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Yallah Raqs is a podcast made to help you design YOUR personal practice by learning about the practices of others. Each guest shares their experience with their practice along with practical tips you can take away to experiment with in your own dance space. Come create a personal bellydance practice that is tailored to your life, and is just as unique as you are.
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Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
If you want to step up your belly dance practice with some strengthening elements guarenteed to help technique? Then this episode with Soraya will be perfect for you.
With over 20 years in the fitness industry and a lifetime as a belly dance practitioner, both culturally and as an enthusiast, Soraya is also the creator of the patented RAQISA® Belly Dance Training Mat and Balance Plate and the Raq The Barre program.
Soraya draws from her Lebonese background to enrich her cultural and professional love of this dance while also introducing the concepts, steps, and benefits of Barre to the bellydance world. This episode is not to be missed!
Shownotes: www.thebellydancebundle.com/70
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Today on the podcast we talk about dance & movement!
Amanda Rose joins me as we chat a bit about her work in Dance Movement Therapy (where she has her masters) and the ways that she has brought some of this learning into the bellydance space with her Move, Connect, Express, and Grow classes.
While we're learning this dance we often focus on the technique and the movements and getting that all just right. And in the process forget what our body wants. We lose the ability to check in, to move in ways that our bodies are called to.
Today Amanda and I dive into why this type of check in can be transformative in your dance practice, and how this connection helps dancers express and connect more fully to the music and their artistic visions.
Shownotes: www.thebellydancebundle.com/69
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
What does dancing Beledi remind you of?
Jesenia and I join forces to chat about this in today's episode of Yallah Raqs.
Does it remind you of a moment of connection? Of strength? Of dancing in your mother's kitchen?
Beledi can be so many things, but in this episode? We talk about the feelings. What does Beledi FEEL like? What does it remind you of when you're dancing and working in this style?
We cover a lot in this episode, from competition to taking feedback, and from beledi progressions to pausing and transitioning between parts of the music.
It's amazing how our dance blends together. There are so many layers and paths that all circle back around to create you and your dance. No matter what you're studying there's always something you can take and apply to your dance as a whole, and that's such a cool feeling.
Join Jesenia and I as we weave through these subjects and find the ties, not only to ourselves and our dances, but to each other and a sense of community and family.
Shownotes: www.thebellydancebundle.com/68
Saturday Oct 02, 2021
Saturday Oct 02, 2021
Ever feel like your head is a magnet for your veil?
Join Aziza and myself as we chat veil today. Some best practices, picking the right veil, and of course ways that you can keep that veil from thinking your face is magnetic.
From the elements that define Aziza's style to some tips to make sure your veil is working WITH you instead of against you, this episode of full of amazing tips to help you make your practice a little less stressful.
Last year you all requested more Prop classes and this year I'm happy to deliver with items like this! Aziza's contribution, the Voyage of Veil is a mix of live and pre-recorded classes based in choreo and technique to get you dancing beautifully with your veil.
Shownotes at www.thebellydancebundle.com/67
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
It’s time to Shimmy with Siobhan Camille of Greenstone Bellydance!
We are going to be talking about something that we all work on from the beginning of our journey into forever.
Shimmies!
There’s always something more to learn, layer, or experiment with when it comes to shimmies and today, Siobhan is going to be talking to us about the role that strength plays when it comes to shaking those hips!
Her course for the 2021 Bundle is Shimmy & Strength, and you’re not going to want to miss it. Siobhan is honestly one of my favorite teachers, and I can’t wait to be able to dive into this course with her, but until then, let’s take these tips and apply them to our shimmy practices!
Shownotes: www.thebellydancebundle.com/66
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Turning is my nemisis. So I am SUPER excited to chat today with Rosa Noreen about her course for the 2021 Bundle, Turn from the Hip.
With Rosa's background in Ballet, she does something magical. She bridges the gap for a lot of us who didn't have classical training in the western styles of dance before coming to the Middle Eastern Dance Scene.
Turning can be super difficult, and Rosa breaks down some of the mechanics, the mindset, and the tools that we can use to take our turns to the next level.
Shownotes @ www.thebellydancebundle.com/65
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
There is so much to be learned from tracking your dance, and yet so many dancers don't engage in this method of measuring their progress. Drawing on the experience of dancers, and her own experience cross training in weight lifting, Tiffany has created a new freebie - Track Your Dance, See Your Progress that is designed to help dancers work with tracking their dance so that they can measure the progress in their dance over months, not years, in their practices.
You can get your free copy of the dance tracker at www.TheBellydanceBundle.com/tracker
Today is the official start date of our #21daysofbellydance challenge and if you want to personalize this challenge? Make sure to check out this episode on how you can use the dance tracker to make that happen for you!
Follow along with the challenge on Instagram www.Instagram.com/thebellydancebundle
Each day for the next 21 days you'll be getting exercises from our dance teachers in the 2021 Bundle, totally free! Each day you'll get a drill, exercise, or combo to practice at home. Spend 10-15 minutes on your practice, with or without your personalized piece from today's episode and BAM, suddenly you've been practicing every day for almost a month.
We can't wait to dance with you!
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
Wednesday Sep 22, 2021
We're back for another season of Yallah Raqs! Get hyped for this year's #21daysofbellydance challenge and grab our new Dance Tracker - https://www.thebellydancebundle.com/tracker
You can check out who is teaching in this year's Bellydance Bundle on the site! www.thebellydancebundle.com
I can't wait to get back to dancing and learning with you all!
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Siobhan Camille joins us today to discuss the learning of Middle Eastern Rhythms.
For those of us who are not from the culture of this dance, we weren't necessarily raised on this music, on these styles. And there are so many ways in which it differs from the popular musics of our own cultures.
It can be difficult to "train" your ear, as it were to listen to these new beat and sounds. To new instruments and to take all of that and internalize it so that you can represent that music through your dancing.
Today Siobhan joins me to chat about some ways that we can start to work through this information and embed it in our dancing.
I even make a confession about Rhythms on this podcast that you may identify with!
From ways to practice without practicing, to ways to incorporate it on the dance floor, Siobhan Camille has suggestions for you. So no matter what kind of time you have today to practice? There's something here for you.
Shownotes: www.thebellydancebundle.com/62
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Like you’re not really supposed to be here?
Like once someone notices you’ll get your dance card revoked?
- You totally do belong here
- You’re total enough
- And Three. Today’s guest has some advice about that!
Sahira has been working over the past several months beta-testing and creating her new course, Designing Your Ideal Online Classroom. And now it’s finished! And before you wonder what that has to do with my three points above? You see, the course covers more than just the tech stuff. Because good tech is only PART of the key to good online classes.
This course is broken up into 7 different modules and today we’re going to chat about one that’s applicable to you, no matter whether you want to teach online, if you’re a teacher at all or if you’re just a student.
Imposter Syndrome. It strikes all of us.
So let’s go ahead and Get in the groove and figure out how to beat those gremlins back, with Sahira