Many new students join belly dance classes wanting to improve their confidence,but the cold hard truth is… You must already have some in order to even begin. Why do I say this?{Brace yourself for the truth here} Because belly dancing can be challenging, scary, uncomfortable, [especially in the beginning], and if you can’t get over yourself for whatever reason, you might not even make it past your first class. Which is unfortunate, because you are not ready to liberate yourself…

Do you feel like there is something wrong with many of your movements but you can’t quite figure out what’s causing your movements to look different and it’s driving you crazy? Or maybe you are a belly dance teacher and you’re wanting to help your students, but you’re struggling to figure out what’s going wrong “systemically” with your students’ technique. Maybe, you haven’t even started belly dance classes, but you’d like to know what are some important things to think…

Dealing with my own mental health over the years, I can definitely say that my own self-limiting beliefs have played a LARGE role in holding me back from going after anything I’ve ever wanted to do. But I’m fairly certain, I’m not the only one. This is a HUGE problem for all of us: beginner to advanced dancers alike, (teachers and studio owners too, let me tell ya’) Self-limiting beliefs, whether conscious or unconscious, are deep-seated ways of thinking and…

Did you know there are THREE types of dancers in your belly dancing class that might fool you into thinking that something might be wrong with you… You show up to your first few belly dance classes. The teacher is teaching you all a choreography and it seems like most of the other dancers have a much better handle on this dance thing than you do. You might start to feel like you are not doing very well, because the…

Have you ever seen a dancer play the zills and dance with complete abandon? Have you ever wished to be able to play and dance freely yourself? So, how does a dancer go from just starting to play the zills to playing zills freely while dancing? Glad you asked! Let me tell you about my 6 phase process to dancing freely with zills by breaking down each step along the zill playing journey for you, right now!  Getting Comfortable with Zills In this phase, you…

https://youtu.be/spKMAqX2PK4 If you are new to belly dance, I’ve created a little something just for you! If you don’t know me, my name is Anna, I’m the founder of Ahlam Academy of Middle Eastern Dance here in Houston Texas and I want to tell you about a little gift I have for you new dancers that aren’t exactly sure what to practice as you start on your belly dance journey. I’ve created a simple one-page checklist that shows you exactly…