The Belly Dance

Dance of Ecstasy

Body in motion

Transcends time.

This wild woman syndrome

Takes hold

And sheds away

Pious parameters.

Sanctimoniousness

Falls down

Around my swaying figure

Like the shedding

Of snake skin.

I shake it off with

Gyrating hips

And quivering breasts.

Jangling of golden coin

At waist, vibrates

To the frequency

Of the Universe.

Spirit recognizes

The uncivilized call

Of the feminine.

Unconscious prakriti,

The primal force

Comes out

To play.

Animating its unrefined,

Yet refined drama

Through my spine,

Awakening

What lay dormant

At the base.

The dance

Of ecstasy

Begins.

~Nirvani Teasley

   

  About a month ago I took up belly dancing. I have always loved to dance and have enjoyed watching other women belly dance...It is quite mesmerizing. So I decided I would give it a try. I started with the Goddess Belly Dance workout by Dolphina (you can find her via google). I do it every day for 50 minutes. It is an amazing cardio workout, and I have also been using her Introduction to Belly Dance dvd, which has helped me immensely in learning  the various moves. I cannot express enough how incredibly liberating belly dancing makes me feel. I feel more empowered as a woman, and sexier too! Since starting, the dance has inspired my muse in poetry. It is hard to express how I feel while dancing...poetry is my chosen way of expressing something I feel deeply about in my soul. Dancing is just another way that the human spirit expresses itself in nature. It is a way that every woman can connect with her shakti...Dancing makes me feel like a Goddess!

Jai Maa,

Nirvani