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“It’s the foundation of all dance,” they said. Meanwhile, I couldn’t figure out how to get my leg up on the bar 😭 I also got sh0t the summer before my senior year, so that probably would’ve put a wrench in things anyway 🤷🏽‍♀️ #bellydance

This is what I mean when I say that our cultural practice of belly dance helped me recover from g*n vl0lence. I avoided it for so long bc it forced me to connect with my b0dy. But when I was brave enough to try…it was an excrutiating, s3nsual, powerful experience. It was exactly the medicine I needed. ❤️ #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #therapy #somatichealing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

Those of you who’ve been along for this whole ride—you understand how much this means to me 🥹 Thank you for all of the ways you’ve helped me grow as a person and as an artist. The wildest part about all of this is that this is just the beginning 🙌🏽 Huge shout out to my agent Agnes Carlowicz and Arc Literary Management! ❤️ #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #therapy #somatichealing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

Replying to @kuziva48 I’m old enough to know the lyrics to this 90’s classic 😉 #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

These comments don’t scare or deter me. I’m choosing to respond because h@te will never have the last word on my page. #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #series #course #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #iran #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

If you see h8te comments on any bl@ck or br0wn dancers pages, tag @Mar @Tay Zavala Raqs @Arielle Juliette and me, and you know we’ll show up ready. We all deserve representation 🤎 #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #diversity #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #trans #blackwomen #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

Belly dance has never been *just dance* to us, and I refuse to let our generation be the one that loses the soul of this practice. It’s empowered the women in my family for generations, and I’ll never stop sharing our stories ❤️ #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

Replying to @jennifersoluri957 thank you so much, beautiful ❤️ They think they’re silencing us, but their anger is proof that what we’re doing is working. I don’t care if you take my belly dance course or someone else’s—I just want all of us to feel the kind of confidence in our b0dies that makes us unbreakable 🙌🏽 #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife #fyp

So I guess the answer is yes, yes I can 💜 And if you’re ready to be fully self-expressed despite your fears, check out my Belly Dance Basics program at the Iink in my bl0 🫶🏽 #bellydance #culture #tradition #tutorial #lesson #program #survivor #disability #mobility #inclusion #joy #expression #womensrights #women #movement #community #recovery #healing #womenempowerment #bodypostivity #exercise #tanzania #african #dance #lgbtq #sisterhood #music #dress #fashion #danceislife