Yoohoo from London!!

Mia Serra · 12-15-2009, 09:23 PM

Hi there everyone,
What a nice cosy community this seems to be. It can bit sharp out there in the real Belly Dance world - or maybe it's just London. Well I've been running my own belly dance school here for a while which has been a lot of fun and an incredible journey. I learnt to dance via a Sufi Teacher first and that was such a trusting way in to the dance. I've been on a learning curve ever since...

Greetings and warm wishes.
Mia xx

alosha · 12-15-2009, 10:11 PM

Welcome! Happy posting!

Mosaic · 12-16-2009, 01:32 AM

Hi Mia &

Learning through Sufi Dancing, how unique and interesting. I like the way you describe it as "a trusting way" to learn to dance.

It has always fascinated me how the Sufi's can spin so fast and for such long periods without spinning out. They appear to me to have their eyes closed at least some of the time, so they can't be 'spotting'. Can you spin like that as well?
~Mosaic

Caroline_afifi · 12-16-2009, 10:33 AM

Hi Mia,

Community politics and dynamics are everywhere and in everything and forums are no exception!

Enjoy your time here and I am sure you will find your experience an interesting, occasionaly rocky but reawrding experience.

lizaj · 12-16-2009, 11:19 AM

Welcome Mia..looking forward to your posts.

Maria_Aya · 12-16-2009, 03:24 PM

Welcome Mia !!
Enjoy the forum

Maria Aya, Greece !!!

gisela · 12-16-2009, 04:09 PM

Yoohoo to you too!
Welcome to the forum!

Prusilusken · 12-18-2009, 07:27 PM

Hi Mia; welcome aboard!
Like Mosaic, I like the way you phrased the beginning of your journey into bellydancing. Actually, like it very much. Very poetic.

Sita · 12-23-2009, 04:15 PM

Hello and

What a wonderful way to enter into the dance world, I'm glad the exquisite beauty of Sufism was able to touch your life in such a way. Was it a specific order of Sufism? (just curious

).
I look forward to reading your posts,
love Sita

karena · 12-23-2009, 06:40 PM

Hello and welcome

12-15-2009, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mia Serra Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 3	Yoohoo from London!! Hi there everyone, What a nice cosy community this seems to be. It can bit sharp out there in the real Belly Dance world - or maybe it's just London. Well I've been running my own belly dance school here for a while which has been a lot of fun and an incredible journey. I learnt to dance via a Sufi Teacher first and that was such a trusting way in to the dance. I've been on a learning curve ever since... Greetings and warm wishes. Mia xx

12-15-2009, 10:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
alosha V.I.P. Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The Dalles, Oregon Posts: 2,193	Welcome! Happy posting! __________________ Nothing moves like silk ~ gentle and rippling ~ leaving the ethereal image of the dancer in its wake Work Of Art Creations

12-16-2009, 01:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mosaic Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia, but a Kiwi Posts: 3,786	Hi Mia & Learning through Sufi Dancing, how unique and interesting. I like the way you describe it as "a trusting way" to learn to dance. It has always fascinated me how the Sufi's can spin so fast and for such long periods without spinning out. They appear to me to have their eyes closed at least some of the time, so they can't be 'spotting'. Can you spin like that as well? ~Mosaic __________________ When your soles rest on the floor and you balance your weight on both of them, then you can rest in yourself, you are in your centre. With every step, you renew contact and the connection to the earth, to matter, to Mater the Mother. ~ Rosina Fawzia Al - Rawi

12-23-2009, 04:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sita Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 1,410	Hello and What a wonderful way to enter into the dance world, I'm glad the exquisite beauty of Sufism was able to touch your life in such a way. Was it a specific order of Sufism? (just curious ). I look forward to reading your posts, love Sita __________________ Shahrnush Parsipur and Shirin Neshat's masterpiece: Women Without Men

12-16-2009, 10:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
Caroline_afifi V.I.P. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Liverpool UK Posts: 3,319	Hi Mia, Community politics and dynamics are everywhere and in everything and forums are no exception! Enjoy your time here and I am sure you will find your experience an interesting, occasionaly rocky but reawrding experience.

12-16-2009, 11:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
lizaj Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 4,247	Welcome Mia..looking forward to your posts.

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Maria_Aya Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 3,023	Welcome Mia !! Enjoy the forum Maria Aya, Greece !!!

12-16-2009, 04:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
gisela Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,621	Yoohoo to you too! Welcome to the forum!

12-18-2009, 07:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Prusilusken Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Roskilde, Denmark Posts: 180	Hi Mia; welcome aboard! Like Mosaic, I like the way you phrased the beginning of your journey into bellydancing. Actually, like it very much. Very poetic.

12-23-2009, 06:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
karena Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The North, UK Posts: 1,851	Hello and welcome