Dance

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Whirling Dervishes

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Whirling Dervishes

The divine may be experienced through a variety of means. In various global spiritual traditions, including prayer, a meditation on sacred texts, participation in religious ceremonies, and going on pilgrimages. There are other means of achieving a religious experience that is perhaps not so common in the Western world. One of these is through the medium of dance, with one of the most famous examples being the incredible whirling dervish dance, called the Sema, practiced by the Sufi Mevlevi Order.

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The Beauty of Belly Dancing

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The Beauty of Belly Dancing

Belly dancing is an exercise that is low-impact suitable for all ages and levels of fitness. It benefits the spine and improves the torso’s flexibility.

Belly dancing is an exercise that is low-impact suitable for all ages and levels of fitness. It benefits the spine and improves the torso’s flexibility.

There are many steps found in the various styles of belly dancing performed all over the world, Read below to learn about the classic steps that come back throughout several periods in history…


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How Dance Helps the Heart

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How Dance Helps the Heart

Dancing has many benefits and can prevent people from being unhappy, providing a doorway into calming the mind and heart.

We are all physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual beings. Read below to learn the positive impact dancing can have on these various aspects of our being…..


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Celebrate International Dance Day with Zen Zone at Mind and Body Fitness Connections

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Celebrate International Dance Day with Zen Zone at Mind and Body Fitness Connections

International Dance Day on April 29th is an annual celebration of how dancing positively impacts our lives. The human body’s ability to move, groove, pop, and the lock has captivated the way we interact with music and express ourselves artistically.

“People reflect each other constantly, but when they dance, perhaps what they reflect most is that moment of honesty.” -Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, dancer and choreographer, message author for International Dance Day 2012.


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Healing Through Dance Music

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Healing Through Dance Music

Not only is dancing a form of creative expression that can help build a person’s creativity and imagination, but it can also positively affect physical and mental health.

Electronic dance music can heal in a variety of ways. “Through the act of dance, EDM participation requires one’s awareness to be in the body, allowing participants to experience “a kind of bodily mysticism, in which mystical union is experienced on physical, somatic, and kinesthetic levels”