So it’s time we ask ourselves if we are doing what we want
to do, if we are living the way we want to live, dancing the
way we want to dance: are we living life (dancing life) as if
we own the stage?
If the answer is “no” anywhere within those questions,
take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and plant your feet
firmly and stand strong right where you are (even if you
just imagine doing so in your mind). Right now is a new
now and your power to effect something better for your
tomorrows is NOW. The power is always in the NOW and
you can always affect a new change at any moment in time.
So dance with freedom, joy and wild abandon – like you
are the sole owner of your own dance stage – and then let
how that experience occurs for you move into the other
areas of your life. If you do that, you’ll be dancing your
life with that same freedom, joy and wild abandon and, as
a result, things, circumstances and events will then begin
to move into your life experience that will delight and
amaze you.
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The Belly Dance Chronicles
July 2017
One day, likely not too far from now, you’ll look back and
realize, happily, that you are living a very different, a far
more beautiful, life than you had been living before. And
the more you notice that with joyfulness and gratitude, the
more you will be pulling into your experience even grander
things to then experience and enjoy, and then feel grateful
for, etc. It then keeps cycling up and up and up.
Note: I’d like to express my thanks to Sa’diyya
and to the photographers for allowing
the usage of these images with this article.
ZEPHIRAH
Zephirah has enjoyed many years in the belly
dance world. She’s studied extensively under
master instructor/performer Fahtiem, performed
in some of So. California’s most prestigious venues,
and has been a member of Fahtiem’s troupe, The
Sultan’s Delites. Photo by Michael Spatola