shoulder and hip shimmies, wrist circles, hip circles, 3 point turn, camels, belly rolls, and egyptian walk

This Belly Dance workshop will focus on layering moves, traveling, and turning.

• Explore shimmies... layering them, traveling with them, incorporating them to undulating moves
• Drill 3/4 steps, traveling hip snaps and layered shimmies
• Learn footwork and turns, including arm movements and flutters

Be ready to shimmy, shake, undulate! Challenge your mind and your body.
Bring a towel and lots of water!

It's a Fusion Hafla:
Saturday, March 29
3-5pm
(Open Level)
This fun Dancing Workshop will allow you to explore rhythm and flow and your body!
You will start with an introduction to different dance forms including Latin, African, and Belly Dancing to allow our minds and bodies to relax and invite movement and flow.
We will explore Belly Dance traveling steps and basic sequences, group belly dance and flow.
This Open level workshop is great for everyone from beginners to advanced dancers!
It's a great opportunity to JUST DANCE and let go while learning Basic Latin and Belly Dance~
No dance experience necessary.
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6 week belly dance session starts January 16!
Thursdays at 7pm

Email: km@karlamariefineart.com

Belly Dance Goddess Hour (by karla marie)

Ask me about Prenatal Restorative Sessions (email km@karlamariefineart.com) including Belly Dance and yoga techniques. private sessions can be held in home or at studio.
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BELLY DANCING AND PREPARING FOR CHILD BIRTH

I always told my students in class how wonderful belly dancing was during pregnancy. Although I hadn't put it to the test. I understand child birth because I have had 3 children but never understood my body until I started to belly dance. I just knew the movements from class and the constant intense work on our lower abdominal and back muscles as well as our pelvic floor muscles had to be of huge benefit during pregnancy and labor. During pregnancy the work on balance and understanding the shifts in your center of gravity as well as increasing circulation and flexibility during class proved to be of great benefit. After a delivery with an epidural for my first son, and a c-section for my second son, I was able to experience a completely natural, drug free labor and delivery for my 3rd son. I attribute this, in large part, to the work I did in class (belly dancing and yoga) and of course my doula, Addy Meisenheimer and my husband and the confidence I had in knowing my body. I found this article and wanted to share a bit of it with my lovelies as many of you are expecting babies. I was blessed to be able to teach my belly dancing class the entire pregnancy up until 1 week before delivering at 37 weeks and I reaped the benefits of this during my labor and delivery. What a wonderful experience it was.... I have been offering prenatal restorative private sessions including belly dancing and yoga techniques for expecting moms for a couple of years and it is one of my favorite offerings. A special time for mom and baby and a unique experience to me as a guest in this moment to allow them to rest, restore, relax, and connect.

"Childbirth must be prepared for. Dormant muscles must be built up little by little, step by step. All it takes is a little work, which certainly would never harm the mother or the unborn child. Strengthening the muscles also helps in carrying the child through pregnancy and greatly reduces stretch marks on the abdomen.

Training classes, such as Education for Childbirth courses given at one of the major hospitals in New York City, try to accomplish in a few short months or weeks what should have been started in childhood: namely the shaping-up of pelvic muscles used in pregnancy and childbirth and to regain shape and muscle tone after birth.

The first lesson in the Exercise Review Sheet of that hospital says: "Concentration Exercises -- Object: to learn muscular control of muscle groups. Particular attention is paid to strong contraction and absolute relaxation of the rest of the body."

The technique of Oriental dancing is one of contractions and releases while all other muscles not involved in the movemen are relaxed.

Class 2 goes on: "Stand with knees easy, feet parallel and with the weight of the body well over the arches of your feet. Rock your pelvis upward, Tighten slowly your buttocks and lower abdominal muscles. . . Lying on your back, with legs bent, press back firmly on floor, contracting abdominal muscles at the same time -- release."

This is a position assumed in almost every Oriental dance at one point or another, where the head reaches the floor from a backbend and the body relaxes untill the spine rests on the floor. The knees are sharply bent and the feet outside of and close to the thighs. Slow rhythmic breathing is followed by fast shallow breathing, acceleration of which increases with contractions, producing a variety of abdominal movements.

One of the women, who attended classes of this sort, was the wife of a prominent lawyer of Turkish background and mother of twins. She told me that one of the movements her obstetrician stressed was a rippling movement of the abdomen, the old Arabic "belly roll" - what we now refer to as the "camel".

It was explained that the upper part of the wave, as her doctor termed the movement, was to be done between the contractions of the womb, and the lower part of the wave, or bearing down, was to be done as the womb contracted. This would aid the mother considerably in expelling the baby with minimal wear and tear on all the internal organs and muscles involved. Fighting the contractions through fear and preoccupation with the thought of pain would only tense the muscles and tear them rather than allow them to stretch gently during the uterine contractions and relaxations.

The rolling movement itself is no child's play to learn, for when done wrong it only serves to stetch the stomach muscles. The lower spine, pelvis, diaphragm and abdomen are involved. This is extremely difficult to describe in writing & must be demonstrated, explained step by step, felt gradually muscle by muscle.

Each little muscle must be found and developed in turn, before the whole can be manipulated to the extent that each split second can be perfectly controlled. Rather than sharpness and angularity, there must be a smooth, circular, undulating motion."
excerpt from Shimmy Goddess

Ready to take on the new year!

happy new year lovelies

_/|\_ namaste dear belly dancing lovelies,

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! 

may it be filled with love, light, and happy shimmies~

Updates and full information for 2014 will be posted regularly on Facebook page and Blog,

Along with daily inspiration and belly dance/yoga related news!

• "LIKE" the facebook page (www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans)
  
• "FOLLOW" the blog (http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com)

Very excited about offering sessions and workshops as well as private (individual/group) lessons and restorative sessions in 2014!

• First 6 week Belly Dance Intensive starts Thursday, January 16
  
• Every Thursday from January 16-February 20 (7pm-8pm)
  
• Registration deadline: Saturday, January 11
• One Day workshops on: Saturday, January 25, Saturday, February 8*, Saturday, March 29 (3-5pm) 
  
• Saturday, February 8 is an INTERMEDIATE level workshop, must have attended at least 6 beginner/open level classes)

Space is Limited.

To Register or For more information: 

email karla marie km@karlamariefineart.com

Class Cards Available:

(4, 6, 10, 20 classes)

• Cards DO NOT EXPIRE
  
• Cards can be SHARED
  
• Cards can be used for ANY and ALL classes/workshops offered by Karla Marie at any location where classes are offered.

LOVE, LIGHT, AND HAPPY SHIMMIES

_/|\_  

Karla Marie

www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

"Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind;
dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds." -Rumi

http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com

 

6 Week Beginner Belly Dance Intensive in New Orleans

SPACE IS LIMITED
TO REGISTER:
Email km@karlamariefineart.com

Join me tomorrow!!
To Belly dance! Why? Because you love yourself, wanna detoxify and de-stress, and do something fun and push yourself out of your comfort zone! Where? Swan River Yoga. Right on Canal St. Past Jeff Davis on 2940 canal St. What time?? 7:30!!! Join me!!!! Drop ins $14 For more info email: km@karlamariefineart.com Last Class of 2013

Last Shimmy of 2013

TUESDAY!!!!!

join us at Swan River Yoga

2940 Canal St. NOLA

7:30pm-8:30pm

for the last shimmy of 2013!!!!

Drop ins and new students ALWAYS welcome!!!

--

Karla Marie Cochran

km@karlamariefineart.com

http:karlamariefineart.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/karlamariefineart

 
"Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind;
dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds." -Rumi

http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com

 

love, light

and happy shimmies!

Have a beautiful evening lovelies....

only 3 classes left!

Just 3 classes left in 2013!!!

Tuesday, December 3 

Tuesday, December 10

Tuesday, December 17

Join us @Swan River Yoga Mandir (2940 Canal St.)

7:30pm-8:30pm

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2014 belly dancing schedule and details coming soon...

Plan on a 6-8 week Belly Dance Intensive starting in January & 3 awesome workshops: 

• Awaken the Goddess
  
• Shimmy til you drop
  
• Belly Dancing Gypsy

--

Karla Marie Cochran

km@karlamariefineart.com

http:karlamariefineart.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/karlamariefineart

 
"Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind;
dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds." -Rumi

http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com

 

No Belly Dancing class Tonight! Enjoy your holiday...

No Belly Dancing class Tonight! Enjoy your holiday!!!

Belly Dancing tomorrow!!!!

join us tomorrow

just because you know you will feel great after class!!!!

love, light, and happy shimmies

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http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com

 

Tomorrow's forecast

Chilly with a chance of SHIMMIES!!!!!

Come shake, dance, and feel like a goddess

Feeling extra inspired by a gorgeous belly dancing performance this weekend,

and looking forward to shimmying with my lovelies!

love, light, and happy shimmies,

karla marie

www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com

Belly Dance Workshop - This Saturday October 5

Belly Dance Workshop

Saturday, October 5, 2013

3pm-5pm

the Studio NOLA

3225 Danny Park Suite 201, Metairie, Louisiana 700

To Register: km@karlamariefineart.com

Same Day Registration Available:

We will start registration 15 minutes before the Workshop begins

Attire: Yoga attire is best or anything that allows a full range of movement (stretch pants and fitted tank top is best)

Duration: 2 hours

Bring: a notebook/yoga mat (if available)

What to expect?

(Drills & Skills) Basic 12 Belly Dancing moves. 

(The Body/TheMind) Understanding the anatomy behind the moves and how the body/bones, and the mind/thoughts come together to make those happen. 

(The ancient dance) We will also introduce the history and story behind the dance for a better understanding of the moves and fluidity! 

We will learn, laugh, and sweat!!!! Join us!

It's a way to understand the belly dance experience as more than just a technical dance, but as it relates to life. 

It will be awesome!

Great for Beginners * Great for Experienced Dancers

Not to mention we will include Flamenco and Brass Band music as part of our drills :)

It will be great! 

I'm excited to meet you. We will have a wonderful group on women on that day!

Love, Light, and Happy Shimmies!

- karla marie

www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

no belly dancing class tomorrow

My Dearest Belly Dancing lovelies,

I have a family emergency and will be unable to teach class tomorrow (10/1).

I ask for your love and light as I help and support my family during this time. 

Sing and dance for us, and send us joy and peaceful thoughts.

yours,

karla marie

 

www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

Time to go home and then off to BELLY DANCING!!!! Especially excited about it tonight! Detox, Destress, and a Recharge with my incredible belly dancing lovelies! Nothing like a a strong, amazing, shimmying group of women to make you feel better!!!

Belly Dance TUESDAY & Belly Dance WORKSHOP

Happy Sunday Lovelies! Who Dat!!!!

See you Tuesday for some love, light, and Happy Shimmies!

Tuesday 7:30pm 

Swan River Yoga

2940 Canal St.

Drop ins $14 Class packages available

INVITE FRIENDS!

Don't forget...

Early Registration Special for Workshop $20

(Flyer Attached)

Saturday, October 5th | 3-5pm

IT'S GONNA BE SOOOO MUCH FUN, WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF LADIES REGISTERED ALREADY! DON'T MISS IT!

"LIKE" www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

Exciting News!!!!!

So Excited to announce our

Belly Dance DRILLS & SKILLS

lalalalalalalalala *zaghareet * lalalalalalalala

ONE DAY WORKSHOP

coming Saturday October 5th!!!!

SEE FLYER ATTACHED

Pre-Registration required. Space is limited.

"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Come shake it with us

TOMORROW - TUESDAY

Belly Dance Goddess Hour

7:30pm-8:30pm

Swan River Yoga (2940 Canal St.)

Drop ins | New Students ALWAYS WELCOME

"LIKE" www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!!!!

Dearest Belly Dancing Lovelies!!!

I've been working on getting some workshops and series scheduled for Saturdays in the fall.

I'm SO excited to share that we will be having a 

1 day workshop 

Saturday, October 5

The best part is that it will be on a Saturday from 10:30am-12:30pm

Belly Dancing Drills & Skills

A fun, fun, 1 day class complete with Veils!!!

So excited!!!!!!!!!!!

We'll even include a lil FLAMENCO and a little LATIN and a lil BRASS BAND in there!!!!!

Lots of new stuff and fresh moves!!!!!

A sort of belly dancing injection to get your groove back :)

$20 EARLY BIRD (BEFORE 9/22)
$30 after 9/22

his will be at Studio NOLA- a beautiful new studio space!!!! You'll love it

(Details to follow)

I'm also working on a 4-8 week series in November at the Healing Center (Movement Room) but it isn't confirmed.

I will let you know the minute it is. It will be 11am-12pm

Pre-Registration is REQUIRED.
Space is Limited.
Invite friends and they can email me for details
km@karlamariefineart.com

in the meantime, 

keep doing those alternating booty clenches 
while sitting at your desk or washing dishes 

and practice your belly rolls while driving and lying in bed 

and show those purty belly dancing hands.... 

Be ready to shimmy and shake and sweat the funk out!!!!!!!!!!

and see you on TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

7:30pm 

Swan River

No excuses!!!!!!!!!

"Goddesses have been gathering for eternity. Find your community of dancing sisterhood"

See you Tomorrow {@Belly Dancing}

Tuesday. 

7:30pm.

Belly Dance.

love, light, and happy shimmies

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{Belly Dance} Shake the FUNK out Tuesday!!!!

TUESDAY: Come shake the funk out !

Don't forget >>>

Belly Dancing * TUESDAY * 7:30pm

Swan River Yoga Mandir (2940 Canal St.)

love, light, and happy shimmies

"LIKE" www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

Belly Dancing Class * Tuesdays @7:30pm * Swan River Yoga (2940 Canal St.)

Tonight's Belly Dancing class will include an 18 minute restorative cool down... straps, bolsters, eye pillows, oils, massage.... it will be insane awesome!! Love, Light, and Happy Shimmies! Namaste y'all

{Belly Dancing} Don't miss TUESDAY's Incredible Class & Restorative Yoga

After an exhilarating weekend of Belly Dancing to live drummers and hip hop at ROCKASANA on Friday  

AND a Restorative Sound Bath on Sunday with the crystal bowls, gong, and drummers again....

Be READY to ROCK it OUT tomorrow!!!

BELLY DANCE GODDESS HOUR

@7:30pm

...and you won't want to miss this 

Restorative Yoga Cool Down

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OMGoddess!!! How exciting!!!!!

Dear Lovelies!!!!

This weekend at Swan Rriver 2 sacred sound offerings. 

Both especially exciting for belly dancing lovelies because they include LIVE drumming and Fridays even includes belly dancing!!!

Friday at 5:30pm-7pm
Swan River Yoga (2nd floor)

ROCKASANA
*Live drumming by Goshi
*Rigorous Asana/Yoga and Mantra by Michele
*and Belly Dancing!!!
I'll be there to lead the Belly Dancing, join me join me!
(Michele made the announcement that a special headset has been purchased for the class so the music can be loud and we can really rock it out!!! IT WILL BE a BLAST!!!

** {zaghareet} **

Community class $7
Children welcome to Krishna Rockasana Community Classes
Renzo, my 1 year old will be there to rock it out with us!!!

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Then Sunday. Sound Bath with Goshi on the drums, 40 crystal bowls, gong, Michele with Mantra and Restorative Yoga, and Therapeutics!! 6-8pm

'Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, AWAKENS' -Carl Jung

AWAKEN THE GODDESS Tonight 7:30pm

"Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or of pain." -Martha Graham

Belly Dance Goddess Hour

TUESDAYS 7:30pm-8:30pm

Swan River Yoga Mandir

2940 Canal St. NOLA 

DON'T WAIT! Join us tomorrow!!!!!!

NEW STUDENTS ALWAYS WELCOME

New Student Special: 10 classes $60 (first month)

10 classes $125/$100 students (does not expire, can be shared)

5 classes $65

Drop ins $14

for more info: km@karlamariefineart.com

{Belly Dancing TOMORROW} Don't sit, Don't wait * Get out there, feel life!!!!

TUESDAY... time to BELLY DANCE!!!

Come shimmy and shake your booty off.... TOMORROW 7:30pm

**Detox, De-stress, Renew** 

An amazing class, an incredible group of women, a wonderful opportunity to dance, to connect, to workout, to relax...all in 1 hour. 

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Belly Dancing Class New Orleans every TUESDAY at 7:30pm

Dear Belly Dancing Lovelies:

May your Saturday be filled with love, light, and happy shimmies.

Our centering thought for today is:
***** I cherish the beauty in myself and others ******
Look forward to our connecting in shimmies and stillness on Tuesday

BELLY DANCE GODDES HOUR

Tuesday 7:30pm-8:30pm

Swan River Yoga Mandir

2940 Canal St. NOLA

Drop ins and NEW STUDENTS always welcome

New Student Special 10 classes $60 (first month)

"Dancing is not just getting up painlessly, like a leaf blown on the wind; 

dancing is when you tear your heart out and rise out of your body to hang suspended between the worlds." -Rumi

"LIKE" us on facebook

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Get those hips, quads, glutes, deltoids, and abs ready for Tuesday!!!!! I'd say it ain't gonna be pretty, but belly dancing is always pretty :) can't wait! Great class planned, woohoo!!!!! Can't wait to shimmy with all the belly dancing lovelies... 7:30pm @swan river. Be there or be square, literally :) love, light and happy shimmies

The playlist for tonight is INSANE!!! CALLING ALL GODDESSES: join us join us**** Shimmy & Shake that booty til your detoxify, activate your chakras, and increase your circulation, flexibility, and balance**** all while learning the dance of the goddesses...
BELLY DANCING
7:30pm tonight
Swan River Yoga Mandir (2940 Canal St.)
DROP INS AND NEW STUDENTS always welcome. Open level class good for non dancers to advanced belly dancing lovelies.
LEARN TO BELLY DANCE IN 10 classes for $125/$100 for students. New student special 10 classes in 1 month $65 and Drop ins $14

Belly Dancing Clas in New Orleans- Every Tuesday

Calling all goddesses:

Belly Dance Goddess Hour
Class TONIGHT @7:30pm- 8:30pm

Swan River Yoga Mandir

2940 Canal St. New Orleans (Mid City)

Drop ins always welcome!!

NEW STUDENT SPECIAL:

10 class for $60 (first month)

Class Packages include:

5 class package $65

10 class package $100 students/$125 regular

THESE DON'T EXPIRE AND CAN BE SHARED

Drops in $14/ $10 student

{Get your summer "goddess game face" on!}

Belly Dance {on the bayou} 7pm

"let us dance in the sun wearing wildflowers in our hair"
TONIGHT @7pm
Shimmies on the Bayou
(Jeff davis/dumaine)
Drop ins $10

> Need me/directions? 
> TEXT ME 
> 504-352-4569

love, light, and happy shimmies,
karla marie

SHIMMIES ON THE BAYOU - thursday at 7pm

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair… ~Susan Polis Shutz

~Join us for Shimmies on the Bayou tomorrow~
7pm-7:45pm
Email km@karlamariefineart.com for details!
$10 drop in

Belly Dancing Class in New Orleans- Mid City

Belly Dance TONIGHT
Every Tuesday
7:30pm-8:30pm
Swan River Yoga Mandir
2940 Canal St. NOLA




Image credit:
http://www.anankedance.com/components-of-fitness-for-bellydancers-introduction/


*Great for beginners, new students always welcome!
* No dance experience necessary. 

WHEN:
EVERY Tuesday

(Thursdays in July - Shimmies on the Bayou)

TIME:
7:30pm-8:30pm
There is no better way to kick off your week than with the full body experience of belly dancing.

Our class is designed for all levels and focuses on:
* Connecting (with yourself, your mind and body, the present moment, and other women)
* Stretching
* Balance and Control
* Increasing Flexibility
* Promoting Stress relief
* and Deep Relaxation


Location:
Swan River Yoga Mandir (Mid City)
2940 Canal St. NOLA

Single Class Drop in $14 (students $12)
5 classes for $65
10 classes for $125 ($100 for students) 
class packs do not expire and can be shared with a friend

It'll be a great way to kick off your year with
a fabulous full body workout, an amazing group of ladies
and revitalizing energy. It's a time dedicated to you!
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT ~ lots of shimmying fun!!!!

Love, light, and happy shimmies,
Karla Marie
http://bellydancefusion.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/bellydanceneworleans

BELLY DANCE CLASS ON THE BAYOU

Hope to see you next week!!!
Tuesday 7/9- Swan River Yoga Mandir (2940 Canal St.)
Thursday evening 7/11 - Shimmies on the Bayou! (Email km@karlamariefineart.com for time and details)

Shimmies on the Bayou

Join us for Shimmies on the Bayou in JULY!! 
Gorgeous weather, beautiful sunset, and shimmying fun w/the other goddesses!

Bring your shimmy scarf or borrow one from me.
Invite friends. Drop ins welcome.
Call me or text me if you need directions (504) 352-4569

EMAIL ME to sign up!
I will send you LOCATION & SCHEDULE

5 Class Card $40
SPECIAL ***10 Class Card (Shared w/a friend) $60
DROP INS $10

Belly Dancing Class - New Orleans

Shimmy & Shake the stress away...

Feel AMAZING after a detoxifying workout & restorative yoga cool down 

Belly Dance Goddess Hour

TUESDAYS @7:30pm

Swan River Yoga Mandir (2940 Canal)

DROP INS * BEGINNERS * ALWAYS WELCOME

NEW STUDENT SPECIAL:

10 classes (first month) $60

Class packages available:

5 classes $65

10 classes $125 ($100 students)

(Do not expire, can be shared)

Drop ins $14 /$12 students

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COMING IN JULY:

Shimmies on the Bayou

Belly Dancing on Bayou St. John!!!!!

Schedule to be posted soon!!!!!

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Belly Dancing Class EVERY TUESDAY New Orleans

Belly Dance Goddess Hour
Tuesdays 7:30pm-8:30pm
Swan River Yoga Mandir (Mid City)
2940 Canal St. NOLA

"LIKE" us on Facebook
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Attire:
Yoga attire is best
or anything that allows a full range of motion
Stretch pants and fitted tee or tank
Bring your own shimmy scarf or borrow one from us

NO dance experience required:
Our belly dancing class is designs to
INCREASE flexibility, balance, strength, tone, coordination
this will
INCREASE fluidity, circulation
and result in
IMPROVED overall well being, digestion, menstrual cycles

FEEL GREAT ABOUT YOURSELF... Belly Dance!

All you need to do is get your booty to class, I'll take care of the rest. Your body will benefit from the full body workout and movements and your mind will benefit from the energy and the restorative yoga cool down! No reason not to try it! Join us!!!!

Belly Dance Goddess Hour - Belly Dancing Class New Orleans- Every Tuesday - 2940 Canal St. NOLA

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others” 
― Martha Graham

“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”

― Rumi

The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. ~ Agnes de Mille ~
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance? ~ William Butler Yeats ~
The curve is more dangerous than the sword. ~ Mae West ~When I dance, I cannot judge, I cannot hate, I cannot separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole, that is why I dance. ~ Hans Bos ~ 

To dance is to be out of yourself, larger, more powerful, more beautiful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking. ~ Agnes de Mille ~ 
The dance is over, the applause subsided but the joy and feeling will stay with you forever.~ W. M. Tory ~

Love, Light, and Happy Shimmies

Dear Belly Dancing Lovelies

Namaste

Calling all goddesses:: New Orleans Belly Dancing Class every Tuesday

Belly Dance Goddess HourClass TONIGHT @7:30pm- 8:30pm

Swan River Yoga Mandir

2940 Canal St. New Orleans (Mid City)

NEW STUDENT SPECIAL:

10 class for $60 (first month)

Class Packages include:

5 class package $65

10 class package $100 students/$125 regular

THESE DON'T EXPIRE AND CAN BE SHARED

Drops in $14/ $10 student

{Get your summer "goddess game face" on!}

BELLY DANCE GODDESS CHALLENGE:::

Alright my belly dancing lovelies and goddesses!!!!

Time for our challenge to begin. 

4 weeks

2 days a week

Belly Dancing on Tuesday and Yoga on Saturday, as a class!!! 

We are gonna work on strengthening, flexibility, control, balance!!!! 

We will increase circulation, mobility, gracefulness, activate our metabolism, our chakras, and git down tobusiness with some serious shimmying and lots of shaking!!!!!

Can't wait to see you TONIGHT!

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What to wear?

Yoga attire is best

Stretch pants and fitted t-shirt or tank

Bring a shimmy scarf or borrow one from us :)