Y & S DANCE ACADEMY MAY 2017
Y & S Dance Academy
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& S Dance Academy is a premier belly dance school based in Mumbai. The founders of Y & S dance academy are Yagna Chheda & Smita Kadam, both with a wide experience of ten years in c o n d u c t i n g c l a s s e s a n d workshops They are two women who have dreams in their heart, dare in their minds and dance in their souls. Their dance and their teaching style is a strong re�ection of their
belief in holistic health and positive energy dynamics.
Y & S Dance Academy was incepted with a unique vision:
• To create awareness of B e l l y d a n c e i n I n d i a. To allow the Indian Woman the experience of the power and liberation of Bellydance.
• To integrate Bellydance techniques, exercise, yoga, relaxation, mindfulness and spirituality into a unique experience and to integrate it as a way of life.
About Yagna …
Yagna, an Interior Designer by quali�cation and a mother of a lovely four year old daughter, has found her calling in Bellydance since 10 years. Bor n and brought up in Muscat, she came to India for her higher studies. She got introduced to art of bellydance post her marriage and found herself getting deeply involved in the grace of bellydance. She soon started assisting her teacher in taking classes and got trained as an instructor. She quit her job as an Interior designer to pursue her passion o f d a n c i n g a n d h a d h e r husband’ s support encouraging her. Things took a turn after she lost her husband in a car accident leaving her as a single parent for their one year old daughter. Post this incident she found herself in a situation where she could not connect with dance and had almost thought of quiting. But the true nature of the soul can never be suppressed and deep within she knew she had to get back and by God’ s grace and support from family and friends, she did make a comeback not only for herself but for her husband who would always want to see her ful�lling her dream of connecting with her true self through dancing and at the sametime help many women to connect with themselves through the graceful yet powerful form of bellydance. Even after she made her comeback in dancing, it was not a smooth ride with taking care of daughter and handling family responsibilities. But nothing is impossible if you know what you want to do. As she puts it in her own words“ M o t h e rh o o d k e e p s m e h a p p i l y m o v i n g a n d B e l l y d a n c e k e e p s m e beautifully grooving”
To spread the awareness of the bene�ts of Belly dance and yoga for pregnant women, she has l a u n c h e d h e r D V D“ Bellydance and Yoga in Pregnancy” which was shot when she was 7 months pregnant
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